North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia despite warnings from Washington not to favor a deal to send weapons to Putin. Kim left Pyongyang for Russia on Sunday aboard his private train, accompanied by senior officials from the defense and military industry and the Foreign Minister.
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North Korea has launched two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan. This was reported by South Korean military sources. The Seoul armed forces detected two launches from the Tongchang-ri area, in the province of North Pyongan, from 11:13 to 12:05. "Our military has strengthened surveillance and vigilance by cooperating closely with [...]
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The procurement of Russian arms from Iran and North Korea heralds a growing convergence of military and diplomatic interests between Moscow and the two anti-Western and IC-sanctioned countries. Washington has accused Russia of procuring large quantities of artillery ammunition from Pyongyang, as well as missiles and drones which it is already purchasing from Iran. [...]
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Ansa reported that North Korea today launched two new ballistic missiles towards the Sea of Japan. The alarm was raised by the South Korean army general staff: two short-range ballistic missiles launched from the Samsok area, in Pyongyang, towards the Sea of Japan. The new launches [...]
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North Korea in a recent exercise launched a newly developed anti-aircraft missile. For months, Pyongyang has been testing new weapons including a never-before-seen hypersonic missile, ballistic missiles and a cruise missile with obvious nuclear capabilities. Last Friday the United States asked for an emergency meeting of the UN Council [...]
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Kim Jong Un, speaking yesterday at a plenary meeting of the ruling Workers' Party Central Committee to review progress on key craft policies and measures to solve economic problems, said the country's economy has improved this year, but called for measures to address the "tense" food situation caused by the pandemic [...]
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According to reports from the South Korean General Staff, North Korea would have launched a ballistic missile from a submarine towards Japan. The missile, launched near the port of Wonsan, would have traveled about 450 kilometers reaching a maximum altitude of 910 kilometers before arriving in the Sea of Japan. The launch, which took place [...]
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The son of a former South Korean government minister defected to North Korea. The first case of a South Korean citizen's desertion to North Korea. It is even rarer for such high-profile Korean citizens to defect to North Korea. The defector is #Choe In-guk, son of [...]
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North Korea's ambassador to Italy has been missing for two months and there are reports that he may be under the protection of a Western country. Jo Song-gil, 48, a career diplomat who speaks fluent Italian, French and English, presented his diplomatic credentials to the Italian government in May 2015. In October 2017 […]
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According to a report commissioned by the UN Security Council, North Korea is continuing its nuclear and missile program in violation of UN sanctions. The document states that "North Korea has not stopped its nuclear and missile programs and continues to challenge the resolutions of [...]
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New satellite images of the Sohae Satellite Launching Station (North Korea's main satellite launch facility since 2012) show that North Korea has begun the dismantling of key facilities used to develop ballistic missile engines. In particular, these include the rail processing building - where vehicles from [...]
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The Guardian reports that Defense Secretary James Mattis reportedly reported that talks with North Korea are not developing, despite Trump's promises. Mattis, pressured by journalists, said he was unaware of any steps North Korea has taken to dismantle its nuclear weapons program [...]
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The signing of a joint document between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader KimJong-un is the seal of a new peace process for the "complete denuclearization" of the Korean peninsula. At the center of the talks, the issue of Pyongyang's denuclearization, which Trump has announced will begin "very, very quickly". The interviews took place [...]
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Tomas Ojea Quintana, United Nations rapporteur for North Korea, in view of the historic summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un, called on Pyongyang to grant an "amnesty to free hundreds of prisoners". According to the rapporteur, who spoke during a press conference, the amnesty would be "a signal [...]
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A considerable number of Chinese tourists have lost their lives following a car accident that took place yesterday evening in North Korea. The news was released by the Chinese media citing a note from the Beijing Foreign Ministry. China Central Television, the Chinese state television broadcaster, posted on Twitter [...]
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US President Donald Trump, speaking in the luxurious residence of Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where he welcomed Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, evoked discussions "at the highest level" with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and spoke of " five possible places "for the face-to-face, to be held in June" if all goes well ", replying [...]
