North Korea berated the U.S. Thursday for denouncing its ballistic missile tests at a United Nations Security Council meeting. U.S. Ambassador Kelly Craft said at the meeting Wednesday that Pyongyang’s missile tests were “deeply counterproductive” and threatened talks to get North Korea to abandon its missile and nuclear programs. A North Korean Foreign […]
The United States and North Korea are resorting to alluded threats of force ahead of Pyongyang’s end-of-year deadline for progress with nuclear negotiations. Pak Jong Chon, head of the Korean People’s Army (KPA), threatened to reciprocate any U.S. military action with force in a statement he made to North Korean state media Wednesday. The statement […]
TOKYO — U.S. President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe expressed differing views Monday on whether recent North Korean missile tests violated a U.N. Security Council resolution, but remained united on the ultimate goal of achieving a denuclearized Korean Peninsula. Speaking during a joint news conference after talks in Tokyo, Trump said he […]
SEOUL — North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in the far eastern region of Russia for his first ever meeting with Vladimir Putin, which Kim says is the initial step toward closer ties with Moscow. Wearing a black fedora hat and matching dark overcoat, the smiling Kim was greeted by Russian officials and a military […]