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NORTH KOREA NUCLEAR THREAT: Nuke tally could double by 2020

By Jenny Town

This photo provided by the Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency, taken Jan. 28, 2016, shows a long-range ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. As North Korea rattles its nuclear saber and threatens to bomb the U.S. at any moment, a nerve-jangling question hangs in the air: If North Korea did launch a nuclear-armed missile at an American city, could the Pentagon's missile defenses shoot it down beyond U.S. shores? (Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency via AP) ** FILE **

EDITORIAL: North Korea, Iran share threat to the West

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Visitors look at a map of the Korean peninsula at the exhibition hall of the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. South Korea says it will suspend the operations at a joint industrial park with North Korea in response to the North's recent rocket launch. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ** FILE **

South Korea says North Korea fired short-range projectile

By Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

This photo provided by the Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency, taken Jan. 28, 2016, shows a long-range ground-based interceptor is launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif. As North Korea rattles its nuclear saber and threatens to bomb the U.S. at “any moment,” a nerve-jangling question hangs in the air: If North Korea did launch a nuclear-armed missile at an American city, could the Pentagon’s missile defenses shoot it down beyond U.S. shores? (Defense Department's Missile Defense Agency via AP)

North Korean nuclear threats spotlight U.S. missile defense

By ROBERT BURNS - Associated Press

In this Dec. 26, 2014 file photo, a North Korea's mock Scud-B missile, center, stands among South Korean missiles displayed at Korea War Memorial Museum in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

North Korea propaganda video shows nuclear strike on U.S.

By Kellan Howell - The Washington Times

People watch a TV screen showing a file footage of a missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Seoul: North Korea fires 4 short-range projectiles

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

A man watches a TV screen showing a file footage of the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, March 18, 2016. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires ballistic missile into sea, ignoring U.N. ban

By Hyung-Jin Kim and Kim Tong-Hyung - Associated Press

Nuclear Negotiations with North Korea Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

JOSEPH DETRANI: North Korea negotiations, not capitulation

By Joseph R. DeTrani

People watch a TV screen showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a news program, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 15, 2016. North Korean leader Kim has warned of impending tests of a nuclear warhead explosion and ballistic missiles capable of carrying atomic warheads, state media reported Tuesday, in an escalation of threats against Seoul and Washington. The screen reads "Nuclear technology." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

L. TODD WOOD: North Korea could go tactical with backpack nukes

By L. Todd Wood

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un salutes at a parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2015. (Associated Press)

Kim Jong-un says North Korea will soon test nuclear warhead

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

Some argue that Kim Jong-un's appetite for defying the international community is far greater than anything his father showed while presiding over Pyongyang's opaque dictatorship from the mid-1990s until his death in 2011. (Associated Press)

North Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles toward sea, South Korean military says

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

South Korea announces unilateral sanctions on North Korea

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

Visitors look at a map of the Korean peninsula at the exhibition hall of the unification observatory in Paju, South Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2016. South Korea says it will suspend the operations at a joint industrial park with North Korea in response to the North's recent rocket launch. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) ** FILE **

Seoul: North Korea fires short-range projectiles into sea

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

The Growing North Korean Arsenal Illustration by Linas Garsys/The Washington Times

PETER VINCENT PRY: Hyper-proliferation in North Korea

By Peter Vincent Pry

People watch a TV news program showing North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Seoul Railway Station on Thursday. (Associated Press)

North Korea orders nuclear weapons readied for use without warning: report

By Victor Morton - The Washington Times

A man watches a TV news program showing a file footage of the missile launch conducted by North Korea, at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 3, 2016. North Korea fired several short-range projectiles into the sea off its east coast Thursday, Seoul officials said, just hours after the U.N. Security Council approved the toughest sanctions on Pyongyang in two decades for its recent nuclear test and long-range rocket launch. The screen reads " North Korea launched missiles." (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

North Korea fires off rockets after U.N. imposes tough sanctions

By Hyung-jin Kim - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2015 file photo, under the portraits of the late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung, left, and Kim Jong Il, ambassador of the Permanent Mission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the United Nations Jang Il Hun, right, is joined by councilor Kwon Jong Gun as he speaks during a new conference at the DPRK mission in New York. A U.N. Security Council vote on the toughest sanctions on North Korea in two decades has been postponed until Wednesday morning at Russia's request, the United States and France said Tuesday, March 1, 2016. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

U.N. approves sanctions on N. Korea; Obama hails as ‘appropriate’

By Dave Boyer - The Washington Times

In this Saturday, Oct. 10, 2015, photo, soldiers in tanks take part in a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of North Korea's ruling party celebrations in Pyongyang, North Korea. Ever-wary of threats to its ruling regime and still technically at war with Washington and Seoul, “Military First” is North Korea’s national motto. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)

Branch by branch, a look at N. Korea’s massive military

By ERIC TALMADGE - Associated Press

American student Otto Warmbier, center, arrives at the People's Cultural House, as Warmbier is presented to reporters Monday, Feb. 29, 2016, in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea announced late last month that it had arrested the 21-year-old University of Virginia undergraduate student. (AP Photo/Kim Kwang Hyon)

North Korea puts Otto Warmbier, tearful detained American, before cameras

By Eric Talmadge and Jon Chol Jin - Associated Press

"We believe China's legitimate security concerns must be taken into account, and a convincing explanation must be provided to China," said Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, while conceding South Korea had the right to make its own decisions. "I don't think it's too much to ask." (Associated Press)

China grudgingly accepts U.S. missile shield deployment to South Korea

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times