Guess who provided a critical boost for Kim Jong-Un’s missiles

Guess who provided a critical boost for Kim Jong-Un’s missiles

by WorldTribune Staff, April 13, 2017 When South Korea obtained and turned over to international weapons analysts sections from a North Korean booster rocket that had fallen into the Yellow Sea, it was discovered that Pyongyang was getting key components for its missile program from foreign sources, mainly China. The rocket parts, from the launch […]

Trump follows up by phone with China’s Xi, U.S military steps up preparations near North Korea

Trump follows up by phone with China’s Xi, U.S military steps up preparations near North Korea

by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2017 In a phone conversation with U.S. President Donald Trump on April 12, Chinese President Xi Jinping stressed that China “is committed to the target of denuclearization” on the Korean peninsula. Trump and Xi spoke just days after their summit at Mar-a-Lago, Florida and amid escalating tensions in the region. […]

China delivers an official warning to North Korea through its state-owned media

China delivers an official warning to North Korea through its state-owned media

by WorldTribune Staff, April 12, 2017 North Korea. Red lines and condemning rogue states is in vogue, so would-be superpower China is getting into the act. In an editorial, China’s Global Times, which is owned and operated by the Communist Party’s People’s Daily newspaper, said Beijing would attack Pyongyang’s nuclear facilities if North Korea crosses […]

As N. Korea threatens nuclear attacks, U.S. calls on China ‘to take additional steps’

As N. Korea threatens nuclear attacks, U.S. calls on China ‘to take additional steps’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 11, 2017 As North Korea warned it has its “nuclear sight focused” on the United States, the Trump administration said it has called on China “to take additional steps” to rein in the Kim Jong-Un regime. President Donald Trump tweeted on April 11: “I explained to the President of China that […]

Art of the deal: Trump played a strong hand in trade talks with Xi

Art of the deal: Trump played a strong hand in trade talks with Xi

by WorldTribune Staff, April 10, 2017 Because China relies on the United States much more than the U.S. depends on China, President Donald Trump “holds the important cards” in the relationship and he played them skillfully in last week’s summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping, analysts say. “Xi clearly hopes that Trump can be talked […]

Team Trump weighs North Korea options as U.S., China hail summit’s trade ‘progress’

Team Trump weighs North Korea options as U.S., China hail summit’s trade ‘progress’

by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2017 While hope remains that China will do more to rein in North Korea, the Trump administration has prepared options to deal with the Kim Jong-Un regime that include stationing American nuclear weapons in South Korea and even assassinating the young dictator. Both scenarios were part of an accelerated review […]

U.S. carrier group reverses course, heads for Korean peninsula

U.S. carrier group reverses course, heads for Korean peninsula

by WorldTribune Staff, April 9, 2017 A U.S. Navy strike group, which includes the USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier, is heading toward the Korean peninsula, a U.S. official said. The strike group departed Singapore and is moving toward the western Pacific Ocean near the Korean peninsula as a show of force, a U.S. official, speaking […]

U.S. missile strike on Syria punctuated Trump talks with China’s Xi on North Korea

U.S. missile strike on Syria punctuated Trump talks with China’s Xi on North Korea

by WorldTribune Staff, April 7, 2017 U.S. missile strikes on a Syrian airbase came as President Donald Trump and China leader Xi JInping, meeting for the first time, were discussing what should be done about North Korea’s development of weapons of mass destruction. China did not immediately respond to President Donald Trump’s retaliatory strike on […]

N. Korean cyber thiefs targeting banks, casinos worldwide

N. Korean cyber thiefs targeting banks, casinos worldwide

by WorldTribune Staff, April 6, 2017 A North Korean hacking group, known as Lazarus, has launched a global digital robbery ring that is targeting banks, casinos and trading firms dealing in digital currency, a group of cyber forensics analysts said. A report released this week by Kaspersky Lab, a Moscow-based cybersecurity and virus protection firm, […]

Mar-a-lago menu: THAAD and Kim Jong-UN; Powerpoints and hot air

Mar-a-lago menu: THAAD and Kim Jong-UN; Powerpoints and hot air

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk From the outset, the idea of implanting a Star Wars weapon capable of zapping an enemy missile 150 kilometers above the earth’s surface had to be controversial. The real problem from the South Korean viewpoint initially was, what for ― what we really need are short and mid-range missiles […]

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