SEOUL—North Korea’s failed attempt to launch an intermediate-range ballistic missile on Friday is not the military set back it may seem, analysts said. It is instead, part of the natural progression in the development of an advanced nuclear weapons program. “While I think people will look at the failure and they will conclude that that […]
SEOUL—North Korea has threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike as U.S. and South Korean forces began their largest joint exercises ever conducted. The annual joint drills often intensify tensions on the divided Korean peninsula, but this year the situation is particularly volatile, given tough new United Nations sanctions imposed on North Korea for its recent nuclear […]
South Korea said it is suspending all activities at an industrial complex it operates jointly with North Korea, in response to the North’s recent nuclear test and rocket launch. Unification Minister Hong Yong-pyo told reporters Wednesday that Seoul is taking the action to prevent Pyongyang from using the proceeds from the Kaesong Industrial Complex to fund […]
SEOUL—North Korea Sunday rejected resuming international talks to end its nuclear program and instead called upon the United States to negotiate a formal peace treaty. The call for a peace treaty was part of a North Korean Foreign Ministry response to comments made by President Barack Obama and South Korean President Park Geun-Hye Friday in […]