North Korea’s Kim Says Trump Must Make ‘Right Choice’ to Avoid War
From Newsmax North Korea said Tuesday that leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on his military’s plans to launch missiles into waters near Guam as part of an effort to create “enveloping fire” near the U.S. military hub in the…
North Korea says tests first ICBM; experts say Alaska within range
From Newsmax The United States asserted Tuesday that North Korea’s latest missile launch was indeed an intercontinental ballistic missile, as the North had boasted and the U.S. and South Korea had feared. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson called it a…
McCain: Warmbier ‘Murdered by the Kim Jong Un Regime’
By Cathy Burke From Newsmax Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., declared the Monday death of former North Korean prisoner Otto Warmbier – just days after the comatose Ohio student was flown home – a murder by the Kim Jong Un regime….
S. Korea’s new leader orders probe of US missile launchers
Associated Press From Boston Herald SEOUL, South Korea — Calling it a “very shocking” incident, South Korea’s new president on Tuesday demanded an investigation into why his office wasn’t told by defense officials about the arrival of several additional launchers…
North Korea missile test ‘due to Kim Jong-un paranoia’
From BBC The US ambassador to the United Nations, Nikki Haley, has accused North Korean leader Kim Jong-un of being in a “state of paranoia”, following another ballistic missile test. The test was a message to the South days after…
North Korea has been branded as a ‘weed-smoker’s paradise’ — but the truth is more complicated
By Melia Robinson From Business Insider For years, there have been rumors that North Korea is a “weed-smoker’s paradise.” Cannabis is said to grow wildly there, and people can reportedly buy it in large, bazaar-style marketplaces and smoke it wherever…
North Korea ‘could destroy world with just three bombs’, regime apologist claims
By Jon Sharman From Independent UK Reclusive state’s self-styled special delegate says ‘Korea is perfectly prepared with nuclear and thermonuclear weapons’ North Korea could destroy the entire world with just “three or four” thermonuclear bombs, according to a man who…
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BBC’s Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and team expelled from North Korea From BBC Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and the team were in North Korea ahead of a rare ruling party congress BBC correspondent Rupert Wingfield-Hayes and his team have been expelled from North Korea…
Top Chinese experts: North Korea has more nukes than anyone thought and Kim could double it
By Reuters and Bryan Logan From Business Insider Chinese nuclear experts have warned that North Korea may already have 20 nuclear warheads and the capability to produce enough weapons-grade uranium to double its arsenal by next year, The Wall Street…
North Korea says that it has successfully tested a hydrogen bomb
From Business Insider SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea says it has conducted a successful hydrogen bomb test, a surprise announcement. North Korea reportedly detonated the device at the Punggye-ri underground test site in the far northeast, its official Korean Central…
