Oct 10 North Korea unveils new weapons at military parade By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned Saturday that his country would “fully mobilize” its nuclear force if threatened as he took center stage at a military parade in which the country unveiled what appeared to be a new intercontinental… 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
Aug 20 Watch 4:55 News Wrap: Greenland lost record amount of ice last year In our news wrap Thursday, Greenland’s ice sheet lost a record 586 billion tons of ice last year -- more than double the annual average. A new satellite study reported the finding, which researchers blame on a combination of climate… Continue watching
Jun 25 Watch 5:42 70 years after start of Korean War, peace on Korean Peninsula remains elusive By Bruce Harrison June 25 marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean War's start. South Korean President Moon Jae-in had hoped peace efforts over the past two years would have brought the two Koreas closer, perhaps enough to produce a treaty formally ending… 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 North Korea’s military to re-enter inter-Korean cooperation sites By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea says it will redeploy troops to now-shuttered inter-Korean tourism and economic sites near the border with South Korea. The North's military made the announcement Wednesday, a day after it blew up an inter-Korean liaison office just north of… 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
Jun 16 North Korea blows up inter-Korean office, raising tensions By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea blew up an inter-Korean liaison office building just north of the heavily armed border with South Korea on Tuesday, in a carefully choreographed display of anger that sharply raises tensions on the Korean Peninsula and puts pressure on… Continue reading
Jun 14 S Korea urges North to uphold deals amid rising animosities By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press There’s concern that North Korea could turn to provocation to bolster its internal unity and wrest outside concessions as nuclear talks with the United States remain deadlocked. Observers say North Korea desperately needs sanctions relief in the face of harsh… Continue reading
Jun 13 Kim Jong Un’s sister threatens S. Korea with military action By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un threatened military action against South Korea as she bashed Seoul on Saturday over declining bilateral relations and its inability to stop activists from floating anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border. Continue reading