Tag: North Korea

North Korea last test-fired a ballistic missile on April 28. The U.S. military said it exploded mid-flight. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

National Security

North Korea launches what appears to be another missile

Daniel Chaitin · May 13, 2017 9:47 pm

Moon served as the opposition leader in South Korea since 2015 and won the presidency after the previous president was brought down by a corruption scandal. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

White House congratulates Moon Jae-in for victory in South Korean presidential election

Kyle Feldscher · May 9, 2017 6:18 pm

Bad Moon Rising

Ethan Epstein, Dean Barnett · May 9, 2017 2:52 pm

The State Department plans on working through the Swedish Embassy in North Korea to free four Americans being held by Kim Jong Un's regime, White House press secretary Sean Spicer said. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

US to work through Sweden to free Americans detained in North Korea

Kyle Feldscher · May 8, 2017 6:09 pm

Trump himself is disillusioned with McMaster because the general occasionally lectures Trump and doesn't allow him to ask questions frequently. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Trump ‘screamed’ at national security adviser H.R. McMaster over comments to South Korea: Report

Kyle Feldscher · May 8, 2017 5:46 pm

Kim Hak Song, a Korean-American who had spent a month teaching an accounting course at the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology, was arrested at Pyongyang International Airport, the university's chancellor, Chan-Mo Park, said. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Another US citizen detained by North Korea: Report

Daniel Chaitin · May 7, 2017 1:52 pm

Will Ripley’s Believe It…Or Not

Ethan Epstein · May 6, 2017 1:49 pm

The U.S. has developed sophisticated missile defense systems that surround their carriers. (Spc. 2nd Class Sean M. Castellano/U.S. Navy via AP)

Beltway Confidential

Could North Korea really sink a US aircraft carrier?

Morgan Deane · May 5, 2017 3:13 pm

President Donald Trump hugs House MaJority Leader Kevin McCarthy of Calif. in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Thursday, May 4, 2017, after the House pushed through a health care bill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Washington Secrets

GOP’s McCarthy: Trump ‘has changed the course’ of America

Paul Bedard · May 5, 2017 1:00 pm

The sanctions bill sharpens the warning against collaborating with North Korea that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson issued last week at a special meeting of the United Nations Security Council. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

National Security

House votes to boost North Korea sanctions

Joel Gehrke · May 4, 2017 6:32 pm

A meeting with the president is something earned, not given away casually. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

No US president should bow or scrape

Washington Examiner · May 4, 2017 4:02 am

A man watches a TV news program reporting about North Korea's missile firing with a file footage, at Seoul Train Station in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 29, 2017. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Washington Secrets

Poll: Majority back preemptive strike on North Korea nukes

Paul Bedard · May 3, 2017 3:15 pm