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ABE URGES U.N. STATES TO WAGE BLOCKADE AGAINST NORTH, TIME FOR DIALOGUE IS OVER
We must make North Korea abandon all nuclear and ballistic missile programs in a complete, verifiable and irreversible manner... READ MORE›
US URGES ALL NATIONS TO STOP THE SPREAD OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS
It cited three countries in a note to council members that have been targeted by council resolutions -- North Korea, Iran and Syria... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS DPRK'S MISSILE LAUNCH, URGES PEACEFUL SOLUTION
The United Nations Security Council has condemned the latest missile launch by Pyongyang and urged a peaceful solution to the crisis on the Korean Peninsula... READ MORE›
CHINA REBUFFS U.S. DEMAND TO CUT OFF OIL EXPORTS TO NORTH KOREA
Any further steps would need to be worked out with the agreement of the entire UN Security Council, he said... READ MORE›
CHINA OPPOSES DPRK'S MISSILE LAUNCH: FM SPOKESPERSON
China opposes DPRK ballistic missile launches against the UN Security Council resolutions, Foreign Ministry spokesperson Hua Chunying said... READ MORE›
CHINA CALLS FOR CALM OVER KOREAN PENINSULA CRISIS
He called for the comprehensive implementation of the relevant Security Council resolutions... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL STEPS UP SANCTIONS AGAINST NORTH KOREA OVER NUCLEAR TEST
A The North Korean regime bears full responsibility for the measures that the UN Security Council has enacted today... READ MORE›
WORRIED UN CHIEF ANTONIO GUTERRES SAYS NORTH KOREA CRISIS IS WORST 'IN YEARS'
Guterres said the key question was to get North Korea to stop its nuclear and ballistic missile programme and respect UN Security Council resolutions... READ MORE›
XI, MACRON EXCHANGE VIEWS ON KOREAN PENINSULA SITUATION BY PHONE
Xi said China has been adamant in denuclearizing the Korean Peninsula, preserving the international nuclear non-proliferation regime, and maintaining peace and stability in Northeast Asia... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA CALLS FOR CUTTING NORTH KOREA'S OIL SUPPLIES BUT RUSSIA IS RELUCTANT
Security Council unanimously imposed bans on various North Korean exports, including coal, iron and seafood... READ MORE›
BBC CUTS TIES WITH BURMESE TV STATION OVER CENSORSHIP
The BBC has stopped providing news programmes for a Burmese television station which it claims has been censoring broadcasts... READ MORE›
CHINA SAYS SANCTIONS AGAINST DPRK MUST BE WITHIN FRAMEWORK OF UN SECURITY COUNCIL
Hua said China hopes all parties will implement Security Council resolutions earnestly, comprehensively and completely... READ MORE›
UN SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS DPRK MISSILE LAUNCH
The United Nations Security Council holds an emergency meeting on the missile launch of the Dem... READ MORE›
TOKYO & SEOUL SEEK 'MAXIMUM PRESSURE' AFTER UNSC CONDEMNS PYONGYANG'S 'OUTRAGEOUS' MISSILE TEST
Statement, said Japan's UN ambassador Koro Bessho after the UN Security Council condemned North Korea's latest missile launch... READ MORE›
TRUMP TO CALL FOR CHINA IT TRADE PROBE ON MONDAY
Officials at the White House and U.S. Trade Representative's office were not immediately available for comment... READ MORE›
'SABRE-RATTLING WON'T HELP': U.S. ALLIES CONCERNED AS TRUMP, NORTH KOREA ESCALATE RHETORIC
Security Council last weekend -- a response to North Korea's launch of two intercontinental missiles in July... READ MORE›
FOX NEWS HOST ERIC BOLLING SUSPENDED AMID PHOTO INVESTIGATION
Fox News has suspended Eric Bolling, the co-host of its nightly programme The Specialists, while it investigates allegations he sent a lewd photo to co-workers... READ MORE›
U.S., SOUTH KOREA FOREIGN MINISTERS SAY U.N. SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA 'GOOD OUTCOME'
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in Manila... READ MORE›
U.S., SOUTH KOREA FOREIGN MINISTERS SAY U.N. SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA 'GOOD OUTCOME'
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in Manila... READ MORE›
