North Korea

The United Nations is rolling out a treaty to ban all nuclear weapons on Friday, despite opposition from the world’s nuclear powers and others. The treaty, called the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, has been negotiated for weeks, and is expected to be signed by 129 member-nations. The effort has been led by […]

In the aftermath of Monday’s long-range ballistic missile test conducted by North Korea, all eyes have been on President Donald Trump’s administration, with many fearing that Kim’s latest launch and accompanying bluster could be a significant step toward the onset of war.  China and Russia have publicly called for restraint while criticizing American defensive emplacements […]

Shortly before meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week, U.S. President Donald Trump warned Russia that it should stop supporting hostile regimes and destabilizing Ukraine. The warning was given against the backdrop of Trump’s first visit to Poland in the run-up to the G20 summit in Germany. Trump was greeted with strong support from […]

The North Korean government, by way of their state-run news agencies KCNA and Korean Central Telivision, has released a four-minute long video of the launch of their newest missile platform, confirmed by U.S. intelligence to be a true ICBM, called the Hwasong-14. The launch, which occurred on Monday, demonstrated a significant leap forward in North […]

Despite claims coming from Russia and China about American aggression surrounding the Korean peninsula, the United States has continued to push for diplomacy after the North Korean test launch of what U.S. intelligence agencies have confirmed was a true ICBM. U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued a statement on Tuesday calling for global support […]

North Korea’s decision to launch a test of their latest ballistic missile platform, which they claim can reach U.S. shores, on the eve of America’s Fourth of July celebration was not coincidental, but was rather intended as a message to the Western power, according to statements made by Kim Jong Un. In fact, Kim’s translated […]

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — In a direct response to North Korea’s missile launch, U.S. and South Korean soldiers fired “deep strike” precision missiles into South Korean territorial waters The exercises on Tuesday were described by U.S. military officials in Seoul.   Read the whole story from Business Insider. Featured image courtesy of Wikimedia Commons

North Korea claims to have conducted their first successful test of an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) on Monday night.  According to North Korean reports, this new platform is capable of striking the mainland United States. The United States military tracked the missile’s trajectory throughout the test, determining that it remained aloft for 37 minutes and […]

North Korean forces reportedly launched another ballistic missile at around 9:40 a.m. local time, South Korean officials reported. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that Tuesday’s launch came from an airfield in North Korea’s northwestern Phyongan province, according to Reuters. The missile was said to have landed in Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zone […]

President Donald Trump, speaking alongside newly elected South Korean President Moon Jae-in, told reporters on Friday that the United States’ patience with Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime is “over.” “The era of strategic patience with the North Korean regime has failed,” Trump said in a statement from the Rose Garden. “And, frankly, that patience […]

National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster has kept mostly out of the headlines since assuming his position earlier this year, which is unfortunate, as he is uniquely capable among his peers in the administration of communicating foreign policy positions in a palatable, and perhaps less abrasive way than the president himself. Speaking before the annual meeting […]

North Korea said on Wednesday it has issued a standing order for the execution of former South Korean President Park Geun-hye and her spy chief for what it said was a plot to assassinate its leader, and it demanded that the South hand the pair over. The North’s official KCNA said “revelation showed” Park had […]