U.S. President Donald Trump imposed new economic sanctions Thursday against North Korea for its nuclear threat, targeting individuals and businesses that finance trade with Pyongyang’s reclusive communist regime and funding for its weapons development. The U.S. leader called North Korea’s nuclear bomb and ballistic missile programs “a grave threat to peace and security in our […]
WHITE HOUSE — President Donald Trump warned Thursday that “it will be a very sad day for North Korea” if the United States takes military action against it. The president, in a news conference in the White House East Room, answered a reporter’s question by saying “hopefully, we’re not going to have to use it [military […]
North Korea vowed Monday to persist in its nuclear weapons development program, rejecting calls from the international community to rein in its aggressive military actions. Pyongyang’s United Nations mission contended that new U.N. sanctions against it for its missile tests were a “flagrant infringement upon its sovereignty,” with state media claiming they were the result […]
U.S. President Donald Trump uttered assurances during the start of his Cabinet meeting on Monday morning that the threat from North Korea will be taken care of. “We’ll handle North Korea. We’re going to be able to handle them. It will be handled. We handle everything,” Trump said in response to a question from a […]