North Korea
Trump: 'Sad day' for North Korea if U.S. takes military action
WASHINGTON/BEIJING U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would prefer not to use military action against North Korea to counter its nuclear and missile threat but that if he did it would be a "very sad day" for the leadership in Pyongyang. | Video
Mexico expels North Korean ambassador over nuclear tests
MEXICO CITY The Mexican government on Thursday said it had declared the North Korean ambassador to Mexico persona non grata in protest at the country's nuclear tests, an unusually firm step that moved it closely into line with Washington.
Trump may have to settle for deterring, not disarming, North Korea
WASHINGTON President Donald Trump, like his predecessors, may find that neither negotiations nor economic and military pressure can force North Korea to abandon its nuclear program, and that the United States has no choice but to try to contain it and deter North Korean leader Kim Jong Un from ever using a nuclear weapon.
Trump says hopes to avoid use of military action on North Korea
WASHINGTON U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday he would prefer to avoid military action to deal with North Korea's nuclear threat, but said previous diplomatic efforts have failed to pressure Pyongyang from developing its missiles. | Video
U.S. unsure if North Korea can be deterred: Trump administration official
WASHINGTON The United States is very concerned that North Korea might not be able to be deterred, a senior Trump administration official said on Thursday, drawing a distinction between Washington's view of Pyongyang and its model for dealing with former Cold War foes.
Russian and Japanese leaders 'decisively condemn' North Korean tests
VLADIVOSTOK Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday after talks with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe that the two leaders "decisively condemned" North Korean weapons tests.
German, Chinese leaders agree on need to tighten North Korea sanctions
BERLIN German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Chinese President Xi Jinping agreed in a telephone call on Thursday about the need to tighten sanctions against North Korea in light of Pyongyang's latest nuclear weapons test, a spokesman for Merkel said.
Xi calls for concerted effort to resolve Korean peninsula issue: Xinhua
HONG KONG Chinese President Xi Jinping urged the international community to make concerted efforts to solve the nuclear issue on the Korean Peninsula, in a phone call with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, the official Xinhua news agency said on Thursday.
Japan's Abe agrees with Putin North Korea nuclear test threatens peace
TOKYO Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said on Thursday that he agreed with Russian President Vladimir Putin that North Korea's latest nuclear test is a serious threat to regional peace and a challenge to global nuclear non-proliferation regime.
China lodges stern protest with South Korea over THAAD deployment
BEIJING China said on Thursday it had lodged stern representations with South Korea for installing the four remaining launchers of the U.S. anti-missile Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on a former golf course. | Video
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