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North Korea has directly confirmed to the Trump administration its willingness to negotiate a possible denuclearization with the United States. This was reported by administration sources, thus confirming that officials from the United States and North Korea have recently had secret contacts in which Pyongyang has directly confirmed its willingness to hold the summit [...]
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Japan is probing with the North Korean government the possibility of organizing a bilateral summit, the Japanese newspaper Asahi reported today. Kim Jong Un's government has informed the leaders of the Korean Workers' Party of North Korea of the possibility of a summit with Japan, the newspaper said, citing sources [...]
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Kim Jong Un, with a special armored train, could probably have arrived in Beijing to meet President Xi Jinping. Japanese TV today filmed a mysterious train arriving from North Korea to Beijing. Furthermore, numerous videos show that a mammoth procession crossed the city, passing through Chang'n Avenue, not [...]
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The Central Intelligence Agency reported that it has established negotiation channels between the United States and North Korea, which the State Department is now using to communicate with Pyongyang. Rex Tillerson, who was summarily fired as US Secretary of State by President Donald Trump last week, was famous for […]
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The announcement of a summit between US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opens up new scenarios characterized by "potential for kidnapped progress". These are the words of Tomas Ojea Quintana pronounced today during the presentation of his report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva in which he highlighted that a [...]
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The summit between the Northern leader, Kim Jong-Un, and the South Korean president, Moon Jae-in, is scheduled for the end of April, the first since 2007. Pyongyang is also willing to denuclearize and suspend missile tests, should it restart. the negotiation with the USA. This was made known by the National Security Advisor [...]
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North Korea used its embassy in Berlin to procure parts for its missile program, the head of Germany's national intelligence office BfV told a German broadcaster. No one at the North Korean embassy in Berlin was immediately available to comment on the allegation. In a program that will be broadcast on television [...]
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) has accused the United States of attempting to turn the upcoming PyeongChang Winter Olympics into a theater of confrontation with Pyongyang. Korea's Central News Agency (KCNA) said in a comment late Friday that US Vice President Mike Pence said [...]
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North Korea shipped coal using a Russian route last year. Unloaded in two Moscow ports, the coal was then transported to South Korea and Japan, in a probable violation of UN sanctions. The UN Security Council had banned coal exports on 5 August [...]
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Several North Korean ice hockey players arrived in South Korea today to join South Korean colleagues in the joint team that will participate in next month's Winter Olympics. According to what was announced by the Ministry of Unification, the athletes crossed the border at the industrial area of Kaesong, together with a sports delegation [...]
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The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) continued to send messages of detente, calling on Seoul to work with the north to create the conditions for future national reunification. The official daily Rodong Sinmun said in an article that achieving national reconciliation and unity is the key to creating an environment [...]
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A Californian cybersecurity company has found software that installs a code for the Monero cryptocurrency and sends coins to a server at a North Korean university. If so, it is yet another sign that North Korea could be looking for new ways to revitalize its economy, gripped by the [...]
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According to reports from the South Korean media, South Korea has asked North Korea to start talks between "military" to "eliminate or reduce the risk of misjudgment" thus easing the tensions that have arisen around the Korean peninsula. This is what was proposed during the high-level meeting, still in [...]
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North Korea has completed construction and inaugurated another ski resort in Kanggye, in Jagang province, near the border with China, according to the state network KCTV. The multifunctional structure includes alpine ski slopes, sledding and a medical center, and is aimed above all at the sports activities of [...]
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There is agreement for the high-level meeting between representatives of North Korea and South Korea scheduled for next Tuesday who will compete to discuss the participation of North Korean athletes in the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games that will take place next month. As reported by the Yonhap agency, Pyongyang sent a list [...]
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The meeting of the main Chinese and South Korean mediators on the crisis on the Korean peninsula and the possible opening towards North Korea is scheduled for today. The meeting will be attended by Deputy Foreign Minister Kong Xuanyou, special representative of the Chinese government for the affairs of the Korean peninsula who already had, upon his arrival, [...]
