U.S. and North Korea came much closer to war than previously thought, book claims
Book by journalist Bob Woodward details scores of instances that highlight the unease felt by top U.S. officials amid the 'fire and fury' of the 2017 crisis.
It is the second time for Japan to review a procurement deal under Washington's Foreign Military Sales program.
North Korea nuclear reactors threatened by floods, think tank says
Satellite imagery suggests recent flooding may have damaged pump houses connected to the Yongbyon facility, analysts say.
North Korea has 'probably' developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles, U.N. says
North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturized nuclear devices to fit into the warheads of its ballistic missiles," according to a confidential U.N. report. The report by an independent panel of experts monitoring ...
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was shown surrounded by pistol-toting generals while in the South masked veterans were socially distanced as the two sides on Monday separately marked the armistice that ended Korean War hostilities. The contrasting events marked 67 years since the ceasefire ...
More than 40 countries accuse North Korea of breaching U.N. sanctions
More than 40 countries accused North Korea on Friday of illicitly breaching a United Nations cap on refined petroleum imports and called for an immediate halt to deliveries until the end of the year, according to a complaint seen by Reuters. The 15-member U.N. Security ...
Cracks may be emerging in the so-called ironclad military alliance between South Korea and the U.S., stoking worries in Seoul that the Trump administration is looking at withdrawing troops from the peninsula. Defense Secretary Mark Esper isn’t ruling out reductions to U.S. Forces Korea, telling ...
Will North Korea's Kim deliver an 'October surprise' to Trump?
Nuclear-armed Pyongyang could be weighing a summit — or provocation — ahead of November's U.S. presidential election
Kim Jong Un’s sister rules out talks with Trump but has warm words for U.S.
Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, dismissed the idea of a meeting with U.S. President Donald Trump this year, but did so with a warm tone that included an unusual mention of DVDs showing celebrations of the U.S. ...
Kim Jong Un’s erratic behavior shows North Korea is stuck
On Wednesday, Kim continued to surprise, announcing the suspension of newly announced “military action plans” against South Korea. Hours later, Seoul said it observed North Koreans removing loudspeakers that were recently installed.
North Korea's Kim backtracks on military threat, but more surprises likely in store
After weeks of vitriol, leader offers apparent off-ramp for defusing rising tensions with Seoul, one day before the 70th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War.
Kim Jong Un’s sister takes bigger role in threats to South Korea
Siblings of North Korean leaders have been more likely to disappear than be extolled on the front pages of state media. That is, until Kim Yo Jong emerged as the face of a new pressure campaign against South Korea. On Saturday, Kim Jong Un’s younger ...
