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Secretary of State John Kerry ended his Asian tour with an agreement to work with China, Japan and South Korea to lure North Korea back into nuclear talks. He also left the door open for a U.S. meeting with a volatile dictator who is raising tensions in the Pacific region.
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North Korea called the closing of an industrial park jointly run with South Korea temporary, signaling a possible moderation in tone as the region remained on alert for a missile launch by the totalitarian state.
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North Korea said foreigners in South Korea could be in danger and pulled its workers from an industrial park jointly run with the South, as Kim Jong Un escalated his campaign to raise tensions on the peninsula.
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North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and long-range missiles poses a “direct threat” to the U.S. and its allies, a top U.S. military commander plans to tell Congress today amid rising tensions on the Korean peninsula.
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North Korea prevented South Korean workers from entering a jointly run industrial park today, adding to tensions after saying it will restart a mothballed nuclear plant and threatening to attack its southern neighbor.
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Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel reiterated the Obama administration’s “unwavering commitment” to protect South Korea following escalated North Korean threats to attack the U.S. and its Asian ally.
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North Korea threatened to launch a preemptive nuclear strike on its “aggressors,” including the U.S., ahead of a United Nations vote on tougher sanctions against the totalitarian state for last month’s atomic test.
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North Korea’s Supreme People’s Assembly is convening a rare meeting today amid tension caused by the sinking of a South Korean warship and speculation about who will succeed leader Kim Jong Il .
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Kim Jong Un, successor to North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il, walked weeping alongside a hearse carrying the body of his father through the snow-covered streets of Pyongyang yesterday, ahead of a memorial service that ends two days of mourning meant to bolster the new leader.
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South Korea has concluded that North Korea sank one of its warships in March close to their disputed border with the loss of 46 lives, Chosun Ilbo newspaper reported.
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