As a top American envoy visits the region, the North declared that tests would bolster its “reliable strategic nuclear deterrent.”
Tag: North Korea
After North Korea Hints at New Policy, U.S. Warns Against More Missile Tests
The American ambassador to the United Nations, responding to North Korean signals that it could resume long-range missile tests, said such a move would be “deeply counterproductive.”
Trump Officials Block U.N. Meeting on Human Rights Abuses in North Korea
The U.S. is trying to preserve a diplomatic opening with Kim Jong-un, even as North Korea dismisses President Trump as a “heedless and erratic old man.”
North Korea Threatens New ‘Dotard’ Insults if Trump Revives Name-Calling
North Korea threatened to resume tit-for-tat insults against President Trump two days after he called its leader, Kim Jong-un, a “Rocket Man.”
North Korea Threatens New ‘Dotard’ Insults if Trump Revives Name-Calling
North Korea threatened to resume tit-for-tat insults against President Trump two days after he called its leader, Kim Jong-un, a “Rocket Man.”
Kim Jong-un Visits Sacred Mountain on Horseback. Analysts Watch His Next Move.
The North Korean leader has often visited Mount Paektu, near the border with China, before making major policy shifts.
North Korea Touts New Resort, Seeking to Blunt U.N. Sanctions
Tourism is one of the few remaining sources of hard currency for Kim Jong-un’s government. He has embarked on a push for more foreign visitors.
Time Is Running Out for Trump’s North Korean Diplomacy, Analysts Say
Analysts fear a looming crisis as North Korea warns of a Dec. 31 deadline for a new proposal from the United States on denuclearization.
North Korea Launches 2 Rockets, South Says
The short-range projectiles were launched off the North’s east coast, days after Kim Jong-un ordered artillery fire near a disputed sea border.
U.S. Offers North Korea ‘Act of Good Will.’ Not Enough, North Says.
A canceled military drill was not enough to get the North Koreans back to the table to discuss denuclearization.