RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin says Moscow is opposed to any new countries acquiring nuclear weapons, but that the world should talk to North Korea rather than threaten it.
South Korea's new President Moon Jae-in has been sworn in, vowing to address the economy and relations with the North in his first speech as president.
The president also addressed criticism over an apparent shift from his campaign, when he said that he would label China a manipulator on day one in office.
A Finnish journalist has braved North Korea’s notoriously intense and paranoid security regime to smuggle out some extremely rare footage of Pyongyang without any of the pomp and propaganda.
Media reports claim North Korean authorities have arrested and detained a U.S. citizen — the third American currently held prisoner by the country. Video provided by Newsy Newslook
AS THE world holds its breath hoping that North Korea doesn’t blow something up next Tuesday which could provoke Donald Trump into a military response, it’s worth considering what it’s like there.
North Korea responded by resuming its nuclear weapons program, which was on hold after a 1994 deal with the Clinton administration, expelling International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspectors from the country, and withdrawing from the nuclear non-proliferation treaty (NPT) in January 2003.
