1 With Conservative President, South Korea Matches North Korean Launches Tit-for-Tat
- Author: voanews.com
- Published Date: 07/25/2022
- Review: 4.88 (865 vote)
- Summary: · File – South Korea’s new President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during the 20th Presidential inaugural reception in Seoul. “Our government will respond
- Matching search results: After North Korea launched three missiles on May 25, South Korea and the United States responded by firing what they said was a pair of missiles from the northeastern South Korean city of Gangneung. However, a source in the beach city told VOA they …
2 Kim Jong-un calls North Koreas response to Covid outbreak inadequate
- Author: theguardian.com
- Published Date: 07/06/2022
- Review: 4.77 (561 vote)
- Summary: · North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has criticised his country’s response to its first officially confirmed Covid-19 outbreak as “immature”,
- Matching search results: Since it reported its first cases last week, North Korea’s propaganda machine has portrayed the virus as an enemy that can be defeated through lockdowns, quarantine and greater vigilance. The state-run KCNA has reported the delivery of unspecified …
3 US official vows &x27forceful response&x27 if N. Korea tests nuke
- Author: abcnews.go.com
- Published Date: 11/29/2021
- Review: 4.45 (319 vote)
- Summary: · The U.S. deputy secretary of state warned of a forceful response if North Korea carries out its first nuclear test explosion in nearly five
- Matching search results: “Unilateral actions are never going to be the most attractive or even the most effective response, and that is especially the case because we are gratified that we have close allies in the form of Japan and the ROK,” he said, referring to South …
4 Why further sanctions against North Korea could be tough to add
- Author: brookings.edu
- Published Date: 11/24/2021
- Review: 4.19 (571 vote)
- Summary: · Andrew Yeo argues that the North Korean sanctions regime is crumbling … response to North Korea’s long-range missile and nuclear tests
- Matching search results: In a 13-2 vote on May 26, China and Russia vetoed a resolution led by the United States to strengthen sanctions against North Korea. What does the Security Council’s failure to address North Korean provocations mean for peace and security on the …
5 Pyongyangs Not Picking Up the Phone
- Author: foreignpolicy.com
- Published Date: 08/12/2022
- Review: 4.09 (470 vote)
- Summary: · North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a ceremony ahead of a … “We’re doing everything we can, but North Korea has to respond,” said one
- Matching search results: Then there are questions about the efficacy of North Korea sanctions. Over the course of decades, the so-called Hermit Kingdom has found ways to skirt international sanctions and line its coffers with foreign currency, despite Washington’s best …
6 US, allies fly fighter jets amid North Korea tensions
- Author: apnews.com
- Published Date: 07/09/2022
- Review: 3.97 (546 vote)
- Summary: · … on Tuesday in a show of force as their diplomats discussed a coordinated response to a possibly imminent North Korean nuclear test
- Matching search results: Meanwhile on Tuesday, U.S. special envoy for North Korea Sung Kim said Washington and its allies were increasingly concerned by not only the unprecedented number of ballistic missile launches but also because “senior North Korean officials have used …
7 What to Know About Sanctions on North Korea
- Author: cfr.org
- Published Date: 08/13/2022
- Review: 3.66 (473 vote)
- Summary: · They are primarily designed to impede Pyongyang’s development of missile and nuclear technology, but some have come in response to North Korean
- Matching search results: The U.S. Congress passed its first statute [PDF] imposing sanctions on North Korea in 2016, adding to those that had already been levied by successive presidents. The law requires the president to sanction anyone involved in activities such as the …
8 South Koreas Decapitation Strategy Against North Korea Has More Risks Than Benefits
- Author: carnegieendowment.org
- Published Date: 04/25/2022
- Review: 3.55 (349 vote)
- Summary: · KMPR is meant to be a response to North Korean nuclear use, but North Korea’s expansive nuclear capabilities—and particularly its own
- Matching search results: Under the latter concept, South Korea would use conventional missiles to target, among other things, North Korea’s leadership—including Kim Jong Un. These strategies were conceived during a time when North Korea’s nuclear capabilities were …