Tag: Korean crisis
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N. Korea food shortage worsens amid Covid, but no famine yet
There’s little doubt that North Korea’s chronic food shortages worsened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and speculation about the country’s food insecurity has flared as its ... -
South Korean lawmaker says North Korea hacked war plans
A South Korean lawmaker says North Korean hackers stole highly classified military documents that include U.S.-South Korean wartime “decapitation strike” plans against the North Korean leadership. The ... -
Experts | North Korea lacks ability, intent to attack US planes
Military analysts say North Korea doesn’t have either the capability or the intent to attack U.S. bombers and fighter jets, despite the country’s top diplomat saying ... -
Korean Crisis | Trump’s travel ban unlikely to affect Pyongyang
Even though President Donald Trump has signed a proclamation imposing strict new restrictions on visitors from North Korea and several other nations, the move is largely ... -
United Nations – Korean crisis | ‘Rocket Man’ calls Trump’s threat ‘sound of dog barking’
North Korea’s foreign minister has described as “the sound of a dog barking” President Donald Trump’s threat to destroy his country. The comments are the North’s ... -
North Korea | Trump’s threat leaves Asia struggling to explain
Was it a bluff? A warning that Washington would shoot down North Korea’s next missile test? A restatement of past policy? Or simply just what it ... -
United Nations | Trump threatens ‘total destruction’ of North Korea
President Donald Trump, in a combative debut speech to the U.N. General Assembly, threatened the “total destruction’” of North Korea if it does not abandon its ... -
Beijing rebuffs Washington demand to cut off oil exports to N.Korea
China rebuffed U.S. demands to cut off oil exports to North Korea as a way to dissuade Kim Jong-Un’s regime from pursuing nuclear weapons, saying instead ... -
Korean crisis | Oil will keep flowing, but UN sanctions hit Beijing’s troublesome ally hard
North Korea will be feeling the pain of new United Nations sanctions targeting some of its biggest remaining foreign revenue streams. But the Security Council eased ... -
Analysis | How can US stop North Korea nukes? Three experts have ideas
If the U.S. attacks North Korea, the world could see another nuclear war. Yet negotiations won’t work — leader Kim Jong Un won’t live up to ... -
MDT EXPLAINS | What is a hydrogen bomb
North Korea says it successfully detonated a hydrogen bomb in its latest nuclear test Sunday. Outside experts haven’t been able to verify that claim, but say ... -
Korean Crisis | Putin urges talks, says sanctions not working
While condemning North Korea over its latest nuclear test, the leaders of Russia and South Korea seemed far apart on the issue of stepping up sanctions ... -
Korean crisis | Seoul displays military strength anticipating new missile test from North Korea
With Seoul expecting another North Korean missile test, South Korean warships conducted live-fire exercises at sea on Tuesday in a second straight day of military swagger ... -
Chinese oil lifeline to N. Korea targeted after nuclear blast
Even before North Korea detonated its most powerful nuclear bomb yet, Japan was calling for moves to cut off its oil supply. Some sort of oil ... -
BRICS countries urge UN reform, cooperation on terrorism
The BRICS group of five major emerging economies called yesterday for reform of the United Nations and tougher measures against terrorist groups, while denouncing North Korea’s ... -
Korean crisis | South simulates attack on North’s nuke site after test
Following U.S. warnings to North Korea of a “massive military response,” South Korea fired missiles into the sea to simulate an attack on the North’s main ... -
Analysis | South Koreans worry N. Korean nukes will damage US alliance
U.S. President Donald Trump took to Twitter following North Korea’s strongest-ever nuclear test explosion to criticize both Koreas and China. But his tweets will get as ... -
Korean crisis | Trump: ‘All options are on table’ after missile launch
U.S. President Donald Trump said that North Korea had signaled its “contempt for its neighbors” and that “all options are on the table” in terms of ... -
Korean crisis | In a first, North fires missile over Japan in aggressive test
In a first, North Korea yesterday fired a midrange ballistic missile designed to carry a nuclear payload that flew over Japan and splashed into the northern ... -
Russia, UAE tell North Korea: Stop your ‘provocations’
The foreign ministers of Russia and the United Arab Emirates urged North Korea yesterday to stop its provocations and obey United Nations resolutions, after Pyongyang’s launch ... -
China urges end to ‘malicious cycle’ of tensions
China has urged all countries involved in the nuclear standoff on the Korean Peninsula to show restraint and end a “malicious cycle” of escalating tensions. Chinese ...
