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Throughout the week, South Korean officials have warned the North could launch another intercontinental ballistic missile, in defiance of U.N. sanctions and amid an escalating standoff with the United States. Pyongyang marks its founding anniversary each year with a big display of pageantry and military hardware.
U.S. Air Force B-1B heavy bombers from Guam linked up with fighter jets from the Air Self-Defense Force on Saturday for the latest training drill between the two militaries amid soaring tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The two B-1Bs from Andersen Air Force Base on Guam trained over the East China Sea with two ASDF F-15 fighters based in Naha, Okinawa Prefecture, the Defense Ministry said in a statement.
Foreign policy crises comes and go, but the power struggle between an unorthodox and ignorant president and America's military machine is eternal. With North Korea repeatedly demonstrating the potency of its nuclear arsenal, the president and the Pentagon are struggling to counter a new threat to U.S. allies in Asia and potentially to the United States itself.
South Koreans feel increasingly doubtful that North Korea will start a war, a survey released on Friday showed, just days after its largest nuclear test and as President Donald Trump again highlighted the possibility of military action. People look toward the north at an observation platform near the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas in Paju, South Korea, August 14, 2017.
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Opening statements are set to begin in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend. Opening statements are set to begin in the corruption trial of U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez and a wealthy friend.
This undated file photo distributed on Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
6, 2017. . Russian President Vladimir Putin, third from right, listens to South Korean President Moon Jae-in, fifth from left, during their meeting at the Eastern Economic Forum in Vladivostok, Russia, Wed... .
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Various experts and government officials have specified four steps to follow if a war on the Korean Peninsula breaks out. It appears experts and government officials here and abroad have yet to decide just what to think of North Korea's latest nuclear test on Sunday.
Looming ahead are critical government funding deadlines and the last, best chance at championing a legislative win -- tax reform -- ahead of the 2018 midterm election. But Trump is clashing with Republican leaders, his approval ratings are in the 30s in most polls and more than half of voters are convinced he is bent on tearing the country apart, according to one recent Fox News survey.
As tension between North Korea and the United States continues to grow, people in the metro with ties to the region wonder what could lie ahead. American leaders have said North Korea could be "begging for war" after another round of missile tests over the weekend.
Tensions in Asia Pacific have reached ominous new levels. Flashpoints in the South and East China Seas, the Korean Peninsula and the Taiwan Strait have led to a renewed arms race, as regional players look to secure dominance in the face of new and shifting challenges.
As the U.S. mulls its next move against North Korea , some have suggested that sanctioning the major Chinese banks could be the most effective way to pressure the rogue nation into halting its nuclear programme. Targeting the big lenders from the world's second-largest economy is not a new idea .
U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, and Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Joseph Dunford speak to reporters Sunday after meeting with President Donald Trump about North Korea at the White House in Washington.
Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., called Sunday for the United States and other nations to do more to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons after the nation said it tested a hydrogen bomb.
Two of the nation's most active anti-Trump "resistance" organizations are taking decidedly pro-North Korea stances in the United States' developing nuclear standoff with the communist country, whose leader, Kim Jong Un, has repeatedly threatened to launch a nuclear strike against America. One group is Refuse Fascism, a well-funded "resistance" group created for the express purpose of opposing President Trump's administration.
Three weeks ago, Donald Trump issued a frightening warning that, if North Korea issued just one more threat against the United States or its allies, he would launch a vicious military attack, and then North Korea would be sorry. Trump's words were: "North Korea best not make any more threats to the United States.
Texas Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro said President Donald Trump's sharp exchange of warnings with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "escalated the tension" with the rogue nation. Castro of San Antonio spoke with ABC News "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz on Sunday in the wake of what appears to be a successful test of a hydrogen bomb by North Korea.