The state of global nuclear weapons…

US president Donald Trump. Jim Lo Scalzo – Pool/Getty Images US President Trump has reversed his stance on a number of foreign policy issues, including NATO, Russia, and China. This leaves citizens in the United States and worldwide more unsure than ever of what to expect from the coming months and years. Nuclear bombs have a strange quality: They are a type of weapon that countries spend enormous sums of money to develop but don’t actually intend to use. While chemical weapons have been frequently used in war, no country has detonated a nuclear bomb since the end of World War II. Nuclear weapons are in their own category. Their efficacy comes from their ability to deter aggression, as the…
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Asian Shares Mixed As Korean Tensions…

Shutterstock photo (RTTNews.com) – Asian stock markets turned in a mixed performance on Monday as heightened worries over tensions on the Korean Peninsula and concerns about the upcoming French election offset positive GDP data from China. Trading volumes remained light amid Easter holidays in Australia, Hong Kong and New Zealand. The dollar dipped to a five-month low against the yen and U.S. bond yields fell after U.S. retail sales data disappointed investors and the U.S. said it is working with China and other allies on a range of responses to North Korea’s failed missile launch over the weekend. On a visit to the demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea, U.S. Vice-President Mike Pence said the “era of strategic…
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Park Geun-hye, former South Korean leader,…

Washington TimesPark Geun-hye, former South Korean leader, indicted on corruption charges, now faces trialWashington TimesIn this March 30, 2017, file photo, former South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for a hearing on a prosecutors’ request for her arrest for corruption, in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean prosecutors on …A look at key moments in life of S. Korea’s ex- leaderWashington PostSouth Korea charges ousted leader Park and Lotte chief with briberyReutersPark Geun-hye: Ex-South Korean president charged in corruption probeBBC NewsCNN -New York Times -CNNMoney -AP Newsall 132 news articles »
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Ex-South Korean leader Park indicted, faces…

FILE – In this March 30, 2017 file photo, former South Korean President Park Geun-hye arrives at the Seoul Central District Court for hearing on a prosecutors’ request for her arrest for corruption, in Seoul, South Korea. South Korean prosecutors on Monday, April 17 indicted Park on high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life. (Ahn Young-joon, Pool, File/Associated Press) By Hyung-Jin Kim | AP By Hyung-Jin Kim | AP April 17 at 4:16 AM SEOUL, South Korea — South Korean prosecutors on Monday indicted ex-President Park Geun-hye on high-profile corruption charges that could potentially send her to jail for life. It is the latest in a series of humiliations for Park, who was driven from office by massive and…
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North Korean medium-range missile test fails,…

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A North Korean medium-range missile exploded seconds after it was launched on Sunday, U.S. officials said, a high-profile failure that came hours before the U.S. vice president arrived in South Korea, and as an American aircraft supercarrier approaches the Korean Peninsula in a show of force. The U.S. had good intelligence both before and after the launch, said a White House foreign policy adviser traveling with Vice President Mike Pence, who arrived in Seoul in the afternoon to start a 10-day trip to Asia. No planned response is expected from the Trump administration because the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss the administration’s initial understanding of the launch, said there was no…
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Amid tensions, Pence visits military camp…

CAMP BONIFAS, South Korea — President Donald Trump asserted on Sunday that China was working with the United States on “the North Korea problem,” and his vice president visited a military base near the Demilitarized Zone separating the Koreas a day after the North conducted a failed missile launch. U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who has called the failed missile launch “a provocation,” arrived at Camp Bonifas on Monday morning for a briefing with military leaders and to meet with American troops stationed there. The joint U.S.-South Korean military camp is just outside the 2.5-mile-wide DMZ. Pence’s visit, full of Cold War symbolism, comes amid increasing tensions and heated rhetoric on the Korean Peninsula. While the North did not conduct…
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McMaster: Trump ‘will take action’ to…

By Emily Drooby, Buzz60 President Trump “will take action” to protect against any threat from North Korea, according to National security adviser H.R. McMaster. “[I]t’s clear that the president is determined not to allow this kind of capability to threaten the United States,” McMaster said on ABC’s “This Week,” adding, “And our president will take action that is in the best interest of the American people.” McMaster didn’t offer any additional details, relaying that Trump doesn’t like to announce what he is going to do before he does it. See more on North Korea: Over the past few days, the President has tweeted about relations with North Korea, including one post that reads, “I have great confidence that China will…
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Pence lands in Seoul as tension…

Vice President Mike Pence arrived in South Korea on Sunday for a long-planned visit aimed in part at reassuring a nervous ally — a trip that gained new significance over the weekend as North Korea attempted to project its military might.Pence’s first official journey to Asia as vice president came as tensions between North Korea and the United States were already heightened to levels not seen in years. Both countries have exchanged heated rhetoric in recent days about Pyongyang’s advancing nuclear and missile programs.The vice president landed just hours after North Korea launched what security officials believe was a medium-range ballistic missile near the seaside city of Sinbo — a violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.The missile test apparently…
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North Korean crisis averted, but tensions…

CLOSE U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said Sunday that North Korea’s “provocation” underscored the risks faced by American and South Korean service members, hours after the North conducted a failed missile launch shortly before Pence’s arrival. USA TODAYThis April 15, 2017, picture released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency on April 16, 2017 shows, ballistic missiles being displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang marking the 105th anniversary of the birth of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung.(Photo: AFP PHOTO/KCNA VIA KNS)A feared military confrontation between North Korea and the United States didn’t materialize over the weekend, but tensions between the two countries remain dangerously high for the indefinite future.A failed test of a medium-range ballistic missile that blew up almost…
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North Korean missile ‘blows up’ on…

SEOUL, April 16 (Reuters) – A North Korean missile “blew up almost immediately” on its test launch on Sunday, the U.S. Pacific Command said, hours before U.S. Vice President Mike Pence was due in South Korea for talks on the North’s increasingly defiant arms program. The failed launch from North Korea’s east coast, ignoring admonitions from major ally China, came a day after North Korea held a military parade in its capital, marking the birth anniversary of the state founder, in which what appeared to be new long-range ballistic missiles were on display. Pence is due in Seoul at the start of a 10-day trip to Asia in what his aides said was a sign of the U.S. commitment to…
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