FBI investigating hack attack on law firm defending top target of Chinese regime

FBI investigating hack attack on law firm defending top target of Chinese regime

by WorldTribune Staff, October 2, 2017 A law firm that was representing a major dissident who has exposed corruption at the highest realms of the Chinese Communist Party was targeted in a cyber attack, a report said. The FBI is investigating the alleged hacking this month at the Clark Hill law firm, which had been […]

Tillerson: ‘We do talk to them’ (North Koreans); Trump: ‘Save your energy Rex’

Tillerson: ‘We do talk to them’ (North Koreans); Trump: ‘Save your energy Rex’

by WorldTribune Staff, October 1, 2017 The United States has “lines of communications to Pyongyang,” Secretary of State Rex Tillerson disclosed on Sept. 30. “We’re not in a dark situation, a blackout,” Tillerson said during a trip to Beijing where he met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. “We can talk to them. We do talk […]

Reparations, North Korea style: Analyst cites plans for nuclear armed extortion

Reparations, North Korea style: Analyst cites plans for nuclear armed extortion

by WorldTribune Staff, September 29, 2017 North Korea “will be the world’s first nuclear armed extortionist,” an analyst wrote. Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho publicly stated in front of the UN General Assembly that the Kim Jong-Un regime intends “to handsomely profit from their ability to enforce settlement of their alleged grievances against the world with […]

North Korea’s 200th declaration of war has a new wrinkle

North Korea’s 200th declaration of war has a new wrinkle

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk North Korea has been crying wolf so often it’s hard to get too excited by the “declaration of war” North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-Ho made in New York this week. Did not the North Koreans declare war after the release of the film “The Interview” three years ago […]

Trump issues full travel ban for North Korea, pulls Sudan from list

Trump issues full travel ban for North Korea, pulls Sudan from list

by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 24 issued a full travel ban on nationals from North Korea. Pyongyang “does not cooperate with the United States government in any respect,” the order said. “Making America Safe is my number one priority. We will not admit those into our country we cannot […]

California regional intel center warns local officials to prepare for nuclear attack

California regional intel center warns local officials to prepare for nuclear attack

by WorldTribune Staff, September 26, 2017 Southern California should have its nuclear attack response plans in place, the Los Angeles-area Joint Regional Intelligence Center said in a bulletin issued last month. The bulletin, dated Aug. 16, was issued after North Korea’s July test of an intercontinental ballistic missile that some analysts said could reach the […]

North Korean official handling U.S. affairs heads to Moscow

North Korean official handling U.S. affairs heads to Moscow

by WorldTribune Staff, September 25, 2017 As Russia looks to take on a larger role in the North Korean nuclear standoff, the North’s official in charge of U.S. affairs traveled to Moscow on Sept. 25. Choe Son-Hui, director-general of the North American department at the North Korean Foreign Ministry planned to hold talks with Oleg […]

Playing defense: Who are Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump kidding with their war of words?

Playing defense: Who are Kim Jong-Un and Donald Trump kidding with their war of words?

Special to WorldTribune.com By Donald Kirk It wasn’t exactly a declaration of war, but it did come close. What else to make of President Trump’s remark that the U.S. might “totally destroy North Korea”? It was one thing to belittle Kim Jong-Un as “rocket man” but quite another to threaten annihilation of a country torn […]

North Korea, in first, addresses whole world, vows to test H bomb in Pacific

North Korea, in first, addresses whole world, vows to test H bomb in Pacific

by WorldTribune Staff, September 22, 2017 In what is believed to be a first for a North Korean leader, Kim Jong-Un on Sept. 22 directly issued a statement to the international community, saying that U.S. President Donald Trump will “pay dearly” for his threats to destroy North Korea. South Korea’s Unification Ministry said neither of […]

Trump backs up UN address; Executive order targets tech, ‘sources of revenue’ to N. Korea

Trump backs up UN address; Executive order targets tech, ‘sources of revenue’ to N. Korea

by WorldTribune Staff, September 21, 2017 U.S. President Donald Trump on Sept. 21 signed an executive order that he said would “cut off sources of revenue” that fund North Korea’s nuclear weapons program. At a press conference, Trump said the new order enhances the Treasury Department’s authority to “target any individual or entity that conducts […]