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in welcomed the New Year's announcement by Kim Jong Un, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), ordering government officials to resume dialogue and work out follow-up measures. up. Moon said at the first cabinet meeting this year that Kim responded [...]
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Kim Jong Un, in his end-of-year speech, warned the United States that it has a "nuclear button" on its desk ready for use if North Korea feels threatened, but has offered Korea an olive branch. South, saying it is "open to dialogue" with Seoul. After a year dominated [...]
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(by Pasquale PREZIOSA) Forecasts are the main tool for planning the future. The transformations of global trends and the new directions of the behavior of states can be identified through geopolitical analysis. Geopolitics can identify what may happen and when, with the due limitations that refer to the complex behavior of [...]
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The United States announced repercussions for the two North Korean officials working behind their country's ballistic missile program on Tuesday, while Russia reiterated its offer to mediate to ease tensions between Washington and Pyongyang. The new steps of the United States were the latest in a campaign aimed at coercing Korea [...]
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The United States is "delusional" if it thinks North Korea is abandoning its nuclear weapons program. This was stated by the Pyongyang Foreign Ministry who also branded the new sanctions imposed by the UN as an "act of war" that violates sovereignty. "We consider these sanctions manipulated by the US and its [...]
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South Korean troops fired as North Korean soldiers attempted to locate the soldier who had previously defected to the South across the border, a spokesman for the Seoul Defense Ministry said. The South Korean army first sent out a warning with the loudspeaker system, seeing the border guards approaching the [...]
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The Canadian newspaper "Toronto Star" reports that next week, State Department Secretary Rex Tillerson will meet with Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa to agree on the stalemate with North Korea and the international conference. that the two countries will jointly organize in 2018. For Minister Freeland, [...]
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Today, the US Secretary of State and the North Korean Ambassador to the United Nations will participate in the UN Security Council. The meeting takes place after the former CEO of Exxon Mobil, who became head of US diplomacy, opened the door to direct negotiations with North Korea "without preconditions. Rex Tillerson will describe the line with which [...]
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The United States, Japan and South Korea will hold two days of ballistic missile testing this week as tensions rise in the region over North Korea's rapidly growing weapons programs, Nova reported. This was reported by the respective ministries of defense relaunched by the local press. Korea [...]
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(by Alessandro Rugolo) Did the United States of America carry out cyber activities to sabotage North Korea's missile capabilities? So it seems, at least according to what has already been reported since April in an article by journalists Julian Ryall, Nicola Smith and David Millward which appeared in the British The Telegraph. The analysis of what happened was presented [...]
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According to the Nova agency, the United Nations (UN) Undersecretary General for Political Affairs, Jeffrey Feltman, will visit Pyongyang starting today to discuss "matters of mutual interest and concern". This was announced by a UN spokesman, Stephane Dujarric, yesterday evening. Feltman will meet the North Korean Foreign Minister, [...]
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Jens Stoltenberg, NATO Secretary General, strongly condemned the new ballistic missile test by North Korea, stating, in a note released yesterday evening, that "it is the further violation of several UN Security Council resolutions. (UN), which undermines regional and international security ”. In November, the [...]
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The United States intends to deploy six F-22 Raptor stealth interceptors in South Korea next month. This was reported by sources of the South Korean Defense quoted by the news agency "Yonhap", according to which the advanced combat aircraft will take part in a joint air exercise scheduled from 4 to 8 December, called Vigilant Ace. The aircraft will reach [...]
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After the US Treasury Department's decision to impose sanctions on thirteen Chinese and North Korean organizations on suspicion of helping Pyongyang circumvent UN Security Council sanctions, China reiterates its opposition to unilateral sanctions but at the same time she says she is ready to "handle the issue in [...]
