France 24 Kim Jong Un on Monday warned the United States that he has a “nuclear button” on his desk ready for use if North Korea is threatened, but offered an olive branch to South Korea, saying he was “open to dialogue” with Seoul.
France 24 South Korea has proposed holding high-level talks with Pyongyang on January 9, after North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-Un called for a breakthrough in relations and said Pyongyang might attend the Winter Olympics. Kim Jong-Un used his annual New Year address to underscore Pyongyang’s claim that it has developed a weapons deterrent and warn that he had a “nuclear button”… Read more »
Aljazeera A ban on all sales of ivory products in China comes into force on Sunday, a move hailed by conservationists as an important step in the fight to protect endangered species such as African elephants. China, one of the world’s biggest markets for African ivory, announced last year that it would outlaw all domestic trade and processing by the… Read more »
Aljazeera Who is in range of its missiles? “The entire mainland of the US is within the range of our nuclear weapons and the nuclear button is always on the desk of my office” said North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said during his 2018 New Year’s address. The Hwasong-15, North Korea’s furthest-reaching intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), could theoretically travel… Read more »
Aljazeera Thousands of people have marched in Hong Kong to express their frustration at what they say is China’s tightening grip on the territory. Democracy activists have been jailed, laws are about to change to allow the government to force through unpopular measures, and Chinese security officials are going to be given the right to operate on Hong Kong soil…. Read more »