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Lawmakers introduce tough NKorea sanctions bill

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 26th

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Republican and Democratic lawmakers in the House are proposing to step up sanctions against North Korea by punishing companies, banks and governments that do prohibited business with it. The bill crafted by leaders of the House Foreign Affairs

Military grooms new officers for war in cyberspace

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 26th

By DAN ELLIOTT and BRIAN WITTEAssociated Press AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. (AP) - The U.S. service academies are ramping up efforts to groom a new breed of cyberspace warriors to confront increasing threats to the nation's military and civilian computer networks that control everything from

Military grooms new officers for war in cyberspace

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 26th

Red line: Obama cautious on Syria chemical weapons

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 26th

By JULIE PACE and DONNA CASSATAAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Proceeding cautiously, President Barack Obama insisted on Friday that any use of chemical weapons by Syria would change his "calculus" about U.S. military involvement in the 2-year-old civil war - but said too little was known about

A look at North Korea's military capabilities

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By SAM KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - North Korea's military, founded 81 years ago Thursday, is older than the country itself. It began as an anti-Japanese militia and is now the heart of the nation's "military first" policy. Late leader Kim Jong Il elevated the military'

SKorea demands talks with NKorea on closed factory

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 25th

By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - After weeks of threatening rhetoric from the North, South Korea on Thursday promised its own unspecified "grave measures" if Pyongyang rejects talks on a jointly run factory park shuttered for nearly a month. The park in the North Korean

SKorea demands talks with NKorea on closed factory

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 24th

By HYUNG-JIN KIMAssociated Press SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea on Thursday warned of an unspecified "grave measure" if North Korea rejects a call for talks on a jointly run factory park that has been closed for nearly a month. In a televised briefing with reporters, Unification Ministry

Army warns of steeper reductions in troop numbers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

By RICHARD LARDNERAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - Senior Army officials warned Tuesday they may have to cut more than 100,000 additional soldiers over the next decade unless automatic spending reductions forcing the military services to slash their budgets are stopped. Testifying before the

Army warns of steeper reductions in troop numbers

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 23rd

US to press China over repatriation of NKoreans

Submitted by Fox First at Ten on April 22nd

By MATTHEW PENNINGTONAssociated Press WASHINGTON (AP) - The United States will press China over its forcible repatriation of refugees to North Korea, a U.S. human rights envoy said Monday. He likened the North's vast gulag to that operated by the Soviet Union in the 1930s. Robert King is among