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Steven Mnuchin, Secretary of the US Treasury, 24 hours after President Donald Trump's announcement to reinstate North Korea on the list of sponsoring countries for terrorism, declares that the United States has imposed new sanctions against North Korean organizations and 13 companies Chinese who have commercial relations with the [...]
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According to the Nova agency, Singapore "will not hesitate" to prosecute anyone who breaks the rules imposed to suspend all trade with North Korea. This was reported by the "Straits Times", according to which the customs of Singapore declared that it had adopted several new sanctions "in quick succession" this year, in accordance with the resolutions of the Council of [...]
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According to State Secretary Rex Tillerson, "There is evidence that there is a shortage of fuel in North Korea" and added that the United States does not know if China is putting further pressure on North Korea by reducing oil supplies. destined for Pyongyang. During the briefing held [...]
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According to reports from the Nova agency, the North Korean Army violated the 1953 armistice, which ended the Korean War, in an attempt to prevent the desertion of a soldier last week. This is what emerges from the investigations carried out by the South Korean authorities starting from 13 November last. According to sources cited by the South Korean agency "Yonhap", military [...]
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The commander of US Strategic Command, which controls the entire US nuclear arsenal, said he would not obey a nuclear missile launch order if he believed he had received an "illegal" attack order from the president. Speaking at the international security conference in Halifax, Canada. General of the Air Force, John Hyten, thus responded to [...]
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Song Tao, the special envoy of Chinese President Xi Jinping, met Ri Su-yong today in Pyongyang, one of the deputy presidents of the Workers' Party, a former foreign minister and currently the most senior official in Korea's foreign policy. of the North. According to what was reported by the official agency Kcna, the two talked about the peninsula [...]
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A North Korean soldier fled the regime, crossed the Demilitarized Zone on the border between the two Koreas but was hit by six shots from North Korean forces. The US-led United Nations Command, which monitors the Panmunjom border area, where the escape occurred, explained [...]
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North Korea would be ready for a nuclear attack against the United States: the Russian information agency "Sputnik" reports, according to which this is the content of the letter that the North Korean delegation presented in October to the President of the Federation Council Russian (upper house of the Moscow parliament), Valentina Matvienko, during a [...]
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Donald Trump's visit to South Korea continues. The dense fog, very frequent at this time of year, blocked the "Marine One" of US President Donald Trump and prevented the visit to the demilitarized zone (DMZ), the inter-Korean border : the "surprise" was being prepared in detail because its South Korean counterpart Moon Jae-in was [...]
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US President Donald Trump is on a long tour of Asia, following what his Secretary of State Tillerson had already done. It could be a voyage that heralds the start of activities in depth towards North Korea which, on the other hand, would be preparing to carry out another long ballistic missile launch [...]
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Take the mints left over from making soybean oil, which is usually used to feed pigs, press them and knead them with a sand-colored flour, then with rice and chili sauce. The name of the dish is “injogogi”, which means artificial meat. In North Korea it has been a recipe for survival for years. [...]
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According to reports from Nova, North Korea may have completed preparations to conduct another nuclear test: the South Korean news agency "Yonhap" reported, quoting the South Korean intelligence agency (NIS), that Pyongyang is ready for another missile launch. During a parliamentary hearing, the NIS announced [...]
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Rodrigo Duterte, Philippine president, worried about the situation on the Korean peninsula, which in recent months has worsened due to Pyongyang's missile launches and nuclear tests, conducted in violation of UN Security Council resolutions, has called on Washington to a constructive political dialogue with Pyongyang, in view of its [...]
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wished Chinese President Xi Jinping "great success" after he was renamed secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. In the note released by the KCNA news agency, Kim expressed "sincere congratulations" on his second term at the head of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). In the message Kim [...]
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CIA chief Mike Pompeo says North Korea will have perfected its nuclear capability in a few months, but warns that it is one thing to be able to launch a single nuclear missile and another to produce a lot of material. fissile enough for an entire arsenal. According to the British newspaper [...]
