by Marianna Brady | May 15, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON — It’s National Police Week and up to 40,000 police from departments across the country are expected in Washington this week. Monday is Peace Officers Memorial Day and a service honoring fallen officers will take place at the Capitol Monday...
by Jingnan Huo | May 11, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Experts told a Senate subcommittee on Wednesday that the United States should sanction Chinese and other foreign banks that do business with the North Korea regime of Kim Jong Un. North Korea is not as isolated as some assume, relying heavily on the...
by Marianna Brady | May 11, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON — Protests broke out in front of the White House Wednesday afternoon in response to President Donald Trump’s firing of FBI Director James Comey. About 100 to 150 protesters, many having walked over on their lunch break, demanded an independent...
by Jingnan Huo | May 4, 2017 | Featured, National Security
WASHINGTON-Cha Ri-hyuk, who defected from North Korea in 2013, still remembers what it was like after his country’s supreme leader, Kim Jong-il, died in 2011. Trains stopped running, customers were kicked out of hotels and the price of a kilogram of rice [2.2...
by Jingnan Huo | May 4, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON – FBI Director James Comey was unapologetic Wednesday about his decision to go public with the reopening of an investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email 11 days before the election, and denied that political considerations affected his decision. On...
by Jingnan Huo | May 3, 2017 | National Security
WASHINGTON – As North Korea continues its threats and missile tests while the U.S. reroutes the USS Carl Vinson and other ships toward North Korea, the tit-for-tat makes direct talks between the two countries unlikely, especially because the two leaders are trapped in...