U.S., SOUTH KOREA FOREIGN MINISTERS SAY U.N. SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA 'GOOD OUTCOME'
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in Manila... READ MORE›
UN BACKS FRESH SANCTIONS OVER MISSILE TESTS
The United Nations Security Council has agreed on fresh sanctions against North Korea over its missile programme... READ MORE›
U.S., SOUTH KOREA FOREIGN MINISTERS SAY U.N. SANCTIONS ON NORTH KOREA 'GOOD OUTCOME'
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson met his South Korean counterpart Kang Kyung Wha on the sidelines of a regional security meeting in Manila... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA OPEN TO TALKS WITH NORTH AMID NUCLEAR CRISIS
South Korea's Yonhap news agency reports cautious expectations that Kang Kyung-wha would meet North Korea's Ri Yong-ho on the sidelines of the forum... READ MORE›
DRAFT U.N. RESOLUTION WOULD SLASH NORTH KOREA EXPORTS BY A THIRD
Draft U.N. resolution would slash North Korea exports by a third - diplomat... READ MORE›
NO POINT IN U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL EMERGENCY SESSION WITH NO RESULTS
An additional Security Council resolution that does not significantly increase the international pressure on North Korea is of no value... READ MORE›
SWEDEN, FRANCE, EGYPT SEEK U.N. MEETING ON ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN VIOLENCE
"Sweden, France & Egypt request #UNSC to urgently discuss how calls for de-escalation in #Jerusalem can be supported," Carl Skau, the country's ambassador to the Security Council, said on Twitter... READ MORE›
NO MORE TRUMPETING "CHINA RESPONSIBILITY" ON PYONGYANG
In fact, accusing China of not living up to its responsibility in efforts to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula is totally groundless... READ MORE›
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SECURITY COUNCIL BACKS ANTA?NIO GUTERRES TO BE NEXT U.N. SECRETARY GENERAL
The Security Council announced that Mr. Guterres, a former Portuguese prime minister and former chief of the United Nations refugee agency, had strong support... READ MORE›
CHINA SUPPORTS RUSSIAN POSITION ON SYRIA & AFGHANISTAN - BEIJING
Being the only non-western member of the UN Security Council besides Russia, China has been taking Moscow's side on heated and highly debatable issues... READ MORE›
UN VOTE ON IRANNUCLEAR DEALIRRITATES CONGRESS
At least two senior Democrats have joined the Republican leadership in complaining that the Security Council action expected Monday morning would pre-empt the congressional debate... READ MORE›
ALCOHOL WITHOUT THE HANGOVER IN NORTH KOREA
Officials prohibited any photos of North Korean military bases... READ MORE›
UN RESOLUTION URGES COUNTRIES TO FIGHT ISLAMIC STATE
On Friday, the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, announced a summit meeting designed to draw pledges from countries to resettle Syrians... READ MORE›
UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION PLANNED BY WORLD POWERS TO DECLARE WAR AGAINST GROUP IN IRAQ AND SYRIA
Isis United Nations Security Council resolution planned by world powers to declare war against group in Iraq and Syria... READ MORE›
'ONE PRESIDENT AT A TIME': WHITE HOUSE DEFENDS UN-ISRAEL VOTE
An Israeli official on Friday suggested that the Obama administration helped orchestrate the resolution... READ MORE›
U.S. B-52 FLIGHT UPS ANTE IN NUCLEAR WEAPONS DISPUTE WITH NORTH KOREA
For weeks, North Korea has threatened to attack the U.S. and South Korea for holding joint military drills and for supporting U.N... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA BLASTS NORTH WITH K-POP OVER NUCLEAR TEST
And South Korean officials batted reports that North Korea was blaring broadcasts of its own... READ MORE›
GLOBAL POWERS CONDEMN NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS TEST
North Korea has had a strategic plan to develop nuclear weapons for more than 20 years, and there are only two ways to change that... READ MORE›
CHINA BACKS 'FURTHER RESPONSE' TO DPRK NUCLEAR TEST
