North Korea
Biden says ‘hello’ to North Korea’s Kim amid tensions over weapons tests
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a joint news conference with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol at the Presidential office in Seoul, South Korea, May 21, 2022. Jeon Heon-Kyun | Reuters U.S. President Joe Biden, in Seoul before heading to Japan as part of his first Asia trip as president, had a simple message for […]
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Biden, South Korea’s Yoon vow to deter North Korea but offer Covid aid
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol looks on as U.S. President Joe Biden delivers remarks during a visit to a semiconductor factory at the Samsung Electronics Pyeongtaek Campus in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, May 20, 2022. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters President Joe Biden and his new South Korean counterpart agreed on Saturday to hold bigger military drills […]
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North Korea officially reports first Covid-19 outbreak
North Korea officially confirmed its first Covid-19 outbreak on Thursday, with state media reporting a sub-variant of the highly transmissible omicron virus, known as BA.2, had been detected in Pyongyang. Kim Won Jin | Afp | Getty Images North Korea officially confirmed its first Covid-19 outbreak on Thursday, with state media reporting a sub-variant of […]
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From North Korea to testy ties with China, South Korea’s new leader has big challenges ahead
South Korea’s new president Yoon Suk-yeol isn’t going to “have much of a honeymoon period,” said Kathleen Stephens, president and CEO of the Korea Economic Institute of America and former U.S. ambassador to South Korea. “I think he said the right thing as he is inaugurated, about his desire to see Korea play a larger […]
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North Korea fired ballistic missile, South Korean and Japanese officials say
A woman walks past a television screen showing a news broadcast with file footage of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at a railway station in Seoul on May 4, 2022. North Korea has launched a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters on Wednesday, South Korean and Japanese officials said. Jung Yeon-je | Afp | […]
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South Korea and North Korea leaders sent ‘personal letters’ to each other this week
Korean leaders Kim Jong Un and Moon Jae-in exchanged personal letters this week, the North’s state news agency KCNA reported. This file photo shows the two leaders at the end of an inter-Korean summit in 2018. Pyeongyang Press Corps | Getty Images News | Getty Images North Korean leader Kim Jong Un responded to a […]
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U.S. is taking ‘a close look’ at whether to label Russia a state sponsor of terrorism. Here’s what that means
WASHINGTON — As the international community seeks new ways to increase economic pressure on the Kremlin for its brutal war against Ukraine, the idea of labeling Russia a state sponsor of terrorism has recently gained attention within the Biden administration. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked U.S. President Joe Biden to designate Russia a state sponsor […]
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North Korea is committed to an ‘alarming change’ in its nuclear policy, professor says
North Korea ultimately wants to have more nuclear weapons to use against the U.S. troops in South Korea and Japan in the event of an invasion, according to a professor at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies. North Korea currently has the ability to use a small number of nuclear weapons against the United States, […]
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There’s an ‘alarming change’ in North Korea’s approach to nuclear weapons, says professor
ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Jeffrey Lewis of the Middlebury Institute of International Studies says what North Korea “really, fundamentally” wants is the ability to use a much larger number of nuclear weapons against U.S. forces in South Korea and Japan if they thought an invasion was […]
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Full remarks of U.S. President Joe Biden and Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
“We cannot condone any country arguing that another country’s independence is the result of historical errors and crazy decisions,” Prime Minister Lee said at the White House on March 29. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong met with U.S. President Joe Biden to discuss Indo-Pacific security, the Ukraine war, and […]
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