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N Korean ‘missile’ a top threat: USA

Bloomberg North Korea continues to develop a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile that “would likely be capable of reaching much of the continental United States,” the Pentagon said in a new report to Congress on the secretive regime’s military capabilities. The KN-08 missile would have an estimated range of more than 3,400 miles (5,500 kilometers), and North Korea already has six ...

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Seoul: Pyongyang used money from joint factories for weapons

Seoul / AP North Korea channeled about 70 percent of the money it received for workers at the now-shuttered Kaesong industrial park into its weapons programs and to buy luxury goods for the impoverished nation’s tiny elite, South Korea said on Sunday. The jointly run park, just outside the North Korean city of Kaesong and about 50 kilometers (35 miles) ...

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Pentagon urges Turkey, Kurdish forces to halt agression in Syria

Bloomberg The US Defense Department is urging Turkey and Kurdish forces in Syria to quit firing at each other as reports of fresh violence between the two parties threaten their efforts to counter IS. “We are concerned about the situation north of Aleppo and are working to de-escalate tensions on all sides,” the Pentagon said in a statement. “We have ...

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