North Korea demands peace treaty with US for stopping nuke tests
Protesters shout slogans during a rally demanding a restart of peace talks between two Koreas and six-party talks, in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon) North Korea said it could stop its...
View ArticleWhat Can Possibly Be Done About North Korea?
GOP frontrunner Donald Trump may say a lot inaccurate things on the campaign trail, but calling North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un a "maniac" is not one of them. This was confirmed yet again late on...
View ArticleUN condemns North Korea over hydrogen bomb test
The United Nations Security Council has strongly condemned North Korea’s nuclear test and is pledging to pursue new sanctions. North Korea said it successfully tested a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear...
View ArticleNorth Korea turns from nuclear test to economic growth
PYONGYANG, North Korea — After ringing in the new year with claims of its first successful hydrogen bomb test, North Korea is now calling on the United States and the...
View ArticleQ&A: Why is North Korea's 'hydrogen bomb' test such a big deal?
Anna Fifield is The Post's bureau chief in Tokyo, focusing on Japan and the Koreas. She previously reported for the Financial Times from Washington DC, Seoul, Sydney, London and from across the Middle...
View ArticleWhy Is North Korea Our Problem?
For Xi Jinping, it has been a rough week. Panicked flight from China's currency twice caused a plunge of 7 percent in her stock market, forcing a suspension of trading. Kim Jong Un, the megalomaniac...
View ArticleNorth Korea bomb claim: What does Kim want?
(CNN)Wednesday morning the world woke up to another colorfully worded threat by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. But this time it was actually scary. The hermit nation had, it claimed, successfully...
View ArticleHard-to-verify ‘H-bomb’ test benefits N. Korea
The Yomiuri Shimbun Hideshi Takesada, senior lecturer at Takushoku University, discussed North Korea’s latest nuclear test in an interview with The Yomiuri Shimbun. Excerpts from the interview follow....
View ArticleU.S. flies B-52 over S. Korea after North's nuclear test
The United States deployed a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over its ally South Korea on Sunday, in a show of force following North Korea's nuclear test last week. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...
View ArticleNorth Korea announces successful hydrogen bomb test
North Korea on Wednesday claimed it had successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, a claim that, if true, would mark a huge step forward in its nuclear capability. “We’ve carried out a hydrogen bomb test,” a...
View ArticleNorth Korea's H-bomb test raises anxiety among nations
North Korea on Wednesday said it has successfully conducted a hydrogen bomb test. The surprise announcement complicates already difficult efforts to curb the country’s push for a working nuclear...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s nuclear test: your questions answered
Where was the explosion? Was it an H-bomb? And just how dangerous is Kim Jong-un? We tackle your most pressing queries...
View ArticleU.S. flies B-52 over South Korea after North's nuclear test
By Tony Munroe and James Pearson SEOUL (Reuters) - The United States deployed a B-52 bomber on a low-level flight over its ally South Korea on Sunday, in a show of force following North Korea's nuclear...
View ArticleNorth Korea announces 'successful hydrogen bomb test' as UN calls emergency...
North Korea says it has successfully conducted a test of a miniaturised hydrogen nuclear device, marking a significant advance in the isolated state's strike capabilities and raising alarm bells in...
View ArticleNorth Korea hydrogen bomb test claim met with increasing scepticism
Head of international monitoring agency says claimed H- bomb appears to be no more powerful than previous test...
View ArticleTimeline of North Korea Nuclear Issues
VOA News 1950s: North Korea begins nuclear research, focused on energy generation, with assistance from Soviet Union. 1959: Plans begin for nuclear activities near Yongbyon. 1974: North Korea joins the...
View ArticleThe slow death of the nuclear deal with North Korea
North Korea has conducted nuclear tests before, but the nuclear test the country carried out Wednesday could be dramatically different. According to Pyongyang, the device tested was a hydrogen bomb–a...
View ArticleWorld reacts to N. Korean announcement of hydrogen bomb test
Comments from around the world on North Korea's announcement that it conducted its fourth nuclear test, and its first of a hydrogen bomb, on Wednesday: --- PARK GEUN-HYE, South Korean president: "It's...
View ArticleNorth Korea offers nuclear-test halt if U.S. stops drills
North Korea offered to stop nuclear testing if the U.S. suspends joint military drills with South Korea, as the United States and Japan ratchet up their diplomatic efforts to punish the isolated regime...
View ArticleAfter H-bomb test, N. Korea wants to focus on economy
After ringing in the new year with claims of its first successful hydrogen bomb test, North Korea is now calling on the United States and the world community to accept it as a nuclear power, jettison...
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