North Korea test fires missiles as Harris visits to reassure the South
Harris visited South Korea and assured the close ally that the U.S. commitment to its defense was "ironclad" in the face of Kim Jong Un's threats.
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Harris visited South Korea and assured the close ally that the U.S. commitment to its defense was "ironclad" in the face of Kim Jong Un's threats.
Japan's Coast Guard sent an alert out to vessels at 6:56 a.m. local time Sunday (5:56 p.m. eastern time Saturday).
The drills could draw an angry response from North Korea, which has dialed up its weapons testing activity to a record pace.
The US on Wednesday announced sanctions on eight North Korean and Russian individuals and entities for supporting North Korea's ballistic missile programs, imposing the punishments after a pair of new missile tests by North Korea in the last week.
A suspected ballistic missile launched by North Korea on Tuesday was more advanced than the missile Pyongyang tested last week, reaching a velocity of more than 10 times the speed of sound, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement.
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced Sunday that the United States and North Korea agreed to recommence field operations to search for the estimated 5,300 Americans who never returned home from the Korean War.
President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be making history on Tuesday morning when they shake hands for the first time.
The first lady has not been seen publicly for 24 days. She was last spotted with President Donald Trump on May 10 at Andrews Air Force Base as they welcomed home three Americans who had been held prisoner in North Korea.
President Trump has cancelled the upcoming summit between the United States and the North Koreans in a new letter released on Thursday.
President Donald Trump announced Wednesday that three Americans held in North Korea have been released and are on their way back home.
After historic talks between North and South Korean leaders, veterans and Korean Americans in attendance at a recent Korean war memorial ceremony say they're optimistic that the decades-long war may finally be coming to an official end.
The Koreas used the same time zone for decades before the North in 2015 created its own "Pyongyang Time" by setting the clock 30 minutes behind South Korea and Japan.
President Donald Trump told reporters Thursday that South Korea will make a "major announcement" concerning North Korea at 7 p.m. ET.
The Trump administration is considering military action against North Korea if the rogue regime successfully builds a nuclear missile capable of hitting the United States, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the administration's latest thinking.
They were supposed to be a top-secret assassination squad tasked with attacking the residence of North Korea's then-leader Kim Il Sung.
Dramatic video showing a North Korean soldier fleeing across the border into South Korea while being shot at by his former comrades was released by the United Nations Command Wednesday.
The Pentagon says if North Korea does not stop provoking the U.S., it will make sure President Trump is given options to deal with the country.
"Rocket man is on a suicide mission for himself and his regime," Trump said about the North Korean leader.
North Korea says it will make the United States pay a heavy price if a proposal Washington is backing to impose the toughest sanctions ever on Pyongyang is approved by the U.N. Security Council this week.
North Korea launched its sixth and most powerful nuclear test over the weekend. Now, some people here in Northern California say it's time to stock up in case of disaster.
North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb Sunday in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet.
North Korea said it set off a hydrogen bomb Sunday in its sixth nuclear test, which judging by the earthquake it set off appeared to be its most powerful explosion yet.
For some baby boomers, North Korea's nuclear advances and President Donald Trump's bellicose response have prompted flashbacks to a time when they were young, and when they prayed each night that they might awaken the next morning.
Tensions between the United States and North Korea tend to flare suddenly and fade almost as quickly — but the latest escalation won't likely go away quite so easily.
A conservative commentator and personality for the National Rifle Association's online TV network is apparently not a fan of Sacramento.
