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US on high alert for possible ‘Christmas gift’ missile from North Korea
Dec. 22, 2019 - U.S. officials are calling a possible missile launch from North Korea a “Christmas gift.”
A significant launch or nuclear test would raise the end of North Korea's self-imposed moratorium on missile launches and tests.
- Source: Bradford Betz - Fox
Space-based radar suggests North Korean nuke equivalent to '17 Hiroshimas'
Nov.15, 2019 -
The researchers find that the most recent test shifted the ground by a few metres, and estimate it to be
equivalent to 17 times the size of the bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945.
- Source: Space Daily
North Korea breaks off nuclear talks with US in Sweden
Oct. 5, 2019 -
North Korea’s top negotiator said late on Saturday that working-level nuclear talks in Sweden between officials
from Pyongyang and Washington had broken off, dashing prospects for an end to months of stalemate.
- Source: CNBC
Pompeo says hopes for progress in talks with North Korea
Oct. 5, 2019 -
The United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said on Saturday that he was hopeful of progress in nuclear talks with North Korea...
U.S. and North Korean officials gathered in Sweden on Saturday... in an attempt to end months of stalemate.
- Source: Reuters
North Korea fires 2 short-range missiles into sea, US officials say
July 24, 2019 -
North Korea fired two short-range missiles into the sea off its eastern coast, U.S. officials told Fox News
late Wednesday, in the latest apparent provocation from Kim Jong Un's regime.
- Source: Fox
Trump meets Kim in DMZ, becomes first sitting US president to step into Hermit Kingdom
June 30, 2019 -
Trump shook hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un...
Despite their nearly hour-long chat, Trump said that sanctions on North Korea are still in place...
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possibility of scaling them back as part of renewed negotiations.
- Source: Nicole Darrah - Fox
North Korean ship used to illicitly transport coal is seized over sanctions violation, US announces
May 9, 2019 -
A North Korean cargo vessel used to transport coal... was seized, [by] the U.S. Justice Department...
The 17,061-ton vessel, called the Wise Honest, is one of North Korea’s largest bulk carriers.
- Source: Katherine Lam - Fox
North Korea resumes work at rocket site
Mar. 6, 2019 - According to the AsiaTimes, work on a rocket launching site has resumed by the North Koreans.
At a time when the diplomatic outlook is unclear following the failure of last week’s North Korea-US
summit in Hanoi, US think tanks and South Korean analyses indicate that work has restarted ... in North Korea.
- Source: Global News
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