New Yorker’s Osnos on North Korea: Charlie Rose
Evan Osnos recently traveled to Pyongyang, on assignment for the New Yorker magazine. His report offers a rare, inside look at North Korea.
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Trump says UN North Korea sanctions are ‘not a big deal’
President Donald Trump and congressional lawmakers signaled on Tuesday that more steps need to be taken to rein in North Korea's rapidly developing nuclear program despite the United Nations Security Council's unanimous vote to pass additional sanctions on the rogue nation. Trump noted the 15-0 United Nations vote during a meeting with Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, but said they are "just another very small step, not a big deal" and suggested that he doesn't know "if it has any impact."
Allies should consider redeploying US tactical nuclear weapons here
Talk of redeploying US tactical nuclear weapons, which were taken out of South Korea in the early 1990s, is gaining momentum in both the US and South Korea. The idea has considerable merit.
How Russia quietly undercuts sanctions intended to stop North Korea’s nuclear program
A South Korean news magazine with photos of President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un under the headline "Korean Peninsula Crisis" is displayed at the Dong-A Ilbo building in Seoul. Russian smugglers are scurrying to the aid of North Korea with shipments of petroleum and other vital supplies that could help that country weather harsh new economic sanctions, U.S. officials say in an assessment that casts further doubt on whether financial measures alone can force dictator Kim Jong Un to abandon his nuclear weapons program.
UN approves watered-down new sanctions against North Korea
The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea in a watered-down resolution without an oil import ban or international asset freeze on the government and leader Kim Jong Un that the... The U.N. Security Council has unanimously approved new sanctions on North Korea in a watered-down resolution without an oil import ban or international asset freeze on the government and leader Kim Jong Un that the Trump administration wanted. Sen. John McCain says the U.S. needs to step up actions against North Korea and send a message to leader Kim Jong Un that aggressive acts will lead to his country's destruction.
The Freeze-for-Freeze Solution: An Alternative to Nuclear War
On August 5, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster informed MSNBC that the Pentagon had plans to counter the "growing threat" from North Korea-by launching a "preventative war." For example: a "threat" is merely an expression.
South Korea braces for possible new missile test to mark North’s founding day
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.
The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea
The Risk of Nuclear War with North Korea - On the ground in Pyongyang: Could Kim Jong Un and Donald Trump goad each other into a devastating confrontation? - 1. The Madman Theory - The United States has no diplomatic relations with North Korea, so there is no embassy in Washington The day's must-read political news and opinion pieces are scattered across hundreds of news outlets and blogs, too many for any one person to read. Fortunately, memeorandum arranges all of these links in a single, easy-to-scan page.
Rising military tensions in Asia Pacific: how do the major players compare?
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.
The US could end up crippling the world’s largest banks as it takes on North Korea
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 .
North Korea nuclear test amplifies a global crisis
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.
The Latest: US senator calls for economic sanctions on NK
3, 2017. North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb Sund... . In this undated image distributed on Sunday, Sept.
Trump condemns North Korea nuclear test
President Donald Trump condemned North Korea's claimed test of a hydrogen bomb in a series of tweets Sunday morning, calling Pyongyang's words and actions "hostile and dangerous" and saying "talk of appeasement will not work." "North Korea has conducted a major Nuclear Test.
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.
U.S. possesses a powerful – but risky – tool to halt North Korea’s nuclear progress
The U.S. government is turning the screws on companies that do business with North Korea in violation of U.N. sanctions but has stopped short of taking the more aggressive - and riskier - move of targeting Chinese banks that facilitate Pyongyang's trade in arms and other banned goods. On Tuesday, the Trump administration blacklisted 16 Chinese, Russian and Singaporean companies and individuals for trading with banned North Korean entities, including in coal, oil and metals.
Nuclear Apocalypse: Trump and Kim Should Not Hold the World Hostage
Not too far away from Seattle, Washington there are eight ballistic-missile submarines carrying the world's large shipments of nuclear weapons. The 560-foot-long black submarines are docked at the Naval Base Kitsap-Bangor, hauling what is described by Rick Anderson in a recent Los Angeles Times article as "the largest concentration of deployed nuclear weapons in the US."
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.
Who’s ready for the US – South Korea war games?
We've only just now managed to cool down the easily inflamed ego of Kim Jong-un after his threat to rain down ICBMs around Guam, possibly tipping it over in the process. The back and forth saber rattling has moved up considerably in temperature ever since we found out he now has some amazingly advanced rockets and very likely the ability to miniaturize his nukes to fit on them.
US ‘closer to war than ever before’
What's the football? And what's the biscuit? Trump has the US nuclear codes that, together with the Pentagon, could launch an ICBM in 5 minutes and start a nuclear war with North Korea, or anyone really. North Korean government launches the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile, at an undisclosed location in North Korea.
Declassified by Eli Lake:
Despite doubling down on his rhetoric of "fire and fury" and deriding his predecessors for failed negotiations, Trump looks as if he wants to eventually strike a deal with the nation's tyrant, Kim Jong Un. Just look at what Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is doing.