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The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations says America will stand with Japan until all the Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation By MARI YAMAGUCHI Associated Press April 18, 2024, 1:24 AM ET • 4 min read TOKYO — The United States ambassador to the United Nations […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters Monday morning, its neighbors said, days after the end of the South Korean-U.S. military drills that the North views as an invasion rehearsal. The launches were North Korea’s first known missile testing activities in about a month. Outside experts […]
An Hour Ago Shares of Japan’s Canon Electronics plunge after Space One rocket explodes Canon Electronics shares fell as much as 12.7% after Tokyo-based Space One’s rocket exploded just moments into its inaugural launch. Cannon is part of a group of companies that founded Space One in 2018. The solid-fueled Kairos rocket exploded within seconds of […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for greater war fighting capabilities against the United States and South Korea, state media reported Thursday, after his defense ministry vowed to respond to the ongoing South Korean-U.S. military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. During a visit to a western […]
Amid an “in-flight emergency,” a U.S. F-16 fighter jet crashed in waters off South Korea’s west coast Wednesday morning, the U.S. Air Force said in a statement, adding that the pilot had “ejected safely” and was transported conscious to a medical facility for assessment.
Senior Airman Karla Parra/U.S. Air Force An F-16 Fighting Falcon assigned to the 35th Fighter Squadron, takes off after efueling at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, January 17, 2024. Seoul, South Korea CNN — A United States Air Force F-16 fighter jet crashed after suffering an in-flight emergency off the coast of South Korea […]
North Korea said Sunday that Russian President Vladimir Putin expressed his willingness to visit the North at an unspecified “early date” as the countries continue to align in the face of their separate, intensifying confrontations with the United States By KIM TONG-HYUNG Associated Press January 20, 2024, 10:52 PM ET • 4 min read SEOUL, […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea said Sunday it has agreed to further strategic and tactical cooperation with Russia to establish a “new multi-polarized international order,” as the two countries work to build a united front in the face of their separate, intensifying tensions with the United States. In describing North Korean Foreign Minister […]
Former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley’s presidential campaign is releasing a three-minute television ad on the eve of the New Hampshire primary slamming former President Donald Trump over his handling of the U.S. relationship with North Korea and hostage Otto Warmbier. The ad features the testimony of Warmbier’s mother, Cindy Warmbier. American college student
Pyongyang promises to deter ‘hostile military manoeuvres’ after naval exercises between US, South Korea and Japan. North Korea has tested a nuclear-capable underwater attack drone in response to joint naval exercises involving South Korea, the United States and Japan, state media has said. Pyongyang tested the “Haeil-5-23″ in waters off the east coast as the […]