North Korea fires back at Trump's "rocket man" reference to Kim
Pyongyang reacts with indignation, and a threat to resume a war of words with the American president ahead of a looming deadline for nuclear diplomacy.
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North Korea warns U.S. must choose its own "Christmas gift"
Kim Jong Un's regime has warned it will chose a "new path" if the U.S. doesn't offer new terms for a nuclear disarmament deal by the end of the year.
North Korea carries out another apparent missile test
South Korean officials say 2 projectiles were launched, apparently the latest in a series of weapons tests as Kim Jong Un threatens to abandon diplomacy entirely.
U.S. envoy cuts short troop funding negotiations in South Korea
With Kim Jong Un's deadline for diplomacy looming, the U.S. and its close ally South Korea can't agree on who is paying to keep 28,000 American boots on the ground
Esper pushes South Korea for "substantial increase" in troop funding
Reports the Trump administration is seeking a 5-fold increase in Seoul's defense contribution have drawn a harsh rebuke from South Koreans
South Korea sends 2 North Koreans home for killing 16 in defection bid
Government official says "it was judged they would pose a threat to the lives and safety of the people" if allowed into South Korea
N. Korea confirms 3rd test of "super-large" multiple rocket launcher
Launch extends series of weapons tests during standstill in nuclear talks with U.S. designed to advance North's military capabilities while pressuring Washington for concessions.
North Korea fires two more projectiles, South says
They're the latest in a recent series of launches; Pentagon says they appeared to be missiles and Tokyo says they landed in the sea between Japan and the Koreas
Amid push to restart U.S. talks, Kim Jong Un gets confrontational
North Korean leader orders destruction of South Korean-built infrastructure at mountain resort, an ominous sign as Sweden pushes for resumption of talks with U.S.
Kim Jong Un rode a horse up a sacred mountain. Does it mean anything?
South Korean media took Kim's trot on Mount Paektu as a possible sign of a change in tack, but he focused on his country's resistance to "ceaseless sanctions"
North Korea says onus on U.S. after "sickening" nuke talks fall apart
Pyongyang says breakdown of meeting in Stockholm left North Korea thinking U.S. "may be abusing the bilateral relations for their own partisan interests"
North Korea test fires missile designed to launch from submarine
Latest test of a missile that would give Kim Jong Un a worrying new capability comes just days before U.S. and North Korean officials are expected to resume talks
North Korea confirms second test launch of multiple rocket launcher
Pyongyang says Kim Jong Un watched latest in series of weapons tests, hours after North said it was willing to resume nuclear talks with U.S. in late September
North Korea fires projectiles after offering to resume U.S. talks
The projectiles reportedly flew across North Korea before landing in the waters off its east coast
Japan-South Korea trade row threatens a vital security alliance
South Korea is bristling at Japan's decision to change their trade relationship and has nixed an intelligence sharing pact in response, just as the U.S. needs regional unity
North Korea launches more projectiles, rejects new talks with South
South Korean and Japanese officials say the apparent short-range missiles posed no immediate threat, but they came hours after a firm rebuke from the Kim regime
North Korea again fires ballistic missiles, South says
Pyongyang's fourth round of launches in less than two weeks came as U.S. and South Korea conducted joint military exercises and amid standstill in nuclear negotiations
N. Korea fires projectiles for third time in 8 days, South says
Seoul says they appeared to be short-range ballistic missiles; Pyongyang is seen as ramping up pressure over stalled nukes talks
North Korea claims it tested crucial new rocket launch system
Pyongyang's account differs from Seoul's conclusion test was second in week of short-range ballistic missiles; new rocket launcher could prove valuable asset, experts say
Man fleeing North Korea detained in South Korea
There was no immediate word as to the man's identity or reason behind his defection late Wednesday
North Korea fires short-range missiles for second time in a week
South Korea said last week's launch was a new type of short-range ballistic missile, one that could hit all of the South, where 28,500 U.S. troops are based
North Korea launches 2 short-range missiles
1st launch by North Korea since President Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in met Kim Jong Un at the Demilitarized Zone
North Korea warns it could resume missile and nuclear tests
Frustrated by slow diplomacy and looming U.S.-South Korean war games, Pyongyang says motivation to abstain from tests is "gradually disappearing"
Tucker Carlson defends Trump-Kim DMZ meeting
Carlson also described Kim as "in bad health" and "wheezing like an emphysema patient"
Trump becomes first president to step on North Korean soil
After a roughly 45-minute long meeting, Mr. Trump told reporters he and Kim had agreed to restart nuclear talks
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Debris found near where Chilean Air Force plane disappeared
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Death toll from New Zealand volcanic eruption rises to 8
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Scores wounded in attack near U.S. base in Afghanistan
Taliban says it carried out the bombing, but the U.S. military denies the group's claim that fighters made it into the sprawling Bagram Air Base.
Greta Thunberg is Time's 2019 Person of the Year
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New Zealand volcano still too unstable to recover victims
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Brazilian president calls climate activist Greta Thunberg a "brat"
Conservative President Jair Bolsonaro was reacting to Thunberg saying indigenous people were being murdered trying to protect the Amazon rain forest.
U.S. grounds Saudi military students after Navy base shooting in Florida
The suspected gunman was part of a program that trains military from U.S. allies around the world.
What's in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada deal, the new NAFTA
The trade pact between the three countries isn't perfect, but experts still call it a "big win."
U.S. military aid a matter of survival in Ukraine
Ukraine's been fighting a war against Russian-backed separatists since 2014.
U.S. uses surveillance cameras just as much as China, report says
In China, there's one camera for every 4.1 people, a report finds. In the U.S., it's one camera for every 4.6.
Chilean Air Force plane believed to have crashed with dozens on board
The plane lost contact with operators Monday and has not been heard from since
Arctic report details drastic changes in warming climate
Scientists warn that what happens in the Arctic will not stay in the Arctic.
Trump claims he discussed election meddling with Russia's Lavrov
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo also met with Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov in Washington Tuesday, saying election meddling won't be tolerated.
