North Korea

A North Korean official suggested that Secretary of State Mike Pompeo is undermining floundering disarmament talks.

Just over 20 countries have yet to record a single COVID-19 coronavirus case, most in the relatively lightly-afflicted continent of Africa and isolated Pacific island states, but also others much closer to major outbreaks.

"President Trump was the first world leader to take definitive action early," Peter Navarro said.

"As of Mar. 19 all the foreigners in quarantine, except three, were freed as it has been confirmed that they had showed no abnormal symptoms during sufficient medical observation and checkup," according to the official Korean Central News Agency.

Both Pyongyang and Tehran have accused Washington of using trade restrictions that harm civilian populations as a tool to coerce them into adhering to U.S. policy.

North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un was equipped with binoculars but bare-faced amid mask-wearing troops conducting "another firepower strike drill of long-range artillery sub-units."

The NK Daily website said that 180 soldiers succumbed to the outbreak in January and February, but Pyongyang is yet to confirm a single case.

The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons defined China, France, Russia, the U.K. and the U.S. as nuclear states, but India, Pakistan, North Korea and, though officially neither confirmed nor denied, Israel have since acquired such weapons.

"Training is the basic mission of the army responsible for the defense of the country and is an action for self-defense," North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un's sister, Kim Yo Jong, said.

North Korea has taken drastic measures to prevent the incursion of the virus, placing hundred of foreign nationals under month-long quarantines and locking ambassadors in their quarters.

From endorsing wearing masks to public health announcements and to recommending eating kimchi, North Korea is pushing out an anti-epidemic campaign to prevent the coronavirus from infiltrating its borders.

The country's horse purchase last October was reportedly its largest buy since 2015, when it acquired 61 horses for $192,204, according to Russian customs data.

General Terrence O'Shaughnessy said North Korea's recent engine tests could be an early warning of coming missile launches.

"The Kim regime has developed a model for using and exploiting the internet that is unique—it is a nation run like a criminal syndicate," the Recorded Future report said.

Iran and North Korea have set out to modernize their aging underwater fleets to include new submarines capable of escaping detection and firing advanced missiles.

No one should doubt Bolton's attention to detail—and his appetite for bureaucratic score-keeping.

"The DPRK can be considered the safest country in the world. As long as you have a basic common-sense and respect for the culture," the conference website claims. The U.N. disagrees.

Kim threatened to return to longer-range missile and nuclear tests as the United States refuses to budge on sanctions relief.

Joe Scarborough's remarks came after Kim Jong Un asserted this week that North Korea "will never" denuclearize.

"He likes me, I like him, we get along," Trump said of Kim Jong Un, after the North Korean leader announced his intentions to expand his weapons arsenal.

President Donald Trump said he thinks North Korea's Kim Jong Un is a "man of his word" after the despot warned the world that Pyongyang will soon have a "new strategic weapon."

Kim also condemned the U.S. for refusing to lift sanctions in order to advance their historic, yet stalling, denuclearization-for-peace process.

China and Russia want stability in the Persian Gulf and the Korean Peninsula and they increasingly feel they have what it takes to work toward it, even if the United States has its own plans.

"Where's the Republican leadership in Congress to say 'no'?" Senator Ben Cardin asked in an interview with Fox News Sunday.

With Christmas morning looming, Trump seemed unconcerned about North Korea's "gift" warning and said the U.S. would handle whatever comes along "very successfully."

Bolton, whom Trump ousted from the position in September, wrote in a tweet that more "effective" policy would be needed to keep the United States and its allies safe from North Korea.

North Korea has set an end-of-year deadline for U.S. officials to break the deadlock in denuclearization talks, or receive a "Christmas gift."

The former national security advisor said he does not think North Korea will ever voluntarily surrender its nuclear weapons, regardless of what Kim Jong Un tells Trump.

The Council on Foreign Relations' Center for Preventive Action's evaluation of 30 ongoing or potential conflicts indicates more threats in global unrest that could affect Washington's international goals than the U.S. has seen in the past decade.

China and Russia confirmed they have circulated a draft resolution for United Nations Security Council members to partially lift sanctions against North Korea as talks with the U.S. stall.