The UN Security Council is considering a draft resolution affirming that any change to the status of Jerusalem has no legal effect and must be reversed, in response to the US decision to recognize the city as Israel’s capital.
Japan imposed additional sanctions against North Korea this week as the rogue communist state continues to advance its nuclear strategy.
China’s Foreign Ministry welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s offer to talk with North Korea without preconditions on Wednesday, while the White House responded in a more ambivalent manner.
General Valery Gerasimov, chief officer of the Russian military, kicked off a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on Monday by blaming Japan, South Korea, and the United States for increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula with a joint military exercise.
Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera announced on Friday that Japan will purchase long-range missiles from the United States for the first time, citing the “increasingly severe” security situation faced by the island nation.
A U.S. official said on Saturday that North Korea’s new intercontinental ballistic missile broke up upon re-entry at the end of its test launch last week, indicating that North Korea still lacks the key component of reliable heat shielding for its ICBMs.
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday following North Korea’s latest missile test in which South Korea and the United States warned the Kim regime to step back from the brink.
North Korea’s state media announced that dictator Kim Jong-un “personally supervised” and “meticulously guided” its latest missile launch on Wednesday, claiming he directed the missile to fly at a high angle such that it fell into the Sea of Japan.
Japan’s Prime Minister, Shinzo Abe, told his parliament last week that he has “no intention” of accepting more migrants despite pressure from the UN Refugee Agency.
North Korea’s missile program has been strangely quiet since September, which comes as a relief to Japan, since the last few ICBMs from North Korea have flown through their airspace. On Monday, the Japanese government reported intercepting radio signals that suggest North Korea may be preparing to launch another missile.
A skeleton-filled ghost ship that washed ashore on the Japanese coast may contain the remains of North Korean defectors, Japan’s Coast Guard announced Monday.
Cuban dictator Raúl Castro met North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, in Havana on Friday before the two issued a joint statement of solidarity.
The latest issue of the National Interest asks if we are looking at “war in Asia” within the next decade or so. The question asked collectively by the headline articles is whether the multi-sided contest between China, the Koreas, and Japan can be resolved without someone, somewhere, pulling a trigger. The urgent question for U.S. policymakers is whether America can do anything to make overt hostilities less likely.
A few weeks ago, Chinese President Xi Jinping offered a Soviet-style five-year plan for China’s progress at the Communist Party congress in Beijing. Despite his talk of global cooperation, the themes were familiar socialist boilerplate about Chinese economic and military superiority to come.
Japan has reportedly confined all U.S. troops in Okinawa to their base and off-base residences in addition to prohibiting them from purchasing or consuming alcohol after one of their fellow Marines allegedly killed a local man while believed to be intoxicated.
In a speech to the Japanese parliament on Friday, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to “strengthen Japanese defense power, including missile defense capabilities, in order to protect the people’s lives and peace” from the threat posed by North Korea.
Japan’s government is considering new measures to contain social media-driven violence after the arrest of a man found keeping nine bodies in his home — individuals he allegedly killed after expressing a desire to commit suicide on Twitter.
Breitbart News Executive Chairman and former White House Chief Strategist Stephen K. Bannon said the United States needs to pressure China to do more to achieve North Korean denuclearization.
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss his latest op-ed, “America’s Decision on North Korea Hinges on Trump’s Asia Trip.”
Breitbart News Executive Chairman Stephen K. Bannon gave an address hosted by Citizen Power for China in Tokyo on Tuesday night, in which he talked about China’s aggressive agenda for the 21st Century and the working-class revolt against the elites in democratic societies around the world.
For First Lady Melania Trump’s trip to Asia alongside President Donald Trump, the Slovenian-born former model brought out off-the-runway gowns and duds from some of her favorite luxury fashion designers.
President Donald Trump visited Japanese Emperor Akihito, but did not bow after greeting him at his palace.
The aircraft carriers USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan, and USS Theodore Roosevelt are scheduled to begin exercises in the Western Pacific over the next few days, just as President Donald Trump arrived in South Korea. The massive exercise will hopefully make a strong impression on the North Koreans, and is guaranteed to infuriate them.
First lady Melania Trump said she enjoyed her time in Japan with her husband, President Donald Trump, including time spent at a primary school where she had a brief lesson in calligraphy.
Following his meeting with President Donald Trump, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced that he will freeze the assets of 35 North Korean entities in response to the country’s escalating nuclear crisis.
First Lady Melania Trump and White House Communications Director Hope Hicks each held their own in high fashion during a Japanese state dinner in Tokyo Monday night, while the pair are overseas with President Donald Trump on his 12-day trip through Asia.
First Lady Melania Trump stepped out in shimmering metallic stilettos on her second day abroad in Tokyo, Japan Monday to visit Kyobashi Tsukiji Elementary School.
President Donald Trump, in an interview with Sharyl Attkisson published on Sunday, said, “I would sit with anybody I feel,” responding to a question about whether he would engage in dialogue with “dictators.”
President Donald Trump continued to press for “reciprocal” trade during his meetings with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and business leaders.
Left-wing CNN has been caught red-handed selectively-editing a Donald Trump quote as a means to make the president look foolish during his overseas trip to Japan.
“Fortunately, somebody else had a gun that was shooting in the opposite direction. Otherwise … it would’ve been much worse,” Trump said during a press conference in Japan.
Left-wing CNN was caught using fake video Monday morning to mock President Trump for following the lead of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe with the emptying of a box of fish food into a koi pond.
First Lady Melania Trump stole the show in high fashion as she arrived alongside President Trump in Tokyo, Japan on Sunday wearing a technicolor, ombre coat with floral embellishments.
President Donald Trump met with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Japan on Sunday, building on their friendship over dinner and golf.
Early Sunday at Yokota Air Base in Japan, President Donald Trump kicked off his tour of Asia by offering a warning that no dictator should “underestimate” the United States, which was apparently aimed at North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. “No one
President Donald Trump dismissed new criticism from former Presidents George H.W. Bush and George W. Bush, saying he didn’t want to give them attention during his trip to Asia.
“You are the greatest hope for people who desire to live in freedom and you are the greatest threat to tyrants and dictators who seek to prey on the innocent,” Trump said.
The U.S. Air Force conducted another flight of B-1B long-range bombers near the Korean peninsula on Thursday, escorted by fighters from South Korea and Japan. North Korea responded with predictable outrage, accusing the “gangster-like U.S. imperialists” of practicing for a nuclear surprise attack.
Ivanka Trump created her own paparazzi following as she arrived in Japan on Thursday, instructing staff to film her as she deplaned.
President Donald Trump departed on Friday for a 10-day trip to Asia, where he will visit China, Japan, Philippines, South Korea, and Vietnam.
