All posts tagged "topstories"

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    U.S. Ponders Withdrawing From Trade Pact With South Korea

    Robert Lighthizer, left on screen, the United States trade representative, attended a video conference with Trade Minister Kim Hyun-chong of South Korea last month. CreditYonhap, via European Pressphoto Agency WASHINGTON — President Trump is considering pulling out of...

    • Posted September 2, 2017
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    North Korea Claims Have Developed a Missile-Ready Hydrogen Bomb

    Have Developed a Missile-Ready Hydrogen Bomb By CHOE SANG-HUNSEPT. 2, 2017   North Korea’s state news agency released this photo Sunday showing the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, inspecting what it said was a missile-ready hydrogen bomb. CreditKorea Central News...

    • Posted September 2, 2017
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  • Gen. Lee Wang-keun (L), South Korea's Air Force chief of staff, inspects the operation of an early warning system against ballistic missile attacks at a local air defense unit on Aug. 31, 2017, in this photo provided by the Air Force. (Yonhap)
    Air Force chief warns of possible sudden attack by N. Korea

    SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Yonhap) — South Korea’s top Air Force commander warned Thursday of the possibility of unexpected, sudden attacks by North Korea, with all eyes riveted on its ballistic missile and nuclear programs. During a visit...

    • Posted September 1, 2017
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  • Defense Secretary Jim Mattis told reporters, “I agree with the president we should not be talking right now” to North Korea. Credit Alex Brandon/Associated Press
    Mattis Insists He and Trump Are on the Same Page on North Korea

    By MICHAEL R. GORDON https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/us/politics/mattis-trump-north-korea.html   WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Jim Mattis insisted on Thursday that he was not at odds with President Trump over North Korea and asserted that the media had misinterpreted his recent remarks...

    • Posted September 1, 2017
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  • Ruth Giraldo, a resident of Concord Bridge in northwest Houston, in front of her home on Wednesday. Credit Barbara Davidson for The New York Times
    Short Answers to Hard Questions About Health Threats From Hurricane Harvey

    By SHEILA KAPLAN and DONALD G. McNEIL Jr. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/31/health/hurricane-harvey-health.html   Continue reading the main story Share This Page Share Tweet Email More Save Photo Ruth Giraldo, a resident of Concord Bridge in northwest Houston, in front of...

    • Posted September 1, 2017
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  • Leader Kim Jong-un of North Korea in an undated picture visiting a missile-development factory, according to the country’s state news media. Credit Korean Central News Agency
    Making Kim Jong-un Sweat

    Roger Cohen https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/25/opinion/trump-kim-jong-un-north-korea.html Leader Kim Jong-un of North Korea in an undated picture visiting a missile-development factory, according to the country’s state news media. Credit Korean Central News Agency In assessing the North Korean nuclear threat, it’s...

    • Posted September 1, 2017
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  • People in Pyongyang watching a televised broadcast of a missile test on Wednesday. Credit Kim Kwang Hyon/Associated Press
    Trump Says U.S. Is Paying ‘Extortion Money’ to North Korea

    By EILEEN SULLIVAN and MARK LANDLER https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/30/us/politics/trump-north-korea-extortion-money.html People in Pyongyang watching a televised broadcast of a missile test on Wednesday. Credit Kim Kwang Hyon/Associated Press WASHINGTON — In a post on Twitter on Wednesday, President Trump accused...

    • Posted August 30, 2017
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