List of North Korea articles
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North Korea's leader Kim Jong-Un (2nd R) attends a ceremony for the opening of a housing project in Pyongyang on April 13, 2017. With thousands of adoring North Koreans looking on -- along with invited international media -- Kim Jong-Un opened a prestige housing project as he seeks to burnish his nation's image even as concerns over its nuclear capabilities soar. / AFP PHOTO / Ed JONES (Photo credit should read ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images) As Trump and Kim Jong Un Unleash War Rhetoric, Allies Urge a Slower Hand
North Korea is expected to conduct its sixth nuclear test by this weekend, posing a political crisis for Washington, Beijing and Seoul.
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TOPSHOT - South Korean Marines take position on a beach as amphibious assault vehicles fire smoke shells during a joint landing operation by US and South Korean Marines in the southeastern port of Pohang on April 2, 2017. The drill is part of the annual joint exercise Foal Eagle to enhance the combat readiness of the US and South Korea supporting forces in defense of the Korean Peninsula. / AFP PHOTO / JUNG Yeon-Je (Photo credit should read JUNG YEON-JE/AFP/Getty Images) It’s Time for America to Cut South Korea Loose
The first step to solving the North Korean problem is removing U.S. troops from the middle of it.
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US President Donald Trump (R) welcomes Chinese President Xi Jinping (L) to the Mar-a-Lago estate in West Palm Beach, Florida, on April 6, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Eyeing North Korean Nukes, Trump Abandons Hardline Stance on China
If Beijing didn’t already see Trump as a paper tiger, they sure do now.
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SH-60 helicopters are seen as Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) escort ship Izumo takes part in a fleet review off Sagami Bay, Kanagawa prefecture, on October 18, 2015. Thirty-six MSDF vessels and ships from Australia, India, France, South Korea and the United States participated in the fleet review. AFP PHOTO / Toru YAMANAKA (Photo credit should read TORU YAMANAKA/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Washington and Moscow Spar; Japanese, South Korean Warships Join American Carrier; North Korea Readies Nuke Test
New Weapons for U.S. Frigates; Air Force Force Issues; American Spies Snatch Syrian Chemical Comms; Lavrov Lectures
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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov (R) US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson enter a hall during a meeting in Moscow on April 12, 2017. Tillerson meets Lavrov as Washington confronts Moscow about its support for the Syrian regime. Tillerson said that he wanted a frank exchange on the countries' relations. / AFP PHOTO / Alexander NEMENOV (Photo credit should read ALEXANDER NEMENOV/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Washington Charges Russian Cover-Up; Lavrov Blasts Washington; Trump Says No To Syria Escalation
Putin Says Things Are Grim; Trump Advisor Under FBI Surveillance; Mattis Tries to Calm North Korea Situation; And Lots More
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This picture taken on December 14, 2012 from China's northeastern city of Dandong, looking across the border, shows a North Korean military officer (R) and a North Korea man (L) standing behind a pile of coal along the banks of the Yalu River in the northeast of the North Korean border town of Siniuju. China is North Korea's biggest trading partner by far, and most of the business passes through Dandong in northeastern China, where lorries piled high with tyres and sacks are processed at the customs post. AFP PHOTO / WANG ZHAO (Photo credit should read WANG ZHAO/AFP/Getty Images) China Rejects North Korean Coal Shipments After Missile Test and U.S. Pressure
The move suggests Beijing is growing nervous about North Korea’s nuclear ambitions.
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This undated picture released from North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 1, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un (C) inspecting the Korean People's Army Tank Crews' Competition-2017 at an undisclosed location. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Tillerson Roasts The Kremlin; U.S. Syria Policy Changes Daily; South Korean Politics Raise Questions for U.S. Policy
Trump Sells Warplanes to Nigeria; U.S. Warships Push Toward Korea; U.S. Troops in Syria Get More Protection; And Lots More
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SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA - APRIL 03: Moon Jae-In, presidential election candidate for the Democratic Party of Korea speech during the primary election on April 3, 2017 in Seoul, South Korea. The Democratic Party of Korea held the last round of its primary election to name its candidate Moon Jae-In for the upcoming presidential election. (Photo by Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images) South Korean Elections Could Derail Trump’s Plans to Get Tough on North Korea
South Korea’s next president will almost certainly favor a more cautious approach to Pyongyang, just as the White House is trying to pile pressure on the regime.
