All posts tagged "topstories"

  • President Trump’s negotiating strategy has often involved the taking of an extreme position, in the hope that the other actor in a test of wills will be thrown off enough to move in his direction. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times
    Trump on North Korea: Tactic? ‘Madman Theory’? Or Just Mixed Messages?

    By DAVID E. SANGER New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/world/asia/trump-kim-jong-un-north-korean.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share   WASHINGTON — It was only a few hours after his secretary of state cracked open the door on Thursday to negotiating with the North Koreans that President Trump stepped...

    • Posted May 1, 2017
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  • Federal agents carried out boxes of evidence after a raid this month on a California business accused of helping wealthy Chinese investors fraudulently obtain green cards. Credit Richard Vogel/Associated Press
    Wealthy Chinese Scramble for Imperiled Commodity: U.S. ‘Golden Visa’

    By JAVIER C. HERNÁNDEZ New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/asia/china-eb-5-golden-visa.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share BEIJING — He has a lakeside villa valued at more than $3 million, two Mercedes sedans in the garage and a butler who fluffs his pillows and shines his shoes....

    • Posted April 28, 2017
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  • he South Korean presidential candidates Ahn Cheol-soo, left, and Moon Jae-in before a televised debate in Seoul on Sunday. Credit Pool photo by Kim Hong-Ji
    Trump Rattles South Korea by Saying It Should Pay for Antimissile System

    By CHOE SANG-HUN New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/28/world/asia/trump-south-korea-thaad-missile-defense-north-korea.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share   SEOUL, South Korea — President Trump’s comment that he wants South Korea to pay for a missile defense system being set up in the country jolted its presidential race on...

    • Posted April 28, 2017
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  • President Trump and President Xi Jinping of China at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., earlier this month. Mr. Trump has urged Mr. Xi to use Beijing’s leverage with North Korea. Credit Doug Mills/The New York Times
    Trump Warns That ‘Major, Major Conflict’ With North Korea Is Possible

    By GERRY MULLANY New York times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/asia/trump-north-korea-kim-jong-un.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share   HONG KONG — President Trump warned Thursday of the possibility of a “major, major conflict” with North Korea, in an interview in which he said he was seeking a diplomatic...

    • Posted April 28, 2017
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    Worry About War? ‘I Am Too Busy,’ South Koreans Say

    By MOTOKO RICH New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/asia/north-korea-south-tensions.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share Students learning to use gas masks at a training center next to the War Memorial of Korea in Seoul, South Korea, this month. Credit Lam Yik Fei for The New York...

    • Posted April 27, 2017
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  • Installing the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, known as Thaad, in Seongju, South Korea. An official at South Korea’s Defense Ministry said on Thursday that the system would soon go into “actual operation.” Credit Lee Jong-hyeon/News1, via Reuters
    U.S. Antimissile System in South Korea Is Said to Be Nearly Operational

    By GERRY MULLANY  New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/27/world/asia/north-korea-thaad-missile-defense-us-china.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share HONG KONG — The antimissile system that the United States deployed in South Korea over China’s objections is close to becoming operational, giving the two allies the capability to defend...

    • Posted April 27, 2017
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  • Tony Kim, also known as Kim Sang-duk, in a photograph from social media.
    Imprisoned in North Korea: The Cases of 3 Americans

    By RUSSELL GOLDMAN  New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/25/world/asia/imprisoned-in-north-korea-the-cases-of-3-americans.html?smprod=nytcore-iphone&smid=nytcore-iphone-share When Americans are detained in North Korea, they can expect harsh conditions, with tiny prison cells, little food or water and even less daylight. And their story line is preordained:...

    • Posted April 26, 2017
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