Tag: North Korea

"No. 1, those missiles are not directly threatening any of us," Mattis told reporters at the Pentagon. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

National Security

Jim Mattis explains why the US isn’t shooting down North Korean missiles

Travis J. Tritten · September 18, 2017 9:16 pm

"A silent killer that compounds its destructive power daily and threatens the lives of literally billions of people with increasing destructive force is ignored and even mocked." (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Energy and Environment

John Kerry compares climate change to North Korea

John Siciliano · September 18, 2017 7:09 pm

A Republican lawmaker says he thinks the president's sense of humor will help lighten the mood among "stuffy" diplomats at the United Nations. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Rep. Chris Collins: Trump’s sense of humor will be refreshing for ‘stuffy’ UN diplomats

Caitlin Yilek · September 18, 2017 4:02 pm

Brzezinski said she "could see the leader of North Korea, who is equally potentially, you know, imbalanced and hard to predict, reacting badly" to Trump's tweets. (Photo by Andy Kropa/Invision/AP)

Mika Brzezinski: Trump, Kim Jong Un are equally ‘imbalanced’

Pete Kasperowicz · September 18, 2017 12:21 pm

The U.N. is failing its mission to make the world a better and safer place, and it continues to lose credibility. It legitimizes corrupt, destabilizing regimes that violate the human rights of their citizens, it lacks accountability, and it wastes a lot of money. (samdiesel / iStock)

It’s time for serious United Nations reform

Rep. Francis Rooney · September 18, 2017 4:01 am

Trump will focus much of his attention at the summit on reforming the United Nations itself. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump heads to first UN summit amid uncertainty on North Korea, Iran, Paris climate deal

Sarah Bedford · September 18, 2017 4:01 am

It represents an open quandary for policymakers both Western and Chinese. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

How to solve a problem like North Korea?

Author's Name · September 18, 2017 4:01 am

Employees watch electronic boards monitoring possible ransomware cyberattacks at the Korea Internet and Security Agency in Seoul, South Korea. Beyond the frequently used shorthand that North Korea was behind the "WannaCry" ransomware attack lies a more complicated and enlightening story: the rise of an infamous group of workaholic hackers, collectively known as "Lazarus," who may be using secret lairs in northeast China and have created a virtual "malware factory" that could wreak a lot more havoc in the future. (Yun Dong-jin/Yonhap via AP)

US on high alert amid North Korea’s cyber threats

Charlie Mitchell · September 18, 2017 4:01 am

"I don't think our allies need any reassurance," McMaster said when asked if he has to reassure allies that Trump would continue as president and his agenda won't be derailed by the investigation. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

National Security

H.R. McMaster: Kim Jong Un must ‘give up his nuclear weapons’ because Trump will not tolerate threats

Naomi Lim · September 17, 2017 2:48 pm

President Trump has not ruled out a military option for addressing North Korea's missile and nuclear tests, and McMaster warned Friday the rogue regime's continued testing means "we're out of time." (Kyodo News via AP)

National Security

H.R. McMaster: US has to move with ‘great sense of urgency’ to deal with North Korea

Melissa Quinn · September 17, 2017 2:33 pm

"I would say this is a start. Because big bills have to be bipartisan. I've learned that over 24 years and people have to work together," she said. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais, File)

Dianne Feinstein: Trump’s negotiations with Democratic leaders ‘a start’

Kyle Feldscher · September 17, 2017 1:57 pm

"It was not an empty threat. What we were doing is being responsible," Haley said. (Image courtesy screenshot)

Nikki Haley: Trump’s ‘fire and fury’ comment was no empty threat despite continued North Korean tests

Kyle Feldscher · September 17, 2017 1:23 pm