
Seoul on Friday brushed aside US President Donald Trump’s suggestion it should pay for a $1 billion missile defense system the two allies are installing in South Korea to guard against what they call threats from the North. The first parts of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system ...

China said on Friday it has agreed with Russia to abide by UN resolutions on North Korea. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Gennady Gatilov have agreed to follow through on all UN resolutions on North Korea, according to the statement. “Both sides agree that in the current situation they need ...