N.Korea

US sanctions two N.Koreans over missile program:

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The United States on Tuesday sanctioned two senior North Korean officials over the country's ballistic missile program, the Treasury Department said. "Treasury is targeting leaders of North Korea’s ballistic missile programs, as part of our maximum pressure campaign to isolate (North Korea) and achieve a fully denuclearized Korean Peninsula," it said in a statement Source: AFPRead more

'Probable' missile launch detected from N.Korea

Washington - Muslimchronicle

The US military on Tuesday detected a probable missile launch from North Korea, a Pentagon official said, marking the first apparent launch in months. "At approximately 1:30 pm (1830 GMT), we detected a probable missile launch from North Korea," Pentagon spokesman Colonel Rob Manning said. "We are in the process of assessing the situation and will provide additional details whenRead more

Trump says 'twisted' N.Korea cannot hold world hostage

Washington - Muslimchronicle

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday warned North Korea that the world will not tolerate what he called its "nuclear blackmail," vowing an international campaign of "maximum pressure" on Pyongyang, including by China. "I made clear that we will not allow this twisted dictatorship to hold the world hostage to nuclear blackmail," Trump said in a televised statement a dayRead more

Trump warns ‘rogue regime’ N.Korea of grave danger

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

US President Donald Trump arrived in China on Wednesday seeking help to rein in North Korea after warning the North’s leader that the nuclear weapons he is developing “are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger.” Trump used some of his toughest language yet against North Korea in a wide-ranging address in Seoul that lodgedRead more

NATO warns N.Korea military action would have 'devastating consequences'

Brussels - Muslimchronicle

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg told AFP on Friday that a military intervention against North Korea would have "devastating consequences", after US President Donald Trump said diplomatic efforts had failed. "The use of military force will have devastating consequences, I think nobody really wants that, therefore we need to continue to push for a negotiated solution," Stoltenberg said in an interviewRead more

US in contact with N.Korea, probing willingness to talk

Beijing - Muslimchronicle

The United State has open channels of communication with North Korea and is investigating whether the regime is ready to enter talks on giving up its nuclear weapons programme, US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Saturday. "We are probing, so stay tuned," he told reporters after talks with Chinese officials in Beijing. "We ask. We have lines of communicationRead more

N.Korea says rockets to US ‘inevitable’ as US bombers fly off N.Korean coast

Washington - Muslimchronicle

North Korea said on Saturday that firing its rockets at the US mainland was “inevitable” after US President Donald Trump called Pyongyang’s leader “rocket man”, in a further escalation of rhetoric between the two leaders. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho’s remarks before the United Nations General Assembly came hours after US Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers escorted byRead more

N.Korea says fired missile over Japan Tuesday

Seoul - Muslimchronicle

North Korea said Wednesday that it had fired a missile over Japan the previous day, the first time it has ever acknowledged doing so. The Hwasong-12 intermediate-range missile, whose launch was supervised by leader Kim Jong-Un, "crossed the sky above Oshima peninsula of Hokkaido and Cape Erimo of Japan along the preset flight track and accurately hit the preset targetRead more

N.Korea UN envoy defends use of 'tough counter-measures'

Geneva - Muslimchronicle

North Korea's ambassador to the United Nations in Geneva on Tuesday defended his country's use of "tough counter-measures" against what he said was US aggression, hours after the nuclear-armed nation fired a ballistic missile over Japan. "Now that the US has openly declared its hostile intention towards DPR Korea by raising joint aggressive military exercises despite repeated warnings... my countryRead more

Engines in N.Korea missiles were intended only for Russia

Kiev - Muslimchronicle

Ukraine's space agency said Tuesday that the engines used for North Korean missiles were made at a Ukrainian factory for Russia's use only. "Such engines were made up to 2001 by Ukraine's Yushmash" for space rockets, Ukraine's acting space agency chief Yuriy Radchenko told journalists. The engines and the rockets "were made at Yushmash in the interests of Russia," heRead more