May 04 North Korea fires another ballistic missile as tensions rise By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press The launch comes days after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to bolster his nuclear arsenal and threatened to use them against rivals. Continue reading
Apr 16 North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un attends massive parade celebrating his grandfather’s birth By Associated Press State media images showed Kim waving from a balcony looking over Kim Il Sung Square, which is named after his grandfather, as huge columns of people carrying red plastic flowers and floats with political slogans marched below. Continue reading
Mar 28 Following missile launch, North Korea vows to develop more powerful weapons By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea says leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to develop more powerful means of attack, days after its most serious missile launch in more than four years. Continue reading
Oct 12 Watch 8:27 N. Korea flexes nuclear power amid regional arms race, wants U.S. to end ‘hostile policy’ By Nick Schifrin, Harry Zahn With the many crises both domestic and global facing the Biden White House, one key challenge — North Korea — has decided to make its presence known. Surrounded by missiles and other weaponry, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un put… Continue watching
Sep 15 Watch 4:39 News Wrap: Afghanistan’s women’s soccer team escape to Pakistan In our news wrap Wednesday, members of the Afghan women's soccer team along with coaches and families crossed into Pakistan and will seek asylum in other countries. North and South Korea traded missile tests amid rising tensions. Pope Francis says… Continue watching
Jun 30 Kim berates North Korean officials for ‘crucial’ virus lapse By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un berated top officials for failures in coronavirus prevention that caused a "great crisis," using strong language that raised the specter of a mass outbreak in a country that would be scarcely able to handle… Continue reading
May 02 N. Korea warns US of ‘very grave situation’ over Biden speech By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea on Sunday warned that the United States will face “a very grave situation” and alleged that President Joe Biden “made a big blunder” in his recent speech by calling the North a security threat. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 6:21 What Woodward recordings reveal about Trump’s pandemic response A new book by legendary journalist Bob Woodward has sent shockwaves across the country -- and the 2020 presidential campaign. Woodward’s reporting includes audio recordings of on-the-record conversations with President Trump in which he admits he intentionally misled Americans about… Continue watching
Jun 24 North Korea says Kim has suspended planned military retaliation against South By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Analysts say North Korea, after deliberately raising tensions for weeks, may be pulling away just enough to make room for South Korean concessions. Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 5:04 What’s behind North Korea’s latest act of aggression On Tuesday, North Korea blew up the Inter-Korean Liaison Office, a symbol of a rare rapprochement in 2018 with South Korea. The move comes as North Korean rhetoric grows increasingly hostile. Nick Schifrin reports and talks to Jeongmin Kim of… Continue watching