北韓核武危機

South Korea Predicts North Korea’s Kim Jong Un Will Hold Talks with the U.S. In 2018 Despite Nuclear Threats

Russia offers to mediate between US and North Korea as fears of conflict escalate

JUL. 5, 2017 – People watch a huge screen showing the test launch of intercontinental ballistic missile Hwasong-14 in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). (Photo: KCNA/via Reuters)

North Korea’s War Supplies Shut Off by China As Oil and Fuel Sanctions Take Toll

South Korea predicted on Tuesday that North Korea would look to open negotiations with the United States next year in an optimistic outlook for 2018, even as Seoul set up a specialized military team to confront nuclear threats from the North.

North Korea Threatens U.S.: Lay Off If “It Wants to Live Safely”

In this Dec. 23, 2017, photo distributed on Dec. 24, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks during the conference of cell chairpersons of the ruling party in Pyongyang. North Korea on Sunday, Dec. 24, called the latest U.N. sanctions to target the country “an act of war” that violates its sovereignty, and said it is a “pipe dream” for the United States to think it will give up its nuclear weapons. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un makes a closing remark at 5th Conference of Cell Chairpersons of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) on December 23 in this photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 24, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THIS IMAGE. SOUTH KOREA OUT. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. NOT FOR USE BY REUTERS THIRD PARTY DISTRIBUTORS TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

North Korea said economic blockade of a country in times of peace constitutes an illegal act.

North Korea Says U.S. Declared War and Is Trying to Invade With Help From South and Japan

North Korea Says U.S. Declared War and Is Trying to Invade With Help From South and Japan

Beware, North Korea: The Air Force is Preparing the F-22 for ‘War’

Spring 2018: When America Will Go to War with North Korea?

North Korea is open to coming to the table for direct talks with the US over its nuclear ambitions, Sergei Lavrov, the Russian foreign minister, told his American counterpart Rex Tillerson on Thursday. The message was delivered to Mr Tillerson during an international conference in the Austrian capital, Vienna, but there was no immediate response from the state department which has long insisted that North Korea be willing to denuclearise as a condition for talks. “We know that North Korea wants above all to talk to the United States about guarantees for its security. We are ready to support that, we are ready to take part in facilitating such negotiations,” Mr Lavrov said at an international conference in Vienna, according to the Interfax news agency. “Our American colleagues, [including] Rex Tillerson, have heard this.” Mr Lavrov’s apparent offer coincided with a meeting between Jeffrey Feltman, United Nations political affairs chief, and Ri Yong-ho, North Korean foreign minister, during the first UN trip to Pyongyang in six years. The diplomatic overtures come amid heightened tension between the US and North Korea after the hermit kingdom tested its “most powerful” intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to date last week, claiming that it could strike the US mainland. America and neighbouring South Korea responded with a show of force this week, conducting their largest ever joint air force drill, involving 12,000 US service members, and F-22 Raptors and F-35 stealth fighters training close to the border with the North. Although Washington stressed that the joint operation was a routine annual exercise, North Korea warned on Wednesday that the outbreak of war had become “an established fact.” But despite its overt bellicose statements, early indications that Pyongyang may be ready for talks with Washington initially emerged after a Russian parliamentary delegation paid a visit to the North Korean leadership from November 27 to December 1. According to the TASS news agency, Vitaly Pashin, a member of Russia’s lower house, reported back that the North Koreans would be willing to go to the table with Moscow as a mediator between the two sides. Pyongyang had complained to the Russian delegation about “regular external aggression” on the part of the US, using this as a justification for its latest ICBM test, he said. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visits a potato flour factory Credit: KCNA via Reuters The North Koreans claimed that they “had refrained from military provocations for 75 days awaiting reciprocal steps from the US, which, instead of meeting [North Korea] halfway, announced large-scale surprise military drills,” Mr Pashin said. In the face of looming military confrontation, Washington has also reached out informally to Pyongyang over the past year through Joseph Yun, the US special representative for North Korea policy. The North Koreans walked away from the so-called “New York channel” after US President Donald Trump threatened to ‘totally destroy’ the country in a speech to the UN general assembly in September. But they have since indicated during a meeting of western experts and officials in Stockholm in late November that they may be open to military to military communication.

Military drills by US and South Korean planes have prompted North Korea to say war is inevitable

North Korea says war is near as the US doubles down with back-to-back bomber runs

Will Threat of War with North Korea Ruin Winter Olympics? Trump Official Says It Might

North Korea says war with the United States is unavoidable now that the U.S. has launched a massive military exercise in South Korea involving hundreds of advanced warplanes. Yahoo Finance’s Alexis Christoforous and Myles Udland figure out if this is a serious threat.

Nikki Haley says it’s an “open question” whether the U.S. will participate in the Winter Olympics.

‘The remaining question now is: when will the war break out?’ North Korea warns outbreak of war is ‘established fact’ after US military drills

A view of a rally celebrating North Korea’s progress in their nuclear and missile programme in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 6, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT.

