Tag: North Korea

National Security

Rex Tillerson: US open to initial meeting with North Korea ‘without precondition’

Joel Gehrke · December 12, 2017 9:58 pm

Former NBA basketball star Dennis Rodman said that the two are engaging in harmless "entertainment" when threatening nuclear warfare and "ain't nobody got no finger on the button."

National Security

Dennis Rodman says Trump and Kim Jong Un are ‘pretty much the same’: ‘They love control’

Katie Leach · December 12, 2017 9:21 pm

"I've been trying to tell Donald since day one: 'Come talk to me, man,'" Rodman said. "I'll tell you what the Marshal wants more than anything ... It's not even that much." (Rodong Sinmun/Korea News Service via AP)

National Security

Dennis Rodman to Trump: Let me lead North Korea peace talks

Joel Gehrke · December 11, 2017 6:45 pm

The opening ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games will be held on Feb. 9, 2018, in Pyeongchang, South Korea. Due to security concerns, however, there's now a question if U.S. athletes will attend. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Winter Olympics — the home of the brave must not stay home

Washington Examiner · December 10, 2017 5:01 am

The storm started brewing Wednesday when, in an interview with Fox News, U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley was asked whether it is safe for U.S. athletes to go to PyeongChang, given North Korea's looming threat of nuclear war and the fact the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea is located just 50 miles from the site of the 2018 Games. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

National Security

A rundown of the drama over whether Team USA would compete in the Winter Olympics in South Korea

Melissa Quinn · December 7, 2017 9:21 pm

Foreign diplomats and U.S. Forces Korea officials visit the Gangneung Oval during a venue tour for upcoming the 2018 Pyeongchang Olympic Winter Games at the Gangneung Olympic Park in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017. South Korea's Pyeongchang is the host city of the 2018 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, which will be held from Feb. 2018. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Beltway Confidential

Why the US can safely send our athletes to the Winter Olympics in South Korea

Tom Rogan · December 7, 2017 8:51 pm

The threat of war is too great. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Lindsey Graham is right: it’s time to evacuate US dependents from South Korea

Tom Rogan · December 4, 2017 8:10 pm

North Korea's investment in its missile systems could mean it could eclipse the United States' missile defense capabilities. (Senior Airman Ian Dudley/U.S. Air Force via AP)

Beltway Confidential

North Korean nukes might get past US missile defenses

Nikita Vladimirov · December 4, 2017 5:19 pm

"Time Magazine called to say that I was PROBABLY going to be named 'Man (Person) of the Year,' like last year, but I would have to agree to an interview and a major photo shoot. I said probably is no good and took a pass. Thanks anyway!" the president tweeted last month. (AP)

Trump, Robert Mueller, Colin Kaepernick are finalists for Time’s Person of the Year

Melissa Quinn · December 4, 2017 4:10 pm

"South Korea should be an unaccompanied tour. It's crazy to send thousands of children to South Korea. I want them to stop sending dependents," Lindsey Graham said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

National Security

Lindsey Graham calls on the Pentagon to pull families of service members out of South Korea due to war worries

Kyle Feldscher · December 3, 2017 4:37 pm

The risk of war with Kim's regime is "increasing daily," said National Security Advisor H.R. McMaster. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

H.R. McMaster brushes off reports that North Korea ICBM broke up

Travis J. Tritten · December 2, 2017 10:21 pm

The state is the first to test the siren warning system, which has not been used since the end of the Cold War, and is an attempt to prepare those on the island for a nuclear attack, amid rising tensions with Pyongyang. (Frank Schulenburg / Wikimedia Commons)

WATCH: Hawaii tests Cold War-era nuclear warning siren

Diana Stancy Correll · December 2, 2017 12:14 am