The eight candidates standing for president this month may differ on several issues, but when it comes to Iran’s nuclear drive they are united in pursuing what they see as its peaceful atomic ambitions.
North Korea appears to be gearing up for a major military exercise, a report said on Sunday, amid tensions over an expected missile test and South Korea’s pullout from a joint industrial complex.
North Korea has moved two more missile launchers to its east coast, where preparations are apparently under way for a missile test as tensions simmer on the peninsula, a report said Sunday.
The biggest border crossing between North Korea and China has been closed to tourist groups, a Chinese official said Wednesday as nuclear tensions mounted, but business travel was still allowed.
North Korea appears to be preparing for a fourth nuclear test, South Korea said Monday, following intelligence reports of heightened activity at its main atomic test site.
North Korea is widely recognized as being years away from perfecting the technology to back up its bold threats of a pre-emptive strike on the United States. But some nuclear experts say it might have the know-how to fire a nuclear-tipped missile at South Korea and Japan, which host U.S. military bases.
A power failure at Japan’s tsunami-crippled Fukushima nuclear plant forced operator Tokyo Electric Power Co. to suspend systems to cool spent fuel pools at three reactor units, a report said Tuesday.
The United States said Thursday it was “fully capable” of defending itself and its allies against any North Korean missile strike, after Pyongyang threatened to launch a nuclear attack.
The UN Security Council on Thursday slammed tough new sanctions on North Korea amid escalating tensions as the isolated regime threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike against the United States.
The Senate has approved a bill condemning North Korea for its nuclear test and pressing for tougher action against Pyongyang.
Six underground tanks that hold a brew of radioactive and toxic waste at the United States’ most contaminated nuclear site are leaking, Gov. Jay Inslee announced Friday.
North Korea says it has tested a “miniaturized” nuclear device in defiance of UN orders to stop building atomic weapons.
North Korea’s powerful politburo has vowed to continue firing “powerful long-range rockets,” but a statement made no mention of Pyongyang’s promise to conduct a nuclear test.