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is seen during the inspection of a potato flour factory in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) in Pyongyang December 6, 2017. KCNA/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS – THIS PICTURE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. REUTERS IS UNABLE TO INDEPENDENTLY VERIFY THE AUTHENTICITY, CONTENT, LOCATION OR DATE OF THIS IMAGE. NO THIRD PARTY SALES. SOUTH KOREA OUT.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un provides guidance with Ri Hong Sop (2nd L) and Hong Sung Mu (R) on a nuclear weapons program in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency in Pyongyang September 3, 2017. (Photo: KCNA/via Reuters)

Imagine the following scenario: A “rogue” nation successfully tests a nuclear device, a divisive presidential administration weighs a military response in the U.S., and as the threat of war looms, aggressive rhetoric spews from unpredictable leaders on both sides.
To a casual observer, this may seem like a summary of the current tensions between North Korea and the U.S. — and it is. However, it’s also an eerily accurate description of events in 1964, when the People’s Republic of China conducted its first successful test of a nuclear bomb under Mao Zedong.
Watch as Stephanie Sy breaks down the parallels in search of lessons to be learned from political history.

There’s Only One Way to Stop North Korea’s Nuclear Program

North Korea Warns ‘Nuclear War’ Is Close as U.S. Military Conducts Drills Near Korean Peninsula

Cathay Pacific flight crew reported a suspected sighting of North Korea’s latest missile test, the airline confirmed on Monday.

An Airline Crew Says It Saw North Korea’s Latest Missile Test During a Commercial Flight

Crew onboard a Cathay Pacific flight claim they saw North Korea’s latest missile test

Expert on North Korea’s New Hwasong-15 ICBM: “You Cannot Stop This Thing”

In this undated photo provided on Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a local tire factory in Chagang Province, North Korea. Kim thanked workers at a factory that built the tires for a huge vehicle used to transport a new intercontinental ballistic missile that was test-launched this week. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: “KCNA” which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

夏威夷星期五將發起一個新的警告音“每月測試”，旨在警告居民即將發生的核導彈襲擊。

美國總統唐納德·特朗普（Donald Trump）和北韓領導人金正恩（Kim Jong-Un）近幾個月來越來越私人的侮辱（法新社照片/曼德爾·顏，教育署瓊瓊）

KCN02。COREA DEL NORTE（COREA DEL NORTE），2017年3月30日 – 攝影圖片，2017年1月29日星期四，新聞報中心Norcoreana muestraallídernorcoreanoKim Jong-un（c）mientras da la orden和諧的巴厘島之間的Hwasong-15 recientemente desarrollado desdeunaubicación沒有divulgada（Corea del Norte）。EFE / KCNA / SOLO USO EDITORIAL

根據一些專家的說法， 2017年是與北韓的核戰爭成為可能的一年。金正恩的政權進行了一系列的導彈試驗，表明平壤現在有能力攻擊擁有7000名美國軍人的小太平洋領土的關島。預測，朝鮮將有一個“可靠的，具有核能力的洲際彈道導彈”計劃在2018年總統特朗普的結尾曾多次採取的Twitter的戰爭威脅的流氓國家，從事甚至操場侮辱凌空用北韓的好戰領導人。（蓋帝）

朝鮮領導人金正恩在2017年11月30日朝鮮中央通訊社（KCNA）在平壤發布的這張未註明日期的照片中被視為最新開發的洲際彈道導彈Hwasong-15的測試成功發射。路透社/ KCNA注意編輯 – 這個圖像是由第三方提供的。路透社不能獨立地驗證這個圖像。韓國出口。沒有第三方銷售。不適用於路透第三方分銷商TPX圖像的日子

唐納德·特朗普在Twitter上最喜歡的一件事是向北韓獨裁領導人金正恩講話。它是…

美國參議員說，北韓的金正恩“會死”

朝鮮：金正恩的導彈計劃可能需要材料，來自其他國家的科學訓練

2017年11月29日（星期三），韓國首爾首爾火車站的一名婦女正在觀看一個電視屏幕，上面顯示一個報導朝鮮導彈發射的地方新聞節目，其中包括朝鮮領導人金正恩的文件鏡頭。半個月的相對和平，朝鮮星期三早些時候發射了最強大的武器，一種假定的洲際彈道導彈，可以把華盛頓和整個美國東部沿海地區範圍內。信件上寫著“北韓與洲際彈道導彈的挑釁”。（美聯社照片/李金曼）

一名婦女從2017年11月29日在日本東京的一則關於朝鮮導彈發射的新聞報導中走過一台顯示北韓領導人金正恩的街頭監視器。路透社/ Toru Hanai

金正恩與朝鮮合作發射最長的導彈

Nordkorea testet erneut eine ballistische Rakete。SüdkoreasMilitärreagiert mitMilitärübungen，US-PräsidentTrumpäußertsich auffallendzurückhaltend。Der Raketenstart ist der erste von Machthaber Kim Jong Un seit rund zweieinhalb Monaten。Nordkorea testet erneut eine ballistische Rakete。SüdkoreasMilitärreagiert mitMilitärübungen，US-PräsidentTrumpäußertsich auffallendzurückhaltend。Der Raketenstart ist der erste von Machthaber Kim Jong Un seit rund zweieinhalb Monaten。

