UNITED NATIONS/SEOUL — North Korea strongly criticized Tuesday the U.N. Security Council’s decision to impose tough new sanctions against the East Asian nation, and warned the United States would experience the “greatest pain” for playing a leading role in the effort. “My delegation condemns in the strongest terms and categorically rejects the latest illegal and unlawful […]
THE WHITE HOUSE — South Korea’s military fired a series of missiles into the Sea of Japan in an exercise Monday meant to simulate an attack on North Korea’s nuclear test site. The exercise came as the U.N. Security Council prepared to hold an emergency meeting later in the day to discuss North Korea’s test of […]
WHITE HOUSE — Elected officials in Guam are reassuring constituents that the U.S. territory is safe following North Korea’s claim that it is examining its plan for “making an enveloping fire” around the strategically important Pacific island. In the statement issued early Wednesday in Asia, the North’s Korean Central News Agency said its armed forces were […]
An earthquake measured at a magnitude 6.5 struck in the mountains of the Sichuan province in the Ngawa prefecture at a depth of 5.6 miles at 5:49 am Alaska time. Striking near the border of Sichuan and Gansu provinces, the quake is confirmed to have killed five tourists as well as injuring 63 other people […]