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North Korea, in an open letter sent to Australia and "several countries", warns that it will not yield to the threats of US President Donald Trump. In the letter from the Pyongyang Foreign Affairs Committee, sent to the Australian Parliament through the North Korean embassy in Indonesian, the threats made by the US president against Pyongyang are contested: [...]
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Mgr. Hyginus Kim Hee-Joong, archbishop of Gwangju and president of the Korean Bishops' Conference, in an interview with Antonio Spadaro, director of Catholic Civilization, says that "many Koreans think that all the superpowers involved are using this tension with Korea. North for their national interests ". The prelate, who also tells of the letter from the South Korean president [...]
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The British television channel "CHANNEL 4" had to suspend the airing of a political thriller, set in North Korea, after being hit by violent cyber attacks. The new British television program, a series in 10 episodes, entitled Opposite Number, was designed to make the public perceive organized plots [...]
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North Korea could launch an unimaginable attack on the United States without warning. The news agency of the North Korean regime "KCNA" threatened him today, in the midst of heightened tensions in the Korean Peninsula after the start of the massive naval exercises undertaken by the United States and South Korea. The Emergency Committee [...]
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The situation on the Korean peninsula "has reached a delicate point and a nuclear war can break out at any moment". The new warning comes from North Korean deputy ambassador to the UN, Kim In Ryong, who spoke during a meeting of the disarmament commission at the UN headquarters. Pyongyang, he reiterated, "supports the total elimination of nuclear weapons and [...]
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US President Donald Trump will cancel his visit to the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas, South Korean and US government sources reported. Apparently there would no longer be the minimum security conditions. The president of the United States intended to visit the Demilitarized Zone between the two Koreas this month [...]
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Hillary Clinton said today that in her opinion, the fact that President Trump talks about nuclear weapons and war on Twitter is "disturbing". During an interview with CNN, reporters asked Clinton what she thought of Trump's comments about the failure of the policies adopted by previous administrations on issues like that [...]
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According to reports from Nova, China and Russia have urged all interested parties to avoid any provocative action that could aggravate tensions on the Korean peninsula. A statement arrived on the occasion of the eighth Sino-Russian consultation on the security of Northeast Asia chaired by the Chinese Foreign Ministry Kong Xuanyou and the Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov. [...]
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Trump pulls straight against North Korea, does not listen to anyone According to Nova reports, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, returned yesterday to comment on the apparently mixed signals that have come from his administration in recent weeks, regarding the crisis triggered from the North Korean ballistics and nuclear programs. "I think I have a [...]
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According to the Nova Agency, the US Department of Defense said the theft of a large number of classified military documents suffered by Seoul, including the latest version of the plan for joint South Korea-US operations in wartime and an emergency plan of the two countries to "behead" the leadership of Pyongyang, [...]
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Trump could visit the demilitarized zone between the two Koreas The American president, Donald Trump, could visit the Korean demilitarized zone, the fortified area that separates North and South Korea, during his visit to Seoul scheduled for next month. The South Korean news agency Yonhap writes. At the end of September the White House sent a [...]
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EU applies sanctions to North Korea The EU Council has tightened sanctions on the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), transposing the "sectoral" sanctions imposed by United Nations Security Council Resolution 2375 (2017). This resolution was adopted on 11 September 2017, in response to Korea's ballistic missile launch of [...]
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Probable North Korean ballistic test. In case of war, London will send the aircraft carrier Queen Elizabeth the F-35Bs of the Marine Corps. In a few hours the anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party will be in North Korea. The XNUMXth of October is a special date greeted at home with celebrations and military tests of some [...]
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After mounting tensions between the United States and North Korea, Britain is studying plans for a possible military conflict against North Korea, writes the Daily Mail. The sources, who asked for anonymity, told the British newspaper that several options were considered. One of the plans currently [...]
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North Korea: vice president Morozov, Pyongyang tests long-range missile North Korea is preparing to test a long-range missile that it believes could reach the west coast of the United States: Russian Vice President Anton Morozov, just returned, has announced it from a visit to Pyongyang. According to the Russian news agency "Ria [...]
