All posts tagged "threats"

  • South Korean and U.S. marines depart a South Korean marine base in the eastern coastal city of Pohang to participate in a joint landing drill that started on March 7, 2016, as part of joint military exercises that will run through April 30. (Yonhap)
    North Korea again threatens nuke strikes on US, South Korea

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea on Monday issued its latest belligerent threat, warning of an indiscriminate “pre-emptive nuclear strike of justice” on Washington and Seoul, this time in reaction to the start of huge U.S.-South...

    • Posted March 7, 2016
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  • Director of National Intelligence James Clapper, left, accompanied by Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lt. Gen. Vincent Stewart, testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, before a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on worldwide threats. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
    North Korea restarts plutonium reactor: Intelligence chief

    Director of National Intelligence James Clapper says North Korea has been operating the reactor long enough that it could begin to recover plutonium “within a matter of weeks to months.” WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea has expanded a...

    • Posted February 9, 2016
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    S. Korea, U.S. to hold defense talks regarding N. Korea threats next week

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — South Korea and the United States will hold their annual senior-level defense talks next week to discuss joint deterrence against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats and alliance issues, the Defense Ministry said Thursday....

    • Posted September 17, 2015
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    N. Korean threats stifling Asian growth: President Park

    By Kang Seung-woo President Park Geun-hye said Tuesday that North Korea’s nuclear threats and provocations are undermining stability in Asia and hindering its growth potential. “The Asian region has enormous growth potential, but as long as North...

    • Posted May 19, 2015
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  • Hwang Pyong-so, a top military aide to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, rides in an armored military vehicle during a river-crossing training exercise in this photo released by Rodong Sinmun on Jan. 27, 2015. (Yonhap)
    N. Korea ratchets up threats against S. Korea, US

    SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea on Tuesday intensified its propaganda campaign, coupled with war threats, against South Korea and the United States ahead of their annual joint defense drills. Pyongyang’s mouthpieces carried stories putting the blame on...

    • Posted February 24, 2015
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    US urges N. Korea to refrain from threats

    WASHINGTON (Yonhap) — The United States urged North Korea on Monday to refrain from menacing actions after the communist nation threatened “toughest counteraction” against the U.S. in response to Washington’s accusations the North was responsible for a...

    • Posted December 23, 2014
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    Hackers warn not to release ‘The Interview’ in any form

    NEW YORK (AP) — Hackers have sent a new email to Sony Pictures Entertainment, gloating over the studio’s “wise” decision to cancel the release of “The Interview” and warning not to distribute the film “in any form.”...

    • Posted December 19, 2014
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