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U.S. Military Planners Consider Game Theory In Possible North Korea Response

4:29pm July 05, 2017

NPR's Kelly McEvers talks with Anthony Cordesman of the Center for Strategic and International Studies about the options for a military strike on North Korea and how military planners might be applying game theory to new tensions with the regime.

In his short tenure as North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un has done a lot to put far richer and stronger nations in an increasingly difficult spot.

After North Korea's ICBM Launch, Now What?

12:04pm July 05, 2017

by Elise Hu

Kim Jong Un's moves have succeeded in putting the rest of the world in a tough spot. Possible responses include further isolation of North Korea, military moves or greater engagement. None are ideal.

A video clip shows China's jailed Nobel Peace laureate Liu Xiaobo on a computer screen, lying on a bed receiving medical treatment at a hospital in Beijing. China says it has invited U.S. and German liver cancer experts to join a medical team treating Liu

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China Allows Foreign Experts To Treat Terminally Ill Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo

10:19am July 05, 2017

by Chris Benderev

Cancer specialists from the United States, Germany and other countries will join the medical team treating a political dissident detained by China since 2008. He has late-stage liver cancer.

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Traffic Solution Project In China Appears To Be An Investment Scam

9:17am July 05, 2017

by Anthony Kuhn

A new kind of urban transport intended to beat traffic jams appears to have gone off the rails. That became clear when police arrested the patent holder and his colleagues for illegal fundraising.

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Trump To Discuss North Korea Crisis While In Germany For G-20 Summit

8:22am July 05, 2017

by Tamara Keith

President Trump leaves Wednesday for his second international trip just as the North Korea crisis heats up. That trip will include his first face-to-face meeting with Russian President Putin.

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News Brief: North Korea Crisis Overshadows Trump's European Trip

7:53am July 05, 2017

The U.S. confirms North Korea fired a missile capable of reaching Alaska. President Trump leaves for Europe to discuss options with the G20, and have his first one-on-one with Russian President Putin.

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North Korea Launched ICBM, Secretary Of State Tillerson Says

7:53am July 05, 2017

by Tom Bowman

Secretary of State Rex Tillerson confirmed Tuesday that the missile launched by North Korea was an intercontinental ballistic missile, in a statement in which he condemned the test.

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Soldiers march across Kim Il Sung Square during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea.

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North Korea's Biggest Open Secret: Black Market Foreign DVDs

7:39am July 05, 2017

by Danny Hajek

It's illegal to watch foreign media in North Korea. But according to defector interviews, nearly every segment of North Korean society consumes it.

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News Brief: North Korea Launches Missile, States Won't Supply Voter Data

7:12am July 04, 2017

It hasn't been confirmed, but North Korea says it successfully tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. At least 41 states say they won't hand over information to Trump's election commission.

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South Korean soldiers in Seoul walk by a TV news program showing a file image of a missile being test-launched. North Korea on Tuesday test- launched another ballistic missile in the direction of Japan, U.S. and South Korean officials said.

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North Korea's Latest Missile Test Prompts A Tweeted Response From Trump

11:32pm July 03, 2017

by Elise Hu

South Korea and Japan said North Korea test-fired a ballistic missile that flew about 40 minutes before landing in the sea. Trump suggested that North Korea's neighbors may have had enough.