Sections SEARCH Skip to content Skip to site index Politics Subscribe Log In Log In Today’s Paper Supported by ByDavid E. Sanger and William J. Broad Nov. 12, 2018 WASHINGTON — North Korea is moving ahead with its ballistic missile program at 16 hidden bases that have been identified in new commercial satellite images, a network long known to American intelligence agencies but left undiscussed as President Trump claims to have neutralized the North’s nuclear threat. The satellite images suggest that the North has been engaged in a great deception: It has offered to dismantle a major launching site — a step it began, then halted — while continuing to make improvements at more than a dozen others that would bolster launches of conventional and nuclear warheads. The existence of the ballistic missile bases, which North Korea has never acknowledged, contradicts Mr. Trump’s assertion that his landmark … [Read more...] about In North Korea, Missile Bases Suggest a Great Deception
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Options limited, North Korea lit by flashlights, creaky grid
Eric Talmadge, Associated Press Updated 11:08 pm PST, Sunday, November 11, 2018 In this Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 photo, smokes billows from the chimneys of Pyongyang Power Plant in Pyongyang, North Korea. Twenty years after his father almost bargained them away for a pair of nuclear reactors, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has his nuclear weapons - and a nation still plagued by chronic blackouts. But years of sanctions have spurred the North to cobble together a creative smorgasbord of alternative resources, some off the official grid and some flat-out illegal. less In this Sunday, Oct. 21, 2018 photo, smokes billows from the chimneys of Pyongyang Power Plant in Pyongyang, North Korea. Twenty years after his father almost bargained them away for a pair of nuclear reactors, ... more Photo: Dita Alangkara, AP In this July 26, 2018 photo, a man sits at a showroom that sells imported cars in Pyongyang, North … [Read more...] about Options limited, North Korea lit by flashlights, creaky grid
Report: North Korea Has Made No Dismantlement Efforts Since August
North Korea has failed to dismantle its key missile site further since August, South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing a U.S. website that monitors dictator Kim Jong-un’s regime. On Thursday, Yonhap noted, “North Korea has pledged to dismantle a missile engine testing site and a launch pad in Dongchang-ri as part of its stated commitment to denuclearize the Korean Peninsula.”Citing satellite imagery from October 31, the U.S. website 38 North reportedly determined that there has not been additional dismantlement activity at the key missile site since August. In June, U.S. President Donald Trump and Kim reached an agreement to work together toward the complete, verifiable, and irreversible denuclearization of the Korea peninsula. The Trump administration is pushing for denuclearization in exchange for sanctions relief and security guarantees. North 38’s revelation that North Korea has failed to keep its pledge to dismantle the missile engine testing site … [Read more...] about Report: North Korea Has Made No Dismantlement Efforts Since August
U.S. Talks with North Korea Get Tough, Trump Administration Looks to Work with Russia and China
World International Affairs The precarious peace process between the United States and North Korea has taken a difficult turn as a top-level meeting between diplomats was called off and hostile rhetoric returned. At the same time, the Trump administration has looked to discuss the issue with Russia and China. Though no official reason was given for the abrupt cancellation of a meeting set for Thursday between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Kim Yong Chol, the vice chairman of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party Central Committee, the news came amid a slowdown in what has been an unprecedented dialogue between the two historic enemies. President Donald Trump and his administration, though often expressing confidence in North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un, have argued that the young ruler should pick up the pace of his denuclearization efforts. North Korea has countered that it was the U.S.'s turn to make concessions after dismantling key military sites, handing … [Read more...] about U.S. Talks with North Korea Get Tough, Trump Administration Looks to Work with Russia and China
North Korea Declares Its Economy Is ‘Miraculously’ Overcoming Sanctions
North Korean state media declared on Friday that its economy is “miraculously” overcoming international sanctions, claiming that the world “marvels” now “at [its] unlimited national power and development potential.” In a typically bizarre and grandiose editorial titled “Let’s Go Our Own Way and Build a Powerful Socialist State,” the state propaganda outlet Rodung Sinmun calls on “brave” North Koreans to continue fighting for a state built upon “self-reliance,” despite the devastating impact of economic sanctions on their economy.“The Korean people are dynamically moving forward rallied close around the great Workers’ Party of Korea, holding aloft the banner of self-reliance,” it declares. “Self-reliance represents the tradition of victory won by the independent and dignified DPRK, the inexhaustible creative power of socialist Korea and indomitable mettle of the … [Read more...] about North Korea Declares Its Economy Is ‘Miraculously’ Overcoming Sanctions