Uss Carl Vinson

• Defiant North Korea hints at nuclear test to bolster weapons program ‘to the maximum’

  U.S. President Donald Trump has said a "major, major conflict" with North Korea is possible over its nuclear and ballistic missile programs, while China said last week the situation on the Korean peninsula could escalate or slip out of control.

  Politics

  May 1, 2017
  
• U.S. missile defence system installed in South Korea as North flexes muscles

  In a defiant bit of timing, South Korea announced Wednesday that key parts of a contentious U.S. missile defence system had been installed a day after rival North Korea showed off its military power.

  Politics

  Apr 25, 2017
  
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• North Korea holds live-fire drills to mark military anniversary, South Korea says

  The exercise took place as a U.S. guided-missile submarine arrived in South Korea and envoys from the United States, Japan and South Korea met in Tokyo to discuss the growing threat posed by North Korea's nuclear weapons and missiles program.

  Politics

  Apr 25, 2017
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• Donald Trump says UN must ready new sanctions against North Korea as China calls for restraint

  Trump sent the carrier group for exercises in waters off the Korean peninsula as a warning, amid growing fears North Korea could conduct another nuclear test in defiance of United Nations sanctions.

  Politics

  Apr 24, 2017
• North Korea ready to sink U.S. aircraft carrier ‘with a single strike’

  North Korea likened the U.S. aircraft carrier to a "gross animal" and said a strike on it would be "an actual example to show our military's force."

  World

  Apr 23, 2017
• China says military force won’t resolve tension as North Korea appears ready for nuke test

  With a U.S. aircraft carrier group steaming to the area and tension rising, South Korea said it believed the United States would consult it before any pre-emptive strike against the North.

  Politics

  Apr 13, 2017
• North Korea calls U.S. aircraft carrier dispatch “reckless” and “outrageous”

  North Korea is vowing tough counteraction to any military moves that might follow the U.S. move to send an aircraft carrier to waters off the Korean Peninsula.

  World

  Apr 10, 2017
• North Korea to U.S.: expect ‘merciless’ strikes if you infringe on our dignity

  "Even a bit."

  Politics

  Mar 14, 2017