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North Korea reported today the restart of operations at the Kaesong inter-Korean industrial complex, which Seoul had unilaterally closed in February 2016, in response to nuclear and ballistic tests carried out by its Northern Neighbor. . The North Korean information and political propaganda site Uriminzokkiri, managed by the agency [...]
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According to Nova, Pakistan does not agree with the strategy of Donald Trump's US presidential administration for Afghanistan, does not intend to fight the Afghan war on its own territory and will continue to oppose an expansion of India's role in that country " , and for this reason it would do better to prepare for a further deterioration of relations with [...]
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Russian President Vladimir Putin, during an official ceremony held in the Kremlin, once again condemned the nuclear and missile tests conducted by the North Korean regime in violation of UN resolutions, underlining how "militaristic rhetoric is dangerous". "We condemn the decisions taken by Pyongyang in violation of the resolutions of the UN Security Council, but feed the rhetoric [...]
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The diplomatic efforts made by US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to open a line of communication with North Korea and attempt to negotiate the shutdown of Pyongyang's ballistics and nuclear programs are "a waste of time". This was declared on Sunday by the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who disavowed the secretary [...]
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Foreign Minister Angelino Alfano, during an interview with "La Repubblica" referring to the actions that the Italian government intends to take against North Korea, said: "Italy has taken a strong decision and that is to stop the accreditation of the ambassador of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The ambassador will have to leave Italy ”. "Korea [...]
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President Donald Trump signed early in his administration a directive on the strategy to follow to increase pressure on North Korea. The Washington Post reports it citing some sources. The campaign also envisages the use of IT means through the Us Cyber Command, which can intercept hackers from the North Korean spy agency, the [...]
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The South Korean Unification Ministry reported that, despite tensions over Pyongyang's missile and nuclear tests and the resulting new sanctions imposed on the Kim Jong-Un regime, South Korea has approved the sending of 8 million dollars (equal to 6,7 million euros) of humanitarian aid to Korea in [...]
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Yesterday, the US Defense Secretary, Jim Mattis, spoke of a secret plan for the question of North Korea. The United States would have a military option against North Korea capable of neutralizing the latter's devastating armed retaliation against neighboring South Korea. The secretary held [...]
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At the conclusion of a meeting in New York that took place on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, the Chinese and Russian foreign ministers have launched an appeal for a "peaceful solution" to the North Korean "vicious circle". Beijing's chief of diplomacy, Wang Yi, and his Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov, asked all parties involved [...]
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The South Korean government once again reiterates the need to plan humanitarian aid for the most disadvantaged sectors of the North Korean population, despite the severe sanctions affecting the Pyongyang regie. Baik Tae-hyun, spokesman for the Unification Ministry, during a press conference, explained that the sending of aid "must remain independent of the situation [...]
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Scilipoti Isgrò, a member of the NATO parliamentary assembly, declared: "We strongly condemn North Korea's decision, communicated in the last few hours, to continue developing its nuclear arsenal, in order to achieve strategic parity with the United States, despite the sanctions approved by the UN following the regime's atomic test at the beginning of September [...]
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The sanctions approved by the Security Council, called yesterday in response to the launch of the missile launched on Thursday night that flew over Japan before falling into the Pacific Ocean, do not stop Kim Jong-un's run. According to reports from the official KCNA agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un declared that North Korea will reach [...]
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As a result of the new missile launched by North Korea, which flew over the Japanese island of Hokkaido and then sank in the North Pacific without causing damage, the international community reacts. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono had a telephone conversation with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson to ask for programming in [...]
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The missile just launched from North Korea had a range of approximately 3.700 kilometers and most likely sank in the North Pacific. Seoul military sources told Yonhap. The missile flew to a height of approximately 770 kilometers. South Korean maneuvers have been underway in the Sea of Japan for several hours, [...]
