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North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees testing of multiple rocket launchers, tells troops to 'keep high alert posture'

May 5, 2019

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees testing of multiple rocket launchers, tells troops to 'keep high alert posture'

The leader of the Hermit Kingdom supervised a "strike drill" of long-range multiple rocket launchers and unspecified tactical guided weapons into the East Sea on Saturday while telling troops to remains on alert, North Korean state media said.

North Korea holds ‘strike drill’ of rocket launchers, tactical guided weapons: report

May 4, 2019

North Korea holds ‘strike drill’ of rocket launchers, tactical guided weapons: report

Following reports that North Korea launched multiple short-range “projectiles,” this weekend, state-run media on Sunday said the rogue regime had performed a “defense units” test of its rocket launchers and tactical guided weapons.

Harry Kazianis: Despite new North Korean test, denuclearization still possible – Here’s what US should do

May 4, 2019

Harry Kazianis: Despite new North Korean test, denuclearization still possible – Here’s what US should do

North Korea’s launch Saturday of what appear to be short-range missiles is disturbing, but we shouldn’t overreact and conclude the move will end President Trump’s diplomatic efforts to get the North to give up its nuclear weapons and long-range missiles.

Trump says Kim Jong Un 'knows that I am with him' despite latest North Korea test

May 4, 2019

Trump says Kim Jong Un 'knows that I am with him' despite latest North Korea test

President Trump put a positive spin on his relationship with North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un on Saturday, saying he knows that “I am with him” and repeating his belief that a nuclear deal will still happen -- despite the North Koreans firing short-range missiles a day earlier.

North Korea launches short-range 'projectiles': report

May 4, 2019

North Korea launches short-range 'projectiles': report

North Korea reportedly launched multiple unidentified short-range "projectiles" on Saturday.

Otto Warmbier’s mother says North Korea ‘a cancer on earth’, calls diplomacy a ‘charade’

May 3, 2019

Otto Warmbier’s mother says North Korea ‘a cancer on earth’, calls diplomacy a ‘charade’

Cindy Warmbier, the mother of University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who was detained and held in North Korea who died after he returned back to the U.S. in 2017, called the hermit kingdom “a cancer on the earth.”

Indonesian woman tried in killing of Kim Jong Un's half-brother released from prison

May 3, 2019

Indonesian woman tried in killing of Kim Jong Un's half-brother released from prison

The case into the killing of the estranged half-brother of North Korea’s leader is likely closed after a Vietnamese woman tried in the case was released from a Malaysian prison on Friday and is back in her native country.

Army vet, a Korean War POW, laid to rest in US after remains return from North Korea

May 3, 2019

Army vet, a Korean War POW, laid to rest in US after remains return from North Korea

A funeral was held this week for a Korean War veteran nearly 70 years following his death in a prisoner-of-war camp after he was captured during the war.

U.S. did not pay North Korea $2M for Otto Warmbier's medical bills: John Bolton

April 28, 2019

U.S. did not pay North Korea $2M for Otto Warmbier's medical bills: John Bolton

National security adviser John Bolton on Sunday insisted the U.S. did not pay North Korea $2 million for the medical care of Otto Warmbier.

Automaker Daimler says it doesn’t know how Kim Jong Un got his luxury limos

April 27, 2019

Automaker Daimler says it doesn’t know how Kim Jong Un got his luxury limos

German automaker Daimler said it has no idea how North Korean leader Kim Jong Un acquired its high-end limousines since it has no business relationship with the reclusive nation and sanctions prevent the sale of luxury goods to the north.