Lighter traffic, little sign of customs crackdown at North Korea border
Hours after the United Nations imposed tough new sanctions on North Korea, vehicle traffic on the bridge linking the isolated country with the Chinese border city of Dandong was lighter than usual, but drivers reported no increase in cargo inspections. A representative from a Dandong-based ...
U.N. sanctions against North toughest yet, but critics say still not enough
The United Nations Security Council has unanimously approved the toughest sanctions against North Korea in two decades following its nuclear test and missile launch.
U.S., China back sanctions boost over Pyongyang nuclear test, eye UNSC vote soon: envoys
The United States and China have agreed on a draft resolution that would expand U.N. Security Council sanctions against North Korea over its latest nuclear test and hope to put it to a vote in the coming days, council diplomats said on Wednesday. Speaking on ...
Nuclear test ban talks may be held in April amid heightened tensions over Pyongyang's provocation
The Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty Organization plans to convene a ministerial-level meeting as soon as April amid heightened concern over nuclear weapons proliferation following North Korea's nuclear test last week, commission Chairman Cristian Istrate said. At the meeting to commemorate ...
Tokyo joins Washington in doubting Pyongyang H-bomb claim
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe questions Pyongyang’s claim that it tested a hydrogen bomb, saying the blast appeared to be too small.
Abe calls Obama, leaders pledge unified response over N. Korea nuclear test
The consultation will include consulting each other as the U.N. Security Council works on new penalties.
Abe, Park leverage newly improved bilateral ties to condemn North Korea
Demonstrating the recent improvement in their bilateral relationship, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and South Korean President Park Geun-hye have agreed to jointly condemn North Korea’s latest nuclear test. During a 15-minute telephone conversation on Thursday evening, the leaders agreed that their recent agreement to settle ...
North Korea nuke test sparks U.S. House Republicans to revive long-delayed sanctions legislation
The Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representatives are considering a vote as soon as next week on long-delayed legislation to broaden sanctions against North Korea through stiffer punishments on foreign companies doing business with Pyongyang, U.S. congressional sources said on Wednesday. Reps .Ed ...
Republican U.S. presidential candidates on Wednesday faulted President Barack Obama's "feckless" and "failed" foreign policy for letting North Korea bolster its nuclear arms capabilities, while also blaming Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. The Republicans, who often criticize Obama's handling of foreign affairs, including Syria's civil war, ...
A-bomb survivors, families of abductees condemn North Korea's nuclear test
Survivors of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings and relatives of Japanese citizens abducted by North Korea expressed anger Wednesday at the news that Pyongyang had detonated a fourth nuclear device. "I can never forgive it as a hibakusha if North Korea conducted a nuclear ...
N. Korea warned of more sanctions if it carries out new nuclear test
Japan, the United States and South Korea warned North Korea on Monday of additional sanctions if it conducts another nuclear test, while agreeing to cooperate in dealing with North Korea's nuclear threat. "We made it clear we would make North Korea pay the corresponding cost ...
U.S. officials and independent experts say North Korea appears to have taken unusual steps to conceal details about the nuclear weapon it tested last month, fueling suspicions that its scientists shifted to a bomb design that uses highly enriched uranium as the core.
