China's trade with North Korea in 2024 fell 5 percent from the previous year to about $2.18 billion, official data showed Saturday, as two-way trade lacked momentum despite Beijing and Pyongyang marking the 75th anniversary of diplomatic relations.
As South Korean authorities extended President Yoon Suk Yeol's detention, his supporters stormed the courthouse that issued the warrant, smashing windows with police shields.
John Kirby, White House national security communications adviser, said of Hegseth's remarks on North Korea's status as a nuclear power: "We've not made such a recognition. I can't speak to what the incoming team will—how they'll characterize it. We've not gone so far as to make that recognition."
With the fate of suspended South Korean president Yoon Suk-yeol hanging in the balance, the country has also been left facing an uncertain future as it battles through the resulting political turmoil.
North Korea flaunts fake IKEA store, defying sanctions. Likely selling counterfeit goods, the store serves as propaganda while exploiting Western brands.
Japan and South Korea called for China, which has influence over North Korea, to play a greater role in reining in Pyongyang’s reckless military provocations, but there was no substantial ...
In his wide-ranging comments on North Korea, China, Russia and Iran, Mr Rubio mentioned security challenges from “rogue states”. “In Moscow, in Tehran, in Pyongyang, dictators and rogue ...
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Trump 2.0: A chance to turn crisis into opportunity
Korea has a history of turning crises into opportunities. Since the 1969 "Nixon Doctrine," the nation has faced various iterations of "America First" pressures but has consistently managed to navigate through them.
The United States has sent at least four bombers to a military hub in the Western Pacific Ocean amid tensions in the South China Sea, the Taiwan Strait, and the Korean Peninsula. The American supersonic B-1B jets were deployed to Guam,
President Donald Trump enters office at a critical moment and faces multiple crises—it would do well to follow a few key maxims.