The U.S. military flew advanced bombers and stealth jets over the Korean Peninsula and near Japan in drills with South Korean and Japanese warplanes on Monday, three days after North Korea fired a missile over Japan.
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President Donald Trump’s national security adviser says the U.S. has a military option for North Korea, but that is not its preferred route.
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North Korea fired an “unidentified” missile eastward from Pyongyang Thursday night, with multiple reports saying it flew over northern Japan and landed in the Pacific Ocean.
Read moreNew findings about the strength of North Korea’s Sept. 3 nuclear test raised tensions Wednesday as experts called on Congress to ramp up sanctions.
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The United Nations Security Council unanimously approved new sanctions against North Korea on Monday night in response to the country’s recent test of a hydrogen bomb.
Read moreThe United States called for a vote Monday on new United Nations sanctions against North Korea, though exactly what measures would be in the resolution remained a mystery.
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President Donald Trump has spoken with the leaders of Britain and Australia about North Korea’s latest nuclear test.
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President Donald Trump lashed out at North Korea on Twitter Wednesday, seemingly backing away from a diplomatic solution to the country’s recent provocations by saying “talking is not the answer.”
Read morePresident Donald Trump on Tuesday said “all options are on the table” the day after North Korea’s latest show of force sent a missile flying over northern Japan.
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South Korea’s largest news agency on Monday reported that a ballistic missile fired by North Korea has flown over Japan.
Read moreSouth Korea says North Korea has fired several unidentified projectiles to the sea in what appears to be the latest weapons tests for the country that has been rapidly expanding its nuclear weapons and missile program.
Read moreThe U.S. attorney’s office on Tuesday filed two forfeiture complaints seeking almost $11 million from companies accused of laundering U.S. dollars to benefit North Korea, in violation of sanctions tied to the country’s missile programs.
Read moreU.S. and South Korean troops kicked off their annual drills Monday that come after President Donald Trump and North Korea exchanged warlike rhetoric in the wake of the North’s two intercontinental ballistic missile tests last month.
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America’s diplomatic and defense chiefs sought Thursday to reinforce the threat of possible U.S. military action against North Korea after President Donald Trump’s top strategist essentially called the commander-in-chief’s warnings a bluff.
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North Korea’s military on Tuesday presented leader Kim Jong Un with plans to launch missiles into waters near Guam and “wring the windpipes of the Yankees,” even as both Koreas and the United States signaled their willingness to avert a deepening crisis, with each suggesting a path toward negotiations.
Read moreChina has announced that it will cut off imports of North Korean coal, iron ore and other goods in three weeks under U.N. sanctions imposed over the North’s nuclear and missile programs.
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The top U.S. military officer said Monday that the United States wants to peacefully resolve a deepening standoff with North Korea but is also ready to use the “full range” of its military capabilities in case of provocation.
Read moreIssuing a new threat to North Korea, President Donald Trump tweeted Friday that the United States is prepared to take military action if the country should “act unwisely.”
Read moreEven as his top aides cushion his “fire and fury” language directed at North Korea, President Donald Trump said Thursday that his controversial threat might have been too tepid.
Read moreAdding concrete details to its threats against the United States, North Korea announced Thursday that it is planning to fire four ballistic missiles into the waters surrounding Guam, a U.S. Pacific territory.
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