President Donald Trump’s strategy of threatening North Korea could set “the stage for successful diplomacy” to limit the hermit nation’s nuclear program, William J. Perry, Bill Clinton’s second secretary of defense, told The Huffington Post in an interview Friday. Perry, who endorsed Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential race, has been advising presidents on nuclear activity since […]
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North Korea Displays Military Prowess For World To See
TOKYO — North Korea put on a huge military spectacle Saturday to celebrate its founder’s birthday, parading its series of new and technologically advanced missiles in front of Kim Jong Un, and in a defiant show of force in front of the world. North Korea did not, however, carry out another nuclear test or ballistic missile launch, against […]
US Navy Sending Strike Group To Korean Peninsula
SEOUL — A U.S. Navy strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier was making its way towards the Korean peninsula Sunday “to maintain readiness” as Kim Jong Un’s regime in North Korea prepared to mark key anniversaries this coming week. North Korea is expected to hold a huge military parade on April […]
North Korea’s Latest Missile Test Was A Failure
North Korea fired a test missile Wednesday morning, but the launch failed, U.S. and South Korean officials have confirmed. “U.S. Pacific Command detected what we assess was a failed North Korean missile launch attempt the morning of March 22 in Korea (12:49 p.m. Hawaii time) in the vicinity of Kalma,” said Cmdr. David Benham, a […]
Trump 100% Behind Japan As North Korea Launches Another Missile Test
North Korea’s latest ballistic missile test has been widely condemned. South Korea and US officials said the missile, launched on Saturday night, flew east towards the Sea of Japan for about 500km (300 miles). South Korea’s defence ministry called it an armed provocation to test the response of US President Donald Trump. Japan’s Prime Minister […]
North Korea Threatens Trump Inauguration With Nukes
North Korea is “readying two intercontinental ballistic missiles” to “nuke” Donald’s Trump inauguration, it’s been reported. Military officials say the rogue state wants to send a “strategic message” to the incoming US president by timing launches to ruin his big day on Friday. In a statement, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the reports […]
North Korea warns Trump on nuclear weapons: We’re never giving them up
North Korea has issued an ominous warning to the incoming U.S. president, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap. Yonhap reported that a commentary in North Korea’s major newspaper Rondon Sinmu did not refer to Donald Trump’s victory specifically, but issued a veiled warning that the incoming administration would have to deal with a nuclear-armed […]