LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Doctors have not found any evidence to support North Korea’s assertions that a now comatose American college student came down with a rare case of food poisoning. Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia student, who was detained in North Korea for alleged hostile acts against the…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Dennis Rodman is in North Korea, and he didn’t arrive empty handed. The former NBA star gifted North Korean dictator a copy of President Donald Trump’s book “The Art of The Deal.” Other gifts included a copy of “Where’s Waldo? The Totally Essential Travel Collection,” two autographed…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell An American college student arrested in North Korea has arrived home after being released by the reclusive regime, but the young man is in a coma. Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was arrested last January while visiting North Korea as a tourist. He disappeared…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea has released an imprisoned American university student, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson revealed Tuesday. Otto Frederick Warmbier, a University of Virginia undergraduate, was arrested last January while visiting North Korea as a tourist. He was detained for stealing a propaganda poster from a hotel and…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Former Detroit Pistons and Chicago Bulls star Dennis Rodman is reportedly on his way back to North Korea. Rodman is expected to arrive in Pyongyang Tuesday, two North Korean officials told CNN. The purpose of his visit is unknown, but the U.S. Department of State says he…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korean state media has released a video detailing an alleged assassination attempt on Kim Jong Un. Pyongyang accused the Central Intelligence Agency and South Korea’s National Intelligence Service in May of plotting to kill the North Korean dictator with a biochemical weapon at a military parade….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell South Korea discovered a suspected North Korean drone on a mountain near its shared border Friday, according to the military, that believes the device was conducting reconnaissance. North Korea has been regularly conducting missile tests, firing off everything from ballistic missiles to surface-to-air missiles to coastal defense cruise missiles….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The situation on the Korean Peninsula had entered a new phase under President Donald Trump, explains a leading geopolitical analyst. The North Korea situation has remained largely unchanged for decades, with both peace and conflict as unlikely outcomes. North Korea’s accelerated nuclear and ballistic missile developments and the Trump…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Russ Read The U.S. officially sanctioned two Russian firms Thursday for their connections to North Korea’s weapons program. The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control designated AO NNK-Primornefteproduct, Ardis-Bearings, LLC and Igor Michurin, effectively freezing their U.S. assets and forbidding U.S. persons to do business with them. Treasury’s…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The U.S. military conducted a successful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) intercept test Tuesday, with an interceptor eliminating the incoming missile in a “direct collision.” The U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), working alongside the Air Force 30th Space Wing, the Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense,…