Tag: Asia

Is China Taking Away Kim Jong-un’s Nuclear Option?

Ethan Epstein · April 12, 2017 1:12 pm

Vice President Mike Pence and his family will embark on a 10-day tour of Asia, Australia and Hawaii next week. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Mike Pence to travel through Asia, Australia and Hawaii

Sarah Bedford · April 6, 2017 3:10 pm

"We've always had all options on the table," Carter said. "I wouldn't take any off." (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

Ex-Defense chief Carter: First strike against North Korea should be on the table

John Siciliano · April 2, 2017 1:57 pm

Trump said last week that he expects the meeting with President Xi to be a difficult one. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Trump eyes closer ties with Vietnam ahead of China talks

John Siciliano · April 1, 2017 4:17 pm

A THAAD Story

Ethan Epstein · March 22, 2017 10:15 am

A man watches a TV news program showing an image of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the country's Sohae launch site, at Seoul Railway station in Seoul, South Korea, Sunday, March 19, 2017. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Trump: Kim Jong Un is behaving ‘very, very badly’

Gabby Morrongiello · March 19, 2017 9:25 pm

National Security

Rex Tillerson says he’s ‘not a big media press access person’

Daniel Chaitin · March 18, 2017 12:22 pm

Rex Tillerson: The Mouse That Roared

Ethan Epstein · March 17, 2017 11:31 am

The "Fat Leonard" saga is one of the worst corruption scandals in U.S. Naval history. (U.S. Navy photo)

8 current and former Navy officials charged in ‘Fat Leonard’ bribery case

Anna Giaritelli · March 14, 2017 9:08 pm

"These are very clearly defensive measures that we're taking in response to an increasingly worrying, concerning threat from North Korea," acting State Department spokesman Mark Toner told reporters on Monday. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

National Security

State Department: US military taking ‘defensive measures’ against North Korea

Joel Gehrke · March 13, 2017 7:55 pm

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson's decision not to travel with reporters when he visits Asia next week will only lead to "distrust," Sen. Ed Markey, D-Mass., charged Friday. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

National Security

Sen. Ed Markey rebukes Tillerson for excluding press from Asia trip

Joel Gehrke · March 10, 2017 10:09 pm

A South Korean court upheld the impeachment of President Park Guen-hye. (The South Korean Presidential House via AP, File)

South Korean president given the boot by high court

Jeremy Lott · March 10, 2017 2:36 am