President Park Geun-hye on Friday excoriated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the country’s fifth nuclear test, calling him "uncontrollable" and stressing the need to strengthen the U.S. extended deterrence.During a meeting of top security and foreign policy officials, Park underscored that the communist state's evolving nuclear threats are "urgent and existential" for South Korea, and that the international community's response to them must be "diametrically different" from what it has been

North Korea Sept. 10, 2016

US Defense Secretary Ash Carter called for ramping up pressure on North Korea and stressed the importance of China’s role in reining in the provocative regime after Pyongyang carried out its fifth nuclear test.“This nuclear test constitutes a direct challenge to the entire international community. It is another destabilizing and provocative act by North Korea that further heightens anxiety on the Korean Peninsula and throughout the vital Asia-Pacific region,”Carter said during a visit to Oslo, a

North Korea Sept. 10, 2016

Hillary Clinton said Friday it was time for a “rethinking” of America’s strategy for North Korea following the regime’s latest test of a nuclear weapon. Donald Trump’s campaign chief, meanwhile, refused to outline the Republican presidential candidate’s plans for defusing tensions on the Korean Peninsula.Speaking after meeting with a bipartisan group of national security experts in New York, the former secretary of state said she would seek to impose tougher sanctions on the communist nation. Sh

North Korea Sept. 10, 2016

President Barack Obama vowed Friday to push for new international sanctions in retaliation for the “grave threat” posed by North Korea’s latest nuclear test.The US leader consulted by telephone with South Korean President Park Geun-Hye and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe following news of the reclusive country’s fifth and most powerful test.“We agreed to work with the UN Security Council, our other Six-Party partners, and the international community to vigorously implement existing measures i

North Korea Sept. 10, 2016

The UN Security Council on Friday strongly condemned North Korea's fifth nuclear test and pledged to begin work immediately to put together a new resolution of sanctions punishing the communist nation.“The members of the Security Council strongly condemned this test, which is a clear violation and a flagrant disregard of Security Council resolution,” Security Council president and New Zealand Ambassador Gerard van Bohemen told reporters after urgent discussions, reading a press statement.“The me

North Korea Sept. 10, 2016

Rescue crews using bulldozers and their bare hands raced to dig out survivors from a strong earthquake that reduced three central Italian towns to rubble Wednesday. The death toll stood at 159, but the number of dead and missing was uncertain given the thousands of vacationers in the area for summer’s final days.Residents wakened before dawn by the temblor emerged from their crumbled homes to find what they described as apocalyptic scenes ``like Dante’s Inferno,’’ with entire blocks of buildings

World News Aug. 25, 2016

North Korea on Wednesday test-fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile into the East Sea, in what appears to be an act of protest against the ongoing annual joint drills held by South Korea and the US.The launch comes two days after the North threatened “preemptive nuclear strike” against the allies, for what it claims to be a retaliatory action against the military exercise. According to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the SLBM was fired around 5:30 a.m. near the city of Sinpo, South Hamkyung Pr

Defense Aug. 24, 2016

Tesla Motors has begun taking online reservations in Korea for its electric cars, Model S, Model X, and Model 3, the company said Friday.With a deposit of 2 million won ($1,800) for the Model S, 5 million won for Model X and 1 million won for model 3, customers can make a reservation, it said in the first statement released for Korean press. (AFP-Yonhap)“Korean customers have already shown a great interest in Tesla through reservations for Model 3,” it said. The model 3 is a Tesla electric vehic

Mobility Aug. 19, 2016

[THE INVESTOR] South Korea has kicked off development of an advanced radar for its indigenous fighter jet project set for completion by 2026, the military affiliated arms procurement agency said Wednesday.According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, the state-run Agency for Defense Development held a meeting on development and systems integration for the active electronically scanned array for the Korean Fighter Experimental, or KF-X, project. The meeting -- held in the ADD headq

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