October 10, 2017 Kim Jong Un promotes sister to North Korea's ruling politburo, reports say North Korean state media reported Sunday that leader Kim Jong Un had promoted his sister, Kim Yo Jong, making her an alternate member of the country’s top decision-making body, the politburo.
October 10, 2017 University of Hawaii sends 'in the event of a nuclear attack' email about North Korea crisis University of Hawaii students reportedly opened their inbox Monday to find an email headlined: “In the event of a nuclear attack” -- an ominous message sent as North Korea continues to threaten a missile attack on the United States.
October 10, 2017 Trump may visit demilitarized zone in South Korea to send a 'significant message' President Donald Trump may visit the demilitarized zone separating the South and North Koreas during his first visit to the Korean Peninsula next month in a bid to send a “significant message” to Kim Jong-un.
October 9, 2017 North Korea could use holiday as excuse to provoke US, experts say This week marks two significant dates for North Korea – the anniversaries of its first nuclear test and the foundation of the ruling Worker’s Party of Korea.
October 8, 2017 Japan fully backs Trump on North Korea, Abe says President Donald Trump’s “all options on the table” stance regarding North Korea has the full support Japan’s government, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said Sunday.
October 6, 2017 Kim Jong Un not a madman, but a 'very rational actor,' CIA official says Yong Suk Lee, deputy assistant director of the CIA's Korea Mission Center, said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is not the “madman” President Trump thinks he is but a “very rational actor.”
October 6, 2017 'Calm before the storm': Trump remark sparks foreign policy speculation President Donald Trump said Thursday it was “the calm before the storm” as he met with senior military leaders amid increasing tensions around the globe and speculation of changes in foreign policy.
October 5, 2017 North Korea 'decoders' offer warnings about rogue nation's nuclear program Thousands of miles outside the nation’s capital, a group of non-government experts are using North Korea’s propaganda to track the regime’s nuclear weapons program and offering a dire warning.
October 5, 2017 Nobel Peace Prize: The odds that Trump, Kim Jong Un, Pope Francis will win coveted prize From Pope Francis to North Korean despot Kim Jong Un and seemingly everyone in between, bookies have laid out their speculation on who the Norwegian Nobel Committee will choose to take home this year’s prestigious prize.
October 5, 2017 Americans' appetite for seafood may be funding North Korean government Americans buying seafood for dinner may inadvertently have subsidized the North Korean government as it builds its nuclear weapons program, an Associated Press investigation has found. Their purchases may also have supported forced labor.
