A U.S. citizen has been detained in North Korea, according to Martina Aberg, deputy head of mission for the Swedish Embassy in North Korea. “We have been informed and can confirm that there has been a detention of a US citizen Saturday morning local,” she said. “He was prevented from getting on the flight out
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North Korea threatens to strike US aircraft carrier to show ‘military’s force’
North Korea threatened Sunday to sink a U.S. aircraft carrier to demonstrate its military prowess as two Japanese Navy ships joined a U.S. strike group for exercises in the Philippine Sea. “Our revolutionary forces are combat-ready to sink a U.S. nuclear powered aircraft carrier with a single strike,” according to North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party’s
What North Korea should teach us about Iran
Alan Dershowitz, We failed to prevent North Korea from developing nuclear weapons. As a result, our options to stop them from developing a delivery system capable of reaching our shores are severely limited. The hard lesson from our failure to stop North Korea before they became a nuclear power is that we MUST stop Iran
Pundits brand Trump a flip-flopper, but many like the way he’s flipping
Howard Kurtz, The media are suddenly awash in stories about Donald Trump being a flip-flopper. And there is a deep divide over whether this renders him a prevaricator or a pragmatist. The knee-jerk press reaction to any politician branded with the flipper label is that the person is inconsistent and insincere, lacking a core set
Trump on North Korea: ‘Gotta behave’
President Trump has a simple message for the complex North Korea conundrum: “Gotta behave.” Trump gave his two-word prescription Monday morning when asked by a reporter at the White House Easter Egg Roll. The president has been tweeting warnings at North Korea for weeks as the dictatorship ramps up provocative missile tests. Vice President Pence,
McFarland ‘no comment’ on reports US sabotaged North Korea missile launch
Deputy National Security Adviser K.T. McFarland on Sunday declined to say whether the U.S. cyber-sabotaged North Korea’s failed missile launch, saying only that it was “a fizzle.” “You know we can’t talk about secret intelligence and things that might have been done, covert operations,” McFarland told “Fox News Sunday.” “I really have no comment.” Still,
North Korea missile test: Latest launch ‘blew up almost immediately’
A North Korean missile fired from the east coast of the country Sunday “blew up almost immediately,” officials said. The U.S. Pacific Command said the missile, which came near the city of Sinpo, “blew up almost immediately,” but the type of missile was still being assessed. The failure came one day after Pyongyang celebrated one
North Korea’s Nuclear Test Site Seems Ready, U.S. Institute Says
North Korea’s nuclear test site appears “primed and ready” to conduct a trial, according to analysis by a U.S. research institute. Commercial satellite imagery of the Punggye-ri site from April 12 shows continued activity around the north portal, new activity in the main administrative area, and a few personnel around the site’s command center, analysts
Joel Skousen: NKorea Trigger For WW3. How About Syria?
Jamie White | Infowars, NSC turning into neo-con outfit? North Korea has become a trigger point for a major global nuclear conflict between the West, China, and Russia, which could result in WW3, says survival expert Joel Skousen. New: Trump Fires 50+ Tomahawk Missiles At Syrian Airfield That Launched Gas Attack “It’s very convenient to
China’s Xi arrives for Trump summit, talks expected on N. Korea
Chinese President Xi Jinping arrived Thursday for a two-day summit with President Trump at his Mar-a-Lago retreat, with North Korea and other pressing issues expected to top the agenda. Trump, though, kept it close to the vest as he set expectations for the meeting. “It is going to be very interesting. Nobody really knows,” Trump
Ancient Laws, Modern Wars
Victor Davis Hanson, The most dangerous moments in foreign affairs often come after a major power seeks to reassert its lost deterrence. The United States may be entering just such a perilous transitional period. Rightly or wrongly, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Middle East-based terrorists concluded after 2009 that the U.S. saw itself
Making America Safe Again Through Smart Missile Defense
Ken Blackwell, When it comes to national security, eight years of former President Barack Obama’s diplomatically weak approach to dealing with hostile regimes has made America and our allies less safe. The world faces increasingly hostile threats from Russia, China, Iran and North Korea. For example, Iran’s actions are more dangerous than ever as they