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Gordon Chang: Trump shows smart reaction to North Korea missile launches – but his patience has limits

August 2, 2019

Gordon Chang: Trump shows smart reaction to North Korea missile launches – but his patience has limits

Trump shouldn’t minimize North Korea's provocative acts. Yet there is one powerful reason he is right to show nonchalance and not react immediately.

North Korea test-fires weapons again Friday, South Korea says

August 2, 2019

North Korea test-fires weapons again Friday, South Korea says

North Korea fired what appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles twice Friday into the sea off its eastern coast in its third round of weapons tests in just over a week, South Korea's military and presidential office said.

North Korean soldier defects to South Korea, makes late-night dash across DMZ: officials

August 1, 2019

North Korean soldier defects to South Korea, makes late-night dash across DMZ: officials

A North Korean soldier crossed the Demilitarized Zone into South Korea on Wednesday hoping to defect to the South, officials said.

North Korea claims it tested new rocket system that could improve ability to strike South Korea, American bases

August 1, 2019

North Korea claims it tested new rocket system that could improve ability to strike South Korea, American bases

North Korea says its leader Kim Jong Un supervised the first test-firing of a new multiple rocket launcher system that could improve the Hermit Kingdom’s abilities to strike targets in South Korea and American military bases there.

South Korean soccer fans file lawsuit after Cristiano Ronaldo sits out friendly match

July 31, 2019

South Korean soccer fans file lawsuit after Cristiano Ronaldo sits out friendly match

Two South Korean soccer fans have sued the organizers of a friendly match between Italian giants Juventus and a local all-star team, claiming that Cristiano Ronaldo’s absence from the pitch caused them "mental anguish".

Doomsday cult leader who held 400 captive, beat them to 'drive out evil spirits,' gets 6-year sentence

July 31, 2019

Doomsday cult leader who held 400 captive, beat them to 'drive out evil spirits,' gets 6-year sentence

The leader of a South Korean doomsday cult who held about 400 followers captive in Fiji and subjected them to violence aimed at driving out evil spirits was sentenced to six years in prison Monday, officials said.

North Korea fired 'multiple' projectiles off east coast, South Korea reports

July 30, 2019

North Korea fired 'multiple' projectiles off east coast, South Korea reports

North Korea fired multiple unidentified projectiles off its east coast Wednesday, South Korean military officials told Yonhap News, just days after firing two short-range missiles from the east coast of the Korean peninsula.

US citizen released from North Korea says he spied for US, South Korea

July 29, 2019

US citizen released from North Korea says he spied for US, South Korea

A U.S. citizen who was convicted of espionage in North Korea but was later freed has admitted he was indeed spying for the U.S. and South Korea — surreptitiously trying to collect sensitive information and also highlighting that not all of the Hermit Kingdom's pronouncements about captured spies are exaggeration, paranoia or propaganda.

South Korea balcony collapse kills 2, injures 16 -- including US water polo athletes

July 27, 2019

South Korea balcony collapse kills 2, injures 16 -- including US water polo athletes

At least two people were killed and 16 injured, including three American and other athletes at the world swimming championships, after an internal balcony at a South Korean nightclub collapsed Saturday.

North Korea says new missile test was 'solemn warning' to South Korean 'warmongers'

July 26, 2019

North Korea says new missile test was 'solemn warning' to South Korean 'warmongers'

North Korea said Friday that the new missile test is a “solemn warning” to “South Korean military warmongers” over its weapons development and plans to hold joint military drills with the U.S.