Author: Anna Fifield
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Student Otto Warmbier, said to be in a coma, released from North Korea
CINCINNATI — A plane carrying University of Virginia student Otto Warmbier, who had been detained in North Korea for 17 months and was in a coma for most of it, touched down in Cincinnati on Tuesday night. The 22-year-old’s return marks an end to the ordeal that his family has been through, not knowing what had happened to Warmbier since…
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What does Kim Jong Un want with all these missile tests? Talks, perhaps?
SEOGWIPO, South Korea — If North Korea wanted to enter into negotiations, it might decide that it first had to gain the upper hand in a hurry, and it might conclude that the best way to do that was through shooting off one missile after another in rapid succession. As an explanation for all these…
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WATCH: North Korea puts out new video showing the White House in crosshairs and carriers exploding
SEOUL — A North Korean propaganda outlet Thursday released a video clip showing a simulated attack on the White House and declaring that “the enemy to be destroyed is in our sights.” The video comes at a particularly tense time in relations between North Korea and the United States, with the Trump administration sending warships…
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U.S. starts ‘swiftly’ installing controversial antimissile battery in South Korea
SEOUL — The U.S. military started installing a controversial antimissile defense system in South Korea overnight Tuesday, triggering protests and sparking criticism that it was rushing to get the battery in place before the likely election of a president who opposes it. The sudden and unannounced move came only six days after the U.S. military…
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Will North Korea fire a missile capable of hitting the US mainland? Probably.
SEOUL – North Korea has made no secret of its desire to build an inter-continental ballistic missile, or ICBM, capable of reaching the continental United States. In his New Year’s Day address, Kim Jong Un said that North Korea had “entered the final stage of preparation for a test-launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile.” In…
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Under fire but defiant, North Korea sends envoys to court its few friends
TOKYO — North Korea has sent a high-ranking diplomat to Malaysia to try to secure the remains of Kim Jong Nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader who was killed in a chemical weapon poisoning earlier this month. Malaysian police, meanwhile, said they would press murder charges against the two women accused of…
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Third suspect in custody in Kim Jong Nam’s assassination
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia – Three people have now been arrested in connection with the apparent fatal poisoning of the half-brother of North Korea’s leader, with a Malaysian man held to “assist” in the investigation, police said Thursday. The man, 26-year-old Muhammad Farid bin Jalaluddin, has been identified as the boyfriend of an Indonesian woman arrested…
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Chaos at Toshiba: $6.3 billion write-down, chairman resigns, bankruptcy looms
TOKYO – The chaos at Toshiba, the Japanese corporate giant, deepened Tuesday, with its chairman resigning and the company saying it would book a $6.3 billion loss related to its U.S. nuclear business. Analysts are now speculating about the possibility that Toshiba, which employs almost 200,000 people in Japan and has significant investments in the…
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Some in Guam push for independence from U.S. as Marines prepare for buildup
HAGATNA, Guam – This tiny Pacific island has several nicknames. There is “the tip of the spear” because it is the closest U.S. territory to potential hot spots in Asia, such as North Korea and the South China Sea. There is “America’s unsinkable aircraft carrier,” because the island is home to a huge Air Force…