North Korea blows up office shared with South, threatens border action
Destruction of inter-Korean liaison office is largely symbolic, but it comes with a new threat to send troops into demilitarized areas.
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Destruction of inter-Korean liaison office is largely symbolic, but it comes with a new threat to send troops into demilitarized areas.
North Korea has made good on its threat to cut every single line of communication with South Korea, including important hotlines between the leaders as well as military commanders. CBS News Asia correspondent Ramy Inocencio explains the latest flare-up in tensions.
The messenger may be as important as the message as Kim Jong Un's powerful little sister announces latest move in standoff between North and South Korea.
It's his first public appearance since May 1, when state-run media reported he attended at a factory opening after rumors flew that he was gravely ill.
"I can't see how Hong Kong remains an Asian financial center if the Chinese Communist Party goes through and implements its national security law" O'Brien told "Face the Nation" moderator Margaret Brennan.
North Korea on Wednesday fired at least one projectile toward its eastern sea, South Korea's military said, in an apparent display of its expanding military capabilities ahead of planned nuclear negotiations with the U.S. this weekend.
North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un's health is in question after unconfirmed reports say he could be fighting for his life after surgery. Matthew Kroenig, associate professor at Georgetown University and deputy director of the Scowcroft Center for Strategy and Security at The Atlantic Council, joined CBSN with more.
A North Korean news agency announced on Saturday that Kim Jong Un attended a factory opening, which would be his first public appearance in 20 days amid worldwide rumors that he was gravely ill.
After weeks of speculation around Kim Jong Un's heath, North Korean state-run media says the elusive leader has resurfaced. Newly released photos show the 36-year-old dictator opening a fertilizer factory north of the capital. Kim's notable absence from the country's biggest celebration earlier in April fueled rumors that the leader could be seriously ill, even dead. Ramy Inocencio breaks down the latest accounts of the hermit kingdom.
North Korean state-run media reported Saturday that leader Kim Jong Un attended a factory opening. It's his first public appearance in 20 days, while rumors ran rampant about his health. Ramy Inocencio reports.
North Korean state-run media KCNA reported Kim attended a ceremony on Friday marking the completion of a fertilizer plant.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un hasn't been seen in public in over two weeks and rumors are swirling about his health. Jung H. Pak, a former CIA officer and author of "Becoming Kim Jong Un: A Former CIA Officer's Insights into North Korea's Enigmatic Young Dictator," joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero with analysis.
Seoul repeats it hasn't detected any unusual activities in North Korea.
Seoul has also repeatedly indicated that there have been no unusual signs that could indicate health problems for Kim.
There are new questions surrounding the health of North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un's health after his reported absence from "Army Day" celebrations on Saturday. This is the second major holiday the Supreme Leader has missed in recent weeks, Vox staff writer covering International Security and Defense Issues, Alex Ward joins CBSN with the latest on the rumors surrounding Kim Jong Un's health.
Unconfirmed media reports said young North Korean leader had heart surgery
The 267-page U.N. report that provides surveillance photos and new evidence.
South Korea called the suspected missile launches "very inappropriate."
Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said it has detected a series of launches made from a town in the North's South Hamgyong province and is monitoring for more activity.
Experts think they were short-range ballistic missiles. The launches came after a break that might have been related to coronavirus concerns.
The report says Pyongyang has continued those activities unabated. It will be submitted to the U.N. Security Council next month.
EU foreign policy chief calls the move "a direct contradiction" to other U.S. policy, and says it "negatively affects the international rules-based order."
American force warns South Korean workers it "will soon exhaust programmed funds available to pay their salaries and wages."
More than 51 million people suffered in the crises away from the public eye, a new report says.
Russia won't be the only country trying to meddle in the U.S. presidential election in 2020, an intelligence community official warns.