Trump tells Duterte of two U.S. nuclear subs in Korean waters: NYT

U.S. President Donald Trump told his Philippine counterpart that Washington has sent two nuclear submarines to waters off the Korean peninsula, the New York Times said, comments likely to raise questions about his handling of sensitive information. Trump has said “a major, major conflict” with North Korea is possible because of its nuclear and missile […]

U.N.’s North Korea sanctions monitors hit by ‘sustained’ cyber attack

United Nations experts investigating violations of sanctions on North Korea have suffered a “sustained” cyber attack by unknown hackers with “very detailed insight” into their work, according to an email warning seen by Reuters on Monday. The hackers eventually breached the computer of one of the experts on May 8, the chair of the panel […]

Tillerson says US pressure on North Korea in ‘early stages’

WASHINGTON (AFP) –  US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned Sunday that the United States was still in the “early stages” of applying pressure on Pyongyang, after yet another North Korean missile test in defiance of international sanctions. The test of what the US military described as a medium-range missile fired from Pukchang, North Korea was […]

North Korea tests another missile; Seoul says dashes hopes for peace

North Korea fired a ballistic missile into waters off its east coast on Sunday, its second missile test in a week, which South Korea said dashed the hopes of the South’s new liberal government for peace between the neighbors. A South Korean military official said the missile appeared to be an upgraded, extended-range version of […]

North Korea says U.S. has to roll back ‘hostile policy’ before talks

North Korea’s deputy U.N. envoy said on Friday the United States needed to roll back its “hostile policy” toward the country before there could be talks as Washington raised concern that Pyongyang could be producing a chemical used in a nerve agent. “As everybody knows, the Americans have gestured (toward) dialogue,” North Korea’s deputy U.N. […]

USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group joins the USS Carl Vinson in the Pacific

The USS Ronald Reagan, one of the United States’ 10 nuclear powered Nimitz Class aircraft carriers, successfully completed sea trials last week after a long in-port maintenance period, and departed its home port in Yokosuka naval base in Japan to resume scheduled operations in the Asia-Pacific Region on Tuesday. The carrier was originally scheduled to return […]