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After North Korea Nuclear Test, Trump Saves Harshest Words for South Korea
President Trump on Sunday called North Korea 's biggest nuclear test to date "very hostile and dangerous," but his most significant rhetorical escalation was against South Korea , a close United States ally, which he accused of talking about "appeasement." Mr. Trump expressed his frustration in three sternly worded tweets early Sunday that were more muted than the previous taunts and threats he has directed at North Korea's young leader, Kim Jong-un.
The Latest: China says war not an option in Korea
In this combination of file photos, top: U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers fly over Japan on July 8, 2017, in this photo released by the Joint Staff Office of the Defense Ministry of Japan; and two U.S. Air Force F-35 jets arrive at Hill Air Force Base in Utah, on Sept. 2, 2015.
Trump: ‘All options are on table’ after North Korea missile launch over Japan
President Donald Trump said Tuesday that "all options are on the table" in terms of a U.S. response to North Korea's launch of a missile over Japan. In a terse, written statement Tuesday, Trump said that with the missile launch North Korea has "signaled its contempt for its neighbors, for all members of the United Nations, and for minimum standards of acceptable international behavior."
North Korea mocks Donald’s Trump’s ‘weird’ tweets
North Korea has condemned US President Donald Trump as a leader who frequently tweets "weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts" and "spouts rubbish" to give his assistants a hard time. North Korea has condemned US President Donald Trump as a leader who frequently tweets "weird articles of his ego-driven thoughts" and "spouts rubbish" to give his assistants a hard time.
Bannon Said Something Everybody Knows Is True: Therefore We Must Fire Him
Or just CLICK THIS LINK to start shopping for anything. Don't worry - anything you buy through it will pay Daily Pundit a commission! Thanks! That was how one veteran Washington correspondent began a conversation with me following reports Thursday morning of White House counselor Steve Bannon's sensational interview with the liberal American Prospect magazine.
Premarket: North Korea tensions push stocks down for third day
A man looks at replicas of a North Korean Scud-B missile, right, and South Korean missiles at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul on Aug. 10, 2017. Nuclear-armed North Korea mocked President Donald Trump as 'bereft of reason' on Aug. 10, raising the stakes in their stand-off.
North Korea details plan to fire missile salvo toward Guam
U.S. Air Force A-10 attack aircraft wait to take off on the runway at the Osan U.S. Air Base in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017. North Korea on Wednesday officially dismissed President Donald Trump's threats of "fire and fury," declaring the American leader "bereft of reason" and warning ominously, "Only absolute force can work on him."
The Latest: North Korea insults Trump’s mind, vacation
North Korea and the United States traded e... . U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson arrives at a military base in Subang, Malaysia, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017.
Haley: ‘Yes,’ We Had To Twist Arms To Get China, Russia…
U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley speaks while Japan's U.N. Ambassador Koro Bessho and South Korea's U.N. Ambassador Cho Tae-yul look on during a press encounter ahead of an emergency meeting of the U.N. Security Council at the United Nations in New York, U.S., May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY U.S. Ambassador to the U.N. Nikki Haley revealed Monday that the U.S. had to twist China and Russia's arms to get them on board with the new sanctions on North Korea.
US bombers fly over South Korea after North’s 2nd ICBM test
In this photo released by Japan Air Self Defense Force, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, top, fly with a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-2 fighter jet over Japan's southern island of Kyushu, just south of the Korean Peninsula, during a Japan-U.S. joint exercise Sunday, July 30, 2017. Japan's Defense Ministry reported the U.S. supersonic bombers flown from the Anderson Air Force Base in Guam conducted a joint exercise with South Korean Air Force over the Korean Peninsula later in the day.
The Latest: Seoul, Washington to talk over missile limits
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Trump, SKoreaa s leader returning to talks on trade, NKorea
President Donald Trump on Friday will discuss North Korea and trade with South Korea's new leader, whose pro-engagement stance toward the North could clash with the U.S. administration's intent to crank up sanctions.
Washington moves to ban citizens’ travel to N. Korea
South Koreans staged a memorial rally for Otto Warmbier near the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, South Korea on Friday. The U.S. State Department urges Americans to avoid traveling to more than three dozen nations, including such troubled locales as Libya, Cameroon and Venezuela.
THAAD controversy looms over Moon-Trump summit
The deepening controversy over the now suspended deployment of an advanced US missile defense system in South Korea will likely be one of the major issues to be discussed between their leaders when they meet in Washington later this month, experts said Sunday. South Korean President Moon Jae-in is to meet with his US counterpart Donald Trump on Thursday and Friday in their first face-to-face talk since they both took office.
Presidential office expresses anger over…
South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae expressed dismay Saturday over what it called "false" reports by a Japanese newspaper that suggested a possible crack in the South Korea-US alliance. The rare rejection by Cheong Wa Dae came after Japan's Asahi Shimbun reported that the US has urged South Korea to allow complete deployment of the THAAD US missile defense system here before the year's end.
Moon, Trump to face showdown on FTA renegotiation
South Korean President Moon Jae-in is expected to pitch for the benefits of the two countries' bilateral free trade pact during his upcoming trip to the US, but may face some tough challenges in talks with his counterpart Donald Trump who has been calling for the renegotiation of the landmark deal, industry watchers said Sunday. There have been growing concerns here over a possible renegotiation of the Korea-US Free Trade Agreement, dubbed KORUS FTA, as Trump has denounced the free trade agreement as a "job-killing" deal and a "disaster."
Bye-bye Blue House as S. Korean leader shuns imperial home
In this April 25, 2014, photo, South Korea's presidential Blue House is seen at rear as the presidential honor guard walks past in Seoul, South Korea. Addressing the nation after taking the oath of office on Wednesday, May 10, 2017, South Korean President Moon Jae-in vowed to eventually move out of the Blue House, where every modern South Korean president has lived and worked since the end of World War II.
Deja vu as softer South Korean leader could alienate ally US
New South Korea's President Moon Jae-in arrives at the National Cemetery in Seoul, South Korea Wednesday, May 10, 2017. Moon visited the national cemetery where he honored the country's former presidents, independence fighters and war heroes as he began his presidential duties.
AP News Guide: What to know about South Korea’s election
Two months after booting their sitting president over corruption all... . In this May 4, 2017 photo, people wait to cast their preliminary votes for the upcoming presidential election in Seoul, South Korea.