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The UN secretary general, Antonio Guterres, in an interview with the Russian agency "Ria Novosti" spoke of relations between Russia and the United States which are going through a difficult period. What is important is the ability of these two countries to find compromises for the sake of the security of much of the world. "I am very worried about the crisis around [...]
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China will address economic and trade issues with North Korea to contribute to the "stability and denuclearization" of the Korean Peninsula, in line with United Nations resolutions. This is the position of the Beijing Ministry of Commerce, confirmed today at a press conference by spokesman Gao Feng, a few hours after the telephone interview [...]
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The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Federica Mogherini, stressed the need for a Korean peninsula free of nuclear weapons because this is, in the first place, in the interest of all Koreans, both north and south, but also the region and the whole world. During his speech yesterday during [...]
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In a telephone conversation this morning, South Korean President Moon Jae-in and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe discussed actions to be taken following North Korea's successful test of a bomb in North Korea. hydrogen that would be capable of being mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile. President […]
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It would be one of the last options on the table should the escalation not stop. According to the Daily Mail, military leaders in Seoul have informed South Korean President Moon Jae-in of their possible plan to send assassins trained by them to kill the regime's leaders. The news comes in a moment in [...]
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The American reaction to North Korean provocations did not delay, American strategic bombers and stealth fighters flew over the Korean peninsula, reports the South Korean news agency Yonhap. Four F-35B stealth jets and two B-1B strategic bombers today carried out training maneuvers together with Seoul Air Force F-15K fighters in response to continuous missile launches […]
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The United Nations Security Council condemned North Korea's launch of a ballistic missile, which flew over Japan. At the end of an emergency meeting, the 15 members of the UN executive approved a declaration in which the test is defined as an "outrageous" threat and asks [...]
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Italy also joins the list of countries that distancing themselves from Kim Jong-un's attitude, condemning the launch made tonight on Japan. Angelino Alfano, Minister of Foreign Affairs, inviting the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to immediately abandon the development of its nuclear program, declared: “Italy expresses its strongest condemnation for [...]
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The UN Security Council will meet urgently today at the request of the US, South Korea and Japan "on threats to peace and stability" for the latest ballistic missile launched in the morning by North Korea. The news was reported by the Yonhap agency, citing an official from the Seoul Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The carrier flew over Japan ending [...]
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Donald Trump returns to talk about North Korea stating that “the aggressive rhetoric towards his counterpart Kim Jong-Un is starting to bring results. Words expressed by the President he used after noting how Kim is starting to respect the United States "and maybe, probably not but maybe something positive can come out." These statements [...]
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The war of proclamations and verbal threats continues. Many senior Trump officials and advisors had urged the President not to fall out of style, not to fall low and respond to the provocations of the North Korean leader. The Head of the US State Department, Tillerson yesterday said that President Trump [...]
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The battle "of words" between the US and Korea continues. The governor of Guam said today that the American territory in the western Pacific is "well equipped" to counter a possible attack from North Korea, thanks to robust infrastructures that have withstood earthquakes and typhoons and will resist even if Pyongyang were to transform its threats in actions [...]
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North Korea announced that it is considering plans for a missile launch over the Pacific, US territory of Guam, just hours after President Donald Trump said any threat to the United States would be responded to with "fire. and fury ". The sharp rise in tensions has [...]
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North Korea has successfully produced and miniaturized a nuclear warhead that can be placed inside missiles. This ability, now established, makes North Korea a nuclear power in all respects. The new analysis was completed last month by the DIA - Defense Intelligence Agency - which follows another [...]
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Japan has sent its largest helicopter destroyer on an escort mission to American warships crossing offshore as part of the crisis with North Korea. The Izumo will have to escort, according to the Japanese media, an American support ship with supplies for the US fleet in the region. A mission made possible by [...]
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North Korea still threatens an unannounced attack: a front page editorial in Rodong Sinmun commemorates the 85th anniversary of the birth of the Armed Forces when "the era in which the US unilaterally constituted a nuclear threat is over" . Pyongyang now has "the will and the ability to respond to all kinds [...]
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