In short: (ABC-Australia) US President Donald Trump has ordered the Pentagon to scale back planned joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the nation had declined to help denuclearise Iran. He said the exercises slated to begin this week were costly and sent a “totally inappropriate and hostile” signal to North Korea. What’s next? South […]
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Outsiders consider possibility of chaos in North Korea
TOKYO (AP) — North Korea’s collapse has been predicted — wrongly— for decades. Some said it would happen after fighting ended in the Korean War in 1953. Others thought it would be during a 1990s famine or when national founder Kim Il Sung died in 1994. And when the death of his son, Kim Jong […]
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North Korea fires presumed short-range missiles into the sea
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea fired two presumed short-range ballistic missiles into its eastern sea on Monday, South Korean officials said, resuming weapons demonstrations after a months-long hiatus that may have been forced by the coronavirus crisis in Asia. The launches came two days after North Korea’s state media said leader Kim Jong […]
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Asian shares lower with eyes on NKorea, China-US trade deal
TOKYO — Asian shares were mostly lower Monday as investors awaited updates on the signing of a trade deal between the U.S. and China and kept a wary eye on North Korea. Tokyo’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.5% to 23,714.68, while in Australia, the S&P ASX 200 declined 0.4% to 6,791.80. South Korea’s Kospi edged […]
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North Korea calls Trump ‘thoughtless’ old man over tweets
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea insulted U.S. President Donald Trump again on Monday, calling him a “thoughtless and sneaky old man” after he tweeted that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wouldn’t want to abandon a special relationship between the two leaders and affect the American presidential election by resuming hostile acts. A […]
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Time running out on North Korea’s deadline to US on nukes
PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and President Donald Trump have signaled their affection for each other so regularly it might be easy to miss rising fears that the head-spinning diplomatic engagement of the past two years is falling apart. Pyongyang has issued increasingly dire warnings to Washington to mind […]