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Post by Admin on Dec 19, 2017 19:15:01 GMT
US President Donald Trump is now trying to get Vladimir Putin and Russia onside to put an end to North Korea's nuclear ambitions. The pair discussed bilateral relations and the situation in the Korean Peninsula during a telephone call, the Kremlin said in a statement this evening. The White House added that both “discussed working together to resolve the very dangerous situation in North Korea”. Trump also reportedly thanked his Russian counterpart “for acknowledging America’s strong economic performance in his annual press conference,”
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Post by Admin on Dec 23, 2017 18:38:51 GMT
The United Nations Security Council has voted unanimously to impose tougher sanctions on North Korea in response to its recent ballistic missile tests.
The US-drafted resolution includes measures to reduce the nation's petrol imports by up to 90%.
China and Russia, North Korea's main trading partners, voted in favour of the resolution.
The country is already subject to a raft of sanctions from the US, the UN and the EU.
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Post by Admin on Dec 25, 2017 18:31:08 GMT
President Donald Trump sent Congress his first national security strategy on Monday, laying out his view of American priorities in an unstable world. Judy Woodruff speaks with national security adviser H.R. McMaster, who led the process to devise the new strategy. On North Korea, McMaster said the president has asked his team to continuously refine a military option against the nuclear threat.
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Post by Admin on Dec 26, 2017 18:46:42 GMT
North Korea has been loading anthrax onto its new intercontinental ballistic missiles, South Korean intelligence services have revealed. Military scientists in North Korea have been trying to ensure the anthrax would survive the high temperatures generated when the missiles re-enter the Earth’s atmosphere. Japan’s Asahi newspaper reported South Korean intelligence sources were concerned the North Korea were finding new ways to use their estimated 2,500 and 5,000 tons of chemical weapons. North Korean state television reported last month the launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile, Hwasong 15, which is a nuclear-capable weapon which could fly as far as America. The country has been capable of producing biological agents such as anthrax and smallpox for decades after orders from North Korea’s first leader Kim Il Sung in the 1960s.
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Post by Admin on Dec 28, 2017 18:24:47 GMT
Russia is ready to serve as a mediator between North Korea and the United States if both sides agree, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told CNN on Tuesday. "You can't become a mediator between two countries just on your own will. It is impossible, you need both sides to be willing," Peskov said. Peskov's comments come just days after the UN Security Council unanimously adopted a new set of US-drafted sanctions on North Korea in response to Pyongyang's November 29 ballistic missile test.
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