Experts warn that Trump’s threat could reinforce Pyongyang’s belief that nuclear weapons remain the sole means of securing the regime’s safety.
The screech of incoming fire followed by an explosion resounds across forested hillsides near the border between North and South Korea. Battalion commander Rob Kimmel of the U.S. 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team scanned the village at the base of a mountain for the tell-tale ...
U.S. President Donald Trump warned on Tuesday that the United States will be forced to "totally destroy" North Korea unless it halts its pursuit of nuclear weapons, mocking the isolated country's dictator, Kim Jong Un, as a "rocket man" on a suicide mission. "The United ...
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis hinted Monday that Washington retained military options against nuclear-armed North Korea that he said would not leave Seoul at risk of devastating retaliatory strikes. Mattis declined to elaborate when pressed, according to a transcript of his remarks, but echoed U.S. ...
Spain on Monday ordered North Korea's ambassador to leave the country by September 30 in protest over Pyongyang's nuclear tests, which it has criticized as "a serious threat to peace." "Today, the ambassador of North Korea DPRK in Spain has been declared persona non grata," ...
South Korea will conduct a joint drill with the United States involving a U.S. aircraft carrier in October, in response to North Korean nuclear and missile tests, the National Defense Ministry said Monday. For the drill, the nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan of the U.S. Navy's ...
The U.S. military sent four of its most advanced stealth fighter jets, along with two heavy bombers, for joint drills with Japanese and South Korean warplanes near Japan and over the Korean Peninsula on Monday in a "show of force" after North Korea's missile ...
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley said on Sunday the U.N. Security Council has run out of options on containing North Korea's nuclear program and the United States may have to turn the matter over to the Pentagon. "We have pretty much exhausted ...
Late summer rains and the growing importance of privately produced crops mean North Korea will likely avoid acute food shortages this year despite earlier fears of drought and mounting international sanctions, defectors and experts say. The U.N.'s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned in July ...
Tensions between the U.S. and North Korea have prompted a Hong Kong-based airline to delay flights between the U.S. Pacific territory of Guam and Japan. HK Express announced five weeks ago that it planned to start the flights on Oct. 29, but has since delayed ...
Top advisers to President Donald Trump on Sunday warned North Korea to give up its missile and nuclear weapons programs and to quit making threats against the U.S. and its allies or face destruction. The warnings came a day after leader Kim Jong Un vowed ...
U.S. President Donald Trump appeared to mock North Korean leader Kim Jong Un over Twitter on Sunday, referring to him as "rocket man," a day after a teleconference with South Korean leader Moon Jae-in over Pyongyang's continued provocations. "I spoke with President Moon of South ...
