By Helene Fung For the first time since the end of the Korean War in 1953, South Korea has deported two North Korean fishermen in their 20s, after an investigation found that they killed 16 others on board, including the captain of their boat. South Korea normally has a policy of accepting North Koreans who…
By Helene Fung, File Photo A rocket engine exploded during a test at a naval facility that tests intercontinental ballistic missiles for nuclear submarines in Nyonoksa in north-western Russia. Russia’s Defence Ministry said six servicemen and civilian engineers have been injured in the incident, and two of them later died of the injuries. The Ministry…
By Helene Fung US President Donald Trump announced on Twitter that he intends to reverse a decision by the US Treasury to impose additional sanctions on North Korea. The reason is because he “likes” North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un and doesn’t think sanctions are necessary. Mr Trump did not specify which sanctions would be reversed.…
Iranian foreign minister Mohammad Javad Zarif labelled US President Donald Trump and his administration a threat to the Middle East and global peace in a statement on Twitter. “It is true that there is a real threat to our region and to international peace and security: that threat is the Trump administration’s sense of entitlement…
US President Donald Trump cancelled Secretary of State Mike Pompeo’s trip to North Korea over concerns that North Korea was not progressing in its goals agreed to at the nuclear summit in June. This is the first time Mr Trump has acknowledged North Korea’s apparent lack of movement towards denuclearisation, despite characterising the meeting as…
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has expressed optimism about North Korea ending its nuclear program within the timeline set in an agreement between the two countries. “I’m optimistic that we will get this done in the timeline and the world will celebrate what the U.N. Security Council has demanded,” Pompeo said. “The work has…
US intelligence believes North Korea may still be developing its nuclear weapon capabilities, increasing its production of fuel for nuclear weapons at secret sites, according to an NBC News report. The report cited US intelligence officials, and contradicts US President Donald Trump’s statement that “there is no longer a nuclear threat from North Korea”, made…
Only time will tell us whether the meeting between Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump was a success for those of us living in Australia. Most of us want to see fewer nuclear weapons in the world and in our region and, if their number can’t be reduced, less of a threat that those missiles will…
US President Donald Trump has said there is still the possibility of US-North Korea talks happening on the 12th of June, after announcing the cancellation of the talk earlier this week. North Korea issued a response to the cancellation, saying that there were still open to talks. “It was a very nice statement they put…
Australia and Canada are sending military patrol craft to monitor North Korean vessels believed to be breaking UN trade sanctions. The aircraft will be based at the US military air base Kadena on the Japanese island of Okinawa, according to a statement by the Japanese government. “We do have a P-8A surveillance aircraft that is…