Tag: North Korea

Tuesday, September 5th 2017 - 08:47 UTC
Kim Jong un is challenging Donald Trump or Xi Jinping?

North Korea's display of missiles and nuclear weapons seems more directed to challenge Xi Jinjping's China than United States and president Donald Trump. In effect the timing of events seems to indicate Pyongyang is clearly on tack to disappoint and embarrass Beijing.
Friday, September 1st 2017 - 13:19 UTC
Theresa May in Japan for a round of trade, Brexit outcome and defense talks

British Prime Minister Theresa May is in Japan for a round of trade and security talks. During her stay, the Mrs. May will hope to further along progress over an “ambitious” trade deal with Japan ready for when Britain quits the European Union.
Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 08:15 UTC
Urgent meeting of the UN Security Council to address North Korean missile launch

The United Nations Security Council will meet late Tuesday to discuss the latest North Korea missile launch. North Korea fired a ballistic missile that passed over Japan early Tuesday local time, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told reporters.
Tuesday, August 29th 2017 - 07:56 UTC
South Korean forces military exercises with live ammunition next to the DMZ

South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered his country's military on Tuesday to display its capabilities that can overwhelm North Korea should the communist state decide to attack, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said.
Sunday, August 6th 2017 - 04:53 UTC
UN, including Beijing., agrees tough sanctions on North Korea banning more than a third of the country's exports

The United Nations Security Council approved tough new sanctions on North Korea on Saturday including a ban on coal and other exports totaling more than US$1 billion — a huge bite in its total exports, valued at US$3 billion last year. U.S. Ambassador Nikki Haley praised the new sanctions, telling council members after the vote that it is “the single largest economic package ever leveled against the North Korean regime.”
Tuesday, May 2nd 2017 - 10:47 UTC
Trump ready to meet Kim Jong-un, “in the correct conditions”

US President Donald Trump has said he would be “honored” to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, in the right circumstances. “If it would be appropriate for me to meet with him, I would - absolutely. I would be honored to do it,” he told news organization Bloomberg on Monday.
Tuesday, April 25th 2017 - 06:43 UTC
Briefing to US Senate on North Korea, while “armada” approaches the peninsula

US submarine has arrived in South Korea, amid worries of another North Korean missile or nuclear test. The missile-armed USS Michigan is set to join an incoming group of warships led by aircraft carrier Carl Vinson.
Monday, April 17th 2017 - 08:28 UTC
The era of strategic patience with Pyongyang is over, warns vice-president Pence in Korea

United States Vice President Mike Pence has stared across the demilitarized border between North and South Korea, a day after North Korea's failed missile launch, reiterating that the US “era of strategic patience” with Pyongyang is over. Pence is on the first stop of a four-nation Asia tour intended to show America's allies, and remind its adversaries, that the Trump administration is not turning its back on the increasingly volatile region.
Friday, April 12th 2013 - 05:49 UTC
G8 Foreign ministers condemn North Korea but could not agree on Syria

G8 foreign ministers strongly condemned North Korea over its nuclear program on Thursday but failed to bridge divisions over Syria beyond calling for more humanitarian aid for victims of the conflict.
Monday, April 1st 2013 - 09:05 UTC
Unasur calls on all sides involved to ensure peace and security in the Korean peninsula

The Union of South American Nations, Unasur expressed deep concern and called on all sides involved to ensure the preservation of peace and security in the Korean peninsula.