Sep 05 North Korea wants UN staff cut, but UN says they’re vital By Associated Press North Korea says it wants the U.N. international staff in the country reduced by the end of the year "due to the politicization of U.N. assistance by hostile forces" — but the U.N. says its current "light footprint" is vital. Continue reading
Aug 31 AP fact check: Trump’s swipe at Puerto Rico, G-7 comments By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press President Donald Trump presented a distorted picture of the auto industry, told a fanciful story about Iran duping Barack Obama and took a misinformed swipe at Puerto Rico just as its residents braced for a catastrophe that didn’t come. Continue reading
Aug 24 North Korea test-fires missiles again after joint drills end By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea fired two suspected short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday in the seventh weapons launch in a month, South Korea’s military said, a day after it vowed to remain America’s biggest threat in protest of U.S.-led… Continue reading
Aug 16 Kim Jong Un expresses ‘great satisfaction’ over recent weapons tests By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea on Saturday said leader Kim Jong Un supervised another test-firing of an unspecified new weapon that extended a streak of weapons demonstrations seen as an attempt to pressure Washington and Seoul over slow nuclear negotiations and their joint… Continue reading
Aug 16 North Korea fires more projectiles and rules out talks with South By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the projectiles launched from the North's eastern coast flew about 143 miles before landing in waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan. Continue reading
Aug 11 North Korea boosts Kim’s rising status as global statesman By Kim Tong-Hyung, Foster Clug, Associated Press There’s no question that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is in full control of his nation. But a recent change to the way he’s being formally described in the North Korean Constitution may allow him even more diplomatic leverage… Continue reading
Aug 10 Trump: Kim wants to meet again, apologized for missile tests By Jill Colvin, Associated Press President Donald Trump said Saturday that North Korea's Kim Jong Un wants to meet once again to "start negotiations" after joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises end. He also said Kim apologized for the flurry of recent short-range missile tests that… Continue reading
Aug 10 North Korea fires 2 missiles into sea in likely protest of drills By Kim Jung-Yoon, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea on Saturday extended a recent streak of weapons displays by firing what appeared to be two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea, according to South Korea's military. Continue reading
Aug 09 Trump said he got a ‘beautiful’ letter from North Korea’s Kim Jong Un By Deb Reichmann, Associated Press Trump has said he's not bothered by the flurry of missiles that Kim has launched in recent days, rattling U.S. allies in the region. Continue reading
Aug 05 North Korea fires projectiles twice into sea, South Korea says By Associated Press South Korea's military says North Korea fired unidentified projectiles twice into the sea as it continues to ramp up weapons tests amid stalemated nuclear negotiations with the United States. Continue reading