WASHINGTON – Five Pakistani businessmen have been indicted in the United States for operating an international network of front companies to export U.S.-origin goods to Pakistan for use in that country’s nuclear weapons program, the Justice Department announced on Wednesday. The defendants bought and exported U.S.-origin items for Pakistan’s Advanced Engineering Research Organization and […]
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may not have formally abandoned nuclear talks in his New Year’s comments published Wednesday. But Kim appears to be preparing his domestic audience for a long-term future without sanctions relief, effectively dismissing the possibility of progress in negotiations that have been stalled for months. In his […]
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 […]
SEOUL – North Korea conducted “a very important test” at the Sohae Satellite Launching Station, the country’s state media said Sunday. The test took place Saturday at the long-range rocket launching station in Tongchang-ri, a part of North Pyongan province near the border of China, the government-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. The results “will have […]