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This undated picture released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on March 7, 2017 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waving to North Korean officers during the launch of four ballistic missiles by Korean People's Army (KPA) during a military drill at an undisclosed location in North Korea. Nuclear-armed North Korea launched four ballistic missiles on March 6 in another challenge to President Donald Trump, with three landing provocatively close to America's ally Japan. / AFP PHOTO / KCNA VIA KNS / STR / South Korea OUT / REPUBLIC OF KOREA OUT ---EDITORS NOTE--- RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS THIS PICTURE WAS MADE AVAILABLE BY A THIRD PARTY. AFP CAN NOT INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, LOCATION, DATE AND CONTENT OF THIS IMAGE. THIS PHOTO IS DISTRIBUTED EXACTLY AS RECEIVED BY AFP. / (Photo credit should read STR/AFP/Getty Images) The North Korean Nuclear Threat Is Getting Worse By the Day
North Korea’s nuclear-weapons capabilities are increasing at an alarming rate. Presidents Donald Trump and Xi Jinping need to do something about it now.
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BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 12: Chinese President Xi Jinping (R) answers media's question during a press conference with U.S. President Barack Obama at the Great Hall of People on November 12, 2014 in Beijing, China. U.S. President Barack Obama pays a state visit to China after attending the 22nd Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Economic Leaders' Meeting. (Photo by Feng Li/Getty Images) Trump’s Attempt at Personal Diplomacy With Xi Is No Substitute for Strategy
The new administration needs an Asia plan. Here are six core principles.
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A Syrian child receives treatment at a small hospital in the town of Maaret al-Noman following a suspected toxic gas attack in Khan Sheikhun, a nearby rebel-held town in Syrias northwestern Idlib province, on April 4, 2017. Warplanes carried out a suspected toxic gas attack that killed at least 35 people including several children, a monitoring group said. The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said those killed in the town of Khan Sheikhun, in Idlib province, had died from the effects of the gas, adding that dozens more suffered respiratory problems and other symptoms. / AFP PHOTO / Mohamed al-Bakour / ADDING INFORMATION IN CAPTION (Photo credit should read MOHAMED AL-BAKOUR/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: Syria Chemical Weapons Attack; White House on Pyongyang; Drones Getting Closer to Fight
U.S. Pilots Go On Strike; Pentagon, White House Meet Middle East Allies; North Korean Hackers
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WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 16: U.S. President Donald Trump signs H.J. Res. 38, disapproving the rule submitted by the US Department of the Interior known as the Stream Protection Rule in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on February 16, 2017 in Washington, DC. The Department of Interior's Stream Protection Rule, which was signed during the final month of the Obama administration, "addresses the impacts of surface coal mining operations on surface water, groundwater, and the productivity of mining operation sites," according to the Congress.gov summary of the resolution. (Photo by Ron Sachs-Pool/Getty Images) American Coal Can Fuel Friendship With China
How Trump's favorite fossil fuel can help make North Korea sanctions great again.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 21: House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) speaks to the media after after a House Republican closed party conference attended by U.S. President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill, on March 21, 2017 in Washington, DC. President Trump urged House Republicans to support his American Health Care Act. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images) The Dangerous National Security Implications of Trump’s Obamacare Fiasco
Trump is the biggest loser in the Republican failure to bring Obamacare repeal to a vote.
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TOPSHOT - A general view shows a destroyed street as the Iraqi counter-terrorism service (CTS) advance towards the Yabasat neighbourhood on March 23, 2017 during their ongoing offensive to push Islamic State (IS) jihadists out of Mosul. About 600,000 people remain in the areas of west Mosul held by the Islamic State group, including 400,000 who are "trapped" in the Old City under siege-like conditions, the UN said. / AFP PHOTO / AHMAD AL-RUBAYE (Photo credit should read AHMAD AL-RUBAYE/AFP/Getty Images) SitRep: White House Looking at U.N. Cuts; General Warns of Russian Ties to Taliban; North Korea Readies Nuke Tests
Hill Wants New Iran Sanctions; Mosul Air Assault Numbers; China’s Island Weapons Don’t Mean Anything; Saudi and China Get Together on Drones
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sk launch North Korea’s Latest Missile Test Failed ‘Within Seconds’
But no one is breathing sighs of relief.