朝鮮領導人金正恩（Kim Jong Un）在這張未標註日期的照片中看到了一枚華松12型導彈的發射。（通過路透社KCNA）

危險的危險可能把朝鮮推向戰爭

文件 – 北韓政府於2017年9月3日（星期日）發行的這張日期不詳的照片顯示，北韓領導人金正恩（右二）在朝鮮一個秘密地點。在特朗普總統首次對亞洲進行正式訪問期間，安全與貿易將會大為增長，2017年11月5日（星期日）在日本進行。朝鮮的導彈和核武器計劃很可能主宰他的行程的第一部分，其中包括在首爾，北京和東京停靠。越南的年度APEC峰會和東盟領導人在菲律賓的會議，貿易將在整個北亞和東南亞的中止。（韓國中央通訊社/韓國新聞社通過AP，文件）

朝鮮領導人金正日和妻子李若茹在北韓朝鮮中央通訊社（KCNA）在平壤發布的這張未標明照片中訪問了一家化妝品廠

文件圖片 – 2014年10月2日，日內瓦常駐日內瓦常駐代表團的一面朝鮮旗幟飄揚。路透社/ Denis Balibouse / File Photo

In this Sept. 26, 2017, photo, a student flag team practices a performance waving red, white and blue banners to form th North Korea national flag at a Tokyo Korean high school in Tokyo. Many third- and fourth-generation descendants of Koreans brought to Japan during the imperialist years before and during World War II remain loyal to their roots. Families send children to private schools that favor North Korea and teach the language, culture and history of their ancestry. Despite recent North Korean missile launches and nuclear tests, students say they take pride and view their community as a haven from the discrimination they face from ethnic Japanese. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

在這個2017年9月26日的照片中，一名學生在東京的一所東京韓國高中的教室牆上懸掛著北韓已故領導人金日成和金正日的肖像，清理黑板。在二戰前後的帝國主義時期，很多韓國人帶到日本的許多第三代和第四代後裔仍然忠於其根源。家庭將孩子送到有利於朝鮮的私立學校，教授他們祖先的語言，文化和歷史。儘管最近的朝鮮導彈發射和核試驗，學生們說，他們感到自豪，並把他們的社區看作是他們面對日本人的歧視的天堂。（AP Photo / Eugene Hoshiko）

朝鮮官方朝鮮中央通訊社（KCNA）2016年9月13日發布的這張日期不詳的照片顯示，朝鮮領導人金正恩（C）正在朝鮮民主主義人民共和國第810單元下的一個1116號農場進行視察。/法新社/ KCNA / KCNA（照片應該是KCNA / AFP / Getty Images）

北韓可能在歐洲投下核彈，北約警告說

金正恩的妻子Ri Sol-Ju（R）被視為朝鮮最有權勢的女性之一，與Kim的妹妹Kim Yo-Jong（AFP Photo / STR）

外交部長警告說，北韓威脅要進行“最有力的”核彈試驗

朝鮮領導人金正日在2017年9月4日由朝鮮中央通訊社（KCNA）發布的這張未註明日期的照片中舉行會議。

報導：朝鮮試驗了一種新型固體火箭發動機

特朗普正在推動朝鮮戰爭和切斷外交的機會：專家

2017年10月19日，朝鮮領導人金正恩在北韓朝鮮中央通訊社（KCNA）在平壤發表的這張未註明日期的照片中訪問了龍源製鞋廠。

北韓“可能有生物武器，包括鼠疫和天花”

如果朝鮮金正恩去世，中央情報局局長龐培（Mike Pompeo）說“不要問我這個問題”

如果唐納德·特朗普繼續挑釁，北韓將威脅關島的“導彈齊射”

美國可以以不太大的便宜來消除北韓的核威脅

美國多位共和黨人支持對北韓發動先發製人的打擊。

朝鮮領導人金正恩在2016年8月10日朝鮮中央通訊社（KCNA）發布的這張未註明日期的照片中檢視了北韓平壤1月18日的一般機器廠。KCNA /通過路透社注意編輯 – 這張照片是由第三方提供。沒有第三方銷售。韓國出口。在韓國沒有商業或社交銷售。

朝鮮領導人金正恩在2016年8月10日朝鮮中央通訊社（KCNA）發布的這張未註明日期的照片中檢視了北韓平壤1月18日的一般機器廠。KCNA /通過路透社注意編輯 – 這張照片是由第三方提供。沒有第三方銷售。韓國出口。在韓國沒有商業或社交銷售。

朝鮮領導人金正恩在2016年8月10日朝鮮中央通訊社（KCNA）發布的這張未註明日期的照片中檢視了北韓平壤1月18日的一般機器廠。KCNA /通過路透社注意編輯 – 這張照片是由第三方提供。沒有第三方銷售。韓國出口。在韓國沒有商業或社交銷售。

“特朗普在聯合國發表的好戰和瘋狂的聲明，可以說，已經點燃了對我們的戰爭的核心，我們只有用火，而不是語言來解決最後的分數，”北韓的外國人部長星期三說。

北韓方面表示，特朗普已經“點燃了戰爭的核心”，並且準備好“用一場大火來解決最後的分數”