All posts tagged "topstories"

  • Speaking to the Atlantic Council on Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson said, “We’re ready to talk anytime North Korea would like to talk, and we’re ready to have the first meeting without precondition.” Credit Jonathan Ernst/Reuters
    White House Corrects Tillerson on Whether U.S. Will Talk to North Korea

    By MARK LANDLER https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/13/world/asia/north-korea-trump-tillerson.html   WASHINGTON — President Trump and Secretary of State Rex W. Tillerson are once again at odds over how to deal with nuclear-armed North Korea after Mr. Tillerson declared on Tuesday that the United...

    • Posted December 13, 2017
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  • A B-1B Lancer strategic bomber of the U.S. flies over Korea, flanked by South Korea's fighter jets in this undated file photo. (Yonhap)
    U.S. B-1B bombers to fly over Korea in joint exercise

    SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Yonhap) — The United States will deploy B-1B Lancer strategic bomber aircraft to Korea on Wednesday as part of a combined air combat training, a defense source said. The long-range, multi-mission supersonic bombers, based...

    • Posted December 7, 2017
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    N. Korea has yet to master nuclear missile technology: FM

    WASHINGTON/SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Yonhap) — South Korean Foreign Minister Kang Kyung-wha said North Korea has developed its nuclear missile capability at a faster-than-expected pace but has yet to master the technology. In a CNN interview aired Tuesday,...

    • Posted December 6, 2017
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  • A B-1B Lancer strategic bomber of the U.S. flies over Korea, flanked by South Korea's fighter jets in this undated file photo. (Yonhap)
    U.S. B-1B bombers to fly over Korea in joint exercise

    SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Yonhap) — The United States will deploy B-1B Lancer strategic bomber aircraft to Korea on Wednesday as part of a combined air combat training, a defense source said. The long-range, multi-mission supersonic bombers, based...

    • Posted December 6, 2017
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  • Presidents
    Moon, Trump agree to bring N. Korea to dialogue table thru sanctions, pressure

    President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed to continue strong pressure and sanctions against North Korea to bring the regime back to negotiations as they held their second phone talks in two days after Pyongyang’s...

    • Posted December 1, 2017
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    S. Korea, U.S. not considering any military measures against N. Korea: Cheong Wa Dae

    SEOUL, Dec. 1 (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States have not discussed any military options, including a naval blockade, against North Korea, an official from South Korea’s presidential office Cheong Wa Dae said Friday. The...

    • Posted December 1, 2017
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  • The photo provided by the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae shows President Moon Jae-in holding a telephone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on Nov. 29, 2017. (Yonhap)
    Moon, Abe vow to seek additional U.N. sanctions against N. Korea

    SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Yonhap) — The leaders of South Korea and Japan agreed Wednesday to seek additional U.N. sanctions against North Korea, saying they can no longer tolerate North Korean provocations. The agreement came in a telephone...

    • Posted November 29, 2017
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