China is resolutely opposed to the DPRK's nuclear tests, Geng Shuang told a regular news briefing in Beijing... READ MORE›
US DEPLOYS B-52 BOMBER AFTER NORTH KOREA'S NUCLEAR TEST
Osan is south of Seoul and roughly 100 km from the North Korean border... READ MORE›
IN SOUTH KOREA, A REHAB CAMP FOR INTERNET-ADDICTED TEENAGERS
MUJU, South Korea -- Since he arrived at the camp, Yoon Yong-won had experienced recurrent nightmares... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA BOMBARDS SOUTH WITH USED TOILET PAPER
South Korea resumed launches of balloons carrying propaganda into the North in the days after Pyongyang carried out its fourth underground nuclear test on January 6... READ MORE›
US FLIES B-52 BOMBER OVER SOUTH KOREA AMID NORTH TENSIONS
The US flies a B-52 bomber over South Korea in a show of force after North Korea's announcement it successfully tested a hydrogen bomb... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES ROCKET DESPITE WARNINGS
South Korea, the United States and Japan also requested an emergency meeting of the United Nations' Security Council... READ MORE›
SOUTH KOREA, U.S. TO DISCUSS THAAD MISSILE DEFENSE PLAN
South Korea and the U.S. are to formally discuss deploying the THAAD missile defense system, after North Korea claimed to have successfully launched a satellite... READ MORE›
N KOREA LAUNCHES LONG-RANGE ROCKET DESPITE WARNINGS
READ MORE North Korea 'moves up' rocket launch window Multiple UN Security Council resolutions proscribe North Korea's development of its ballistic missile programme... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA FAKED SUB-LAUNCHED MISSILE TEST FOOTAGE
North Korea faked sub-launched missile test footage analysis... READ MORE›
U.N. ENVOY SAYS U.S. STILL BACKS PALESTINIAN STATE
UN Envoy Says US Still Backs Palestinian State... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA ROCKET LAUNCH: UN TO HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said North Korea is fully aware that multiple UN security council resolutions prohibit the use of ballistic missile technology... READ MORE›
JAPAN PUTS MILITARY ON ALERT FOR POSSIBLE NORTH KOREAN MISSILE TEST
Tension rose in East Asia this month after North Korea's fourth nuclear test, this time of what it said was a hydrogen bomb... READ MORE›
DONALD TRUMP SAYS KIM JONG UN DESERVES 'CREDIT' FOR WIPING OUT RIVALS
How does he do that? Trump then answered his semi-rhetorical question Kim, who was actually 28 when his father died, does that through executions... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA'S KIM SAYS COUNTRY HAS MINIATURISED NUCLEAR WARHEAD
He stressed the importance of building ever more powerful, precision and miniaturised nuclear weapons and their delivery means, KCNA said... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA FIRES ROCKET SEEN AS COVERT MISSILE TEST
The two leaders said they would coordinate their responses to Pyongyang's recent nuclear test and would not accept North Korea as a nuclear weapon state... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA LAUNCHES 'SATELLITE,' SPARKS FEARS ABOUT LONG-RANGE MISSILE PROGRAM
Kim, the 33-year-old third-generation leader of North Korea, personally signed the order to launch on Saturday, Ri said... READ MORE›
US BOMBER FLIES CLOSE TO NORTH KOREA AS SHOW OF FORCE AFTER NUCLEAR TEST
After the North's last test, in 2013, the United States sent a pair of nuclear-capable B-2 stealth bombers over South Korea... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREAN AIRCRAFT APPROACHES SOUTH KOREA, WHICH FIRES WARNING SHOTS
There could be firing by the North Koreans, which then could prompt South Koreans to retaliate very quickly, she said... READ MORE›
NORTH KOREA PREPARES LONG-RANGE ROCKET LAUNCH
Under a series of United Nations Security Council resolutions, North Korea is barred from developing nuclear weapons or ballistic missile technologies... READ MORE›
IN SHOW OF ALLIANCE US B-52 FLIES OVER SOUTH KOREA
But North Korea's defiant nuclear test, which took place despite warnings and increasingly tightened sanctions, has rattled the region... READ MORE›