Aug 01 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: Tillerson talks Russia sanctions, ‘peaceful pressure’ on North Korea By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Tuesday, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made a rare appearance in front of news reporters, commenting on tensions with Russia and North Korea and brushing aside speculation that he's seeking a way out of the… Continue watching
Jul 31 Watch 11:05 North Korea keeps building better missiles. How should the U.S. respond? By PBS News Hour North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile on Friday that experts said could strike at least half of the continental U.S. Chief foreign affairs correspondent Margaret Warner reports on the response by the U.S. and allies and William Brangham examines… Continue watching
Jul 31 How close is North Korea to launching a nuclear missile? By Larisa Epatko Siegfried Hecker, former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, describes the process North Korea must go through to deliver a nuclear weapon and why he is concerned. Continue reading
Jul 31 President Trump insists there’s no chaos at White House By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump insisted Monday there is no chaos at the White House, even as his new chief of staff is entering a West Wing battered by crisis. Continue reading
Jul 28 Watch News Wrap: North Korean missile flies further, higher than last launch By PBS News Hour In the our news wrap Friday, North Korea launched a second intercontinental ballistic missile that flew higher and farther than its first attempt, which came earlier this month. South Korea said it will work to deploy more U.S. anti-missile systems. Continue watching
Jul 28 Pentagon confirms North Korea launched ballistic missile By Dayana Morales Gomez The Pentagon confirmed Friday that it detected a launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile from North Korea. Continue reading
Jul 27 Analysis: 64 years after the Korean War, the world’s coldest and most dangerous peace By Michael D. Mosettig Even after 60-plus years of a fragile peace, South Koreans are fully aware that their efforts to build a modern society and economy are constantly at risk of being turned quickly again into rubble, by accidents, blunders and miscues from… Continue reading
Jul 25 North Korea missile program farther along than believed, report says By Deb Riechmann, Richard Lardner, Associated Press WASHINGTON — Intelligence officials believe North Korea will have a reliable, intercontinental missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon as early as next year, according to a report published Tuesday amid a warning from a top Republican lawmaker who says… Continue reading
Jul 21 U.S. to ban Americans from traveling to North Korea, officials report By Matthew Lee, Associated Press The Trump administration will ban American citizens from traveling to North Korea, U.S. officials said Friday, following the death of university student Otto Warmbier who died in June after falling into a coma in a North Korean prison. Continue reading
Jul 10 How we fail to humanize war By Elizabeth Flock Poet and playwright Harry Newman said we need to better understand how the countries we go to war with are often a lot like us. "Those are connections we don't make, or we're not encouraged to make. And those are… Continue reading