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US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Joseph Dunford speaks to reporters at the Westin hotel in Beijing, Thursday, August 17, 2017. (AP)

US General in Japan as Military Drills in South Korea Stoke Tensions with North

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 18, 2017 | World

Washington’s most senior military officer warned Pyongyang on Friday that an attack against Japan would be the same as an attack as the United States. “I think we made it clear to North Korea and anyone else in the region that an attack on one is an attack on...

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An aerial view of US Naval Base Guam September 20, 2006. US Navy/Handout/File Photo

North Korea Holds Off Guam Missile Attack

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 15, 2017 | World

North Korea’s leader appeared on Tuesday to back away from his threat to fire missiles towards Guam while he waits to see what the US does next as South Korea’s president said Seoul would seek to prevent war by all means and China reiterated calls for...

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General Joseph Dunford. File photo by Gary Cameron/Reuters

Dunford Warns Pyongyang that US military Ready as China Bans some North Korean Imports

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Aug 14, 2017 | World

US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Joseph Dunford said on Monday US military options being prepared against Pyongyang would be for when diplomatic and economic sanctions failed as China said it will halt iron, iron ore and seafood imports from North Korea this week....

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In this Saturday, April 15, 2017, photo, soldiers march across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP)

N.Korea Slams Trump’s ‘Fire and Fury’ Remarks as US President Maintains Heated Rhetoric

by Asharq Al-Awsat English | Aug 11, 2017 | World

North Korea criticized on Thursday US President Donald Trump’s recent “fire and fury” remarks, saying he is “bereft of reason” before detailing its threat to attack the US Pacific territory of Guam. “Sound dialogue is not possible with such a guy bereft of...