Some Hawaii siren glitches in test amid missile threat

Hawaii re-introduced the Cold War-era​ warning siren during a test earlier this month

• Dec 29, 2017

S. Korea seizes ship suspected of transferring oil to N. Korea

China rejects accusation of oil transfers to North Korea; Trump tweets it was "caught RED HANDED" allowing oil to reach isolated nation

• Dec 29, 2017

U.S. sanctions 2 North Korean officials over weapons program

The U.S. Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control announced the sanctions against two leaders said to be key figures in North Korea's ballistic missile program

• Dec 26, 2017

N. Korea to U.S.: Prove we were behind "WannaCry" hack attack

Pyongyang calls U.S. claim "baseless provocation"; WannaCry infected hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide in May

• Dec 26, 2017

North Korea: It's "pipe dream" that we'll give up our nukes

Calls latest U.N. sanctions "act of war" as Pyongyang's biggest ally, China, calls for restrain on all sides

• Dec 25, 2017

North Korea calls new U.N. sanctions an "act of war"

North Korea said it's a "pipe dream" for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons

• Dec 24, 2017

U.N. imposes tough new sanctions against North Korea

The sanctions include sharply cutting limits on its imports of refined oil and cracking down on the country's shipping

• Dec 22, 2017

Security Council poised to vote on tough new sanctions on N. Korea

U.S.-authored measures would sharply curtail Pyongyang's oil imports, among other things; China reportedly had hand in the proposals

• Dec 22, 2017

Shots fired as another N. Korean defector runs for border

South Korean soldiers fire warning shots, turning back North Korean soldiers apparently pursuing a comrade near DMZ

• Dec 21, 2017

White House says WannaCry attack was carried out by North Korea

White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert made the announcement Tuesday at the White House

• Dec 19, 2017

N. Korea "directly responsible" for massive cyberattack: W.H. official

"We will continue to hold accountable those who harm or threaten us ..." White House homeland security adviser Tom Bossert writes

• Dec 18, 2017

North Korea ignores world uniting against their nuclear ambitions

North Korea's ambassador to the U.N. said the country's possession of nuclear weapons was "an inevitable self-defensive measure"

• Dec 15, 2017

"Factors oblige" U.N. to probe North Korean abduction claims

Most accusations of abduction are at North Korea, not from it, but rights official says he must get truth about 12 women's fate

• Dec 14, 2017

McMaster contradicts Tillerson on possible talks with North Korea

The president's national security adviser contradicted comments the secretary of state made Tuesday about talks with North Korea without preconditions

• Dec 13, 2017

Tensions over North Korea worsen rights violations, U.N. says

North Korea's leadership has cracked down further on human rights as tensions have escalated over its nuclear missile tests

• Dec 11, 2017

Top diplomat urged "time is of the essence" for solution in North Korea, U.N. says

The U.S. State Department has made clear that Jeffrey Feltman represents the U.N., not the U.S., in diplomatic overtures.

• Dec 9, 2017

U.S. demonstrates "ability to punish" North Korea

Guam-based supersonic bomber simulates land strikes during joint drill with South Korea after North tests most powerful missile to date

• Dec 6, 2017

U.N. political chief to make rare North Korea visit

U.N. Undersecretary-General for Political Affairs Jeffrey Feltman will meet North Korea's foreign minister, a vice minister, diplomats and U.N. staff

• Dec 4, 2017

More bodies likely from N. Korea found in grisly condition

Officials investigating if bodies were from severely damaged boat that washed ashore over weekend

• Dec 4, 2017

On board a U.S. fighter jet rehearsing for war with N. Korea

There are 44 F-16s at the Misawa Air Base, and in a war with North Korea, they would likely be the first planes deployed

• Dec 4, 2017

Graham says N. Korea tech advances make pre-emptive war "more likely"

"We're running out of time," Sen. Lindsey Graham said of North Korea on CBS News' "Face the Nation" Sunday

• Dec 3, 2017

Attack siren blares across Hawaii for first time since Cold War

Officials say Hawaii is the first to bring back the Cold War-era warning system

• Dec 1, 2017

Hawaii revives test system for nuclear attack in Cold War throwback

The test comes the same week that North Korea fired a powerful nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missile it calls the Hwasong-15

• Nov 30, 2017

What new photos say about North Korea's latest ballistic missile

The missile is bigger, more advanced and comes with a domestically made mobile launcher that will make it harder than ever to preemptively destroy

• Nov 30, 2017

Nikki Haley says N. Korea regime will be "utterly destroyed" if war comes

"We are once again at a time of reckoning," the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations said Wednesday in response to North Korea's latest missile launch

• Nov 30, 2017

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