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In a new NPR/Ipsos poll, 51 percent of respondents said that they do not trust President Trump to handle the conflict with North Korea.

NPR/Ipsos Poll: Half Of Americans Don't Trust Trump On North Korea

8:34am September 18, 2017

by Scott Horsley

In addition, most falsely believe the president needs congressional authorization to launch a nuclear strike. North Korea's renegade program will be a major focus at this week's U.N. General Assembly.

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South Korean President Moon Jae-in watches a test-firing of an indigenously developed ballistic missile at the state-run Agency for Defense Development in Taean, South Korea.

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South Korea Tests Missile As President Speaks Of Need To 'Dominate' North

1:21pm June 23, 2017

by Bill Chappell

Military strength is needed for dialogue with North Korea to work, President Moon Jae-in says. Officials say the Hyunmoo-2 missile, with a range of nearly 500 miles, hit its target accurately.

People watch news footage of a missile launch outside the main railway station in Pyongyang earlier this month. A North Korean missile test failed just moments after launch Wednesday, according to the U.S. and South Korea.

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North Korea Missile Explodes Within Seconds Of Launch, U.S. Says

10:14am March 22, 2017

by Colin Dwyer

The missile was fired from the country's east coast Wednesday, the U.S. and South Korea confirm. The test, North Korea's third this year, comes amid joint military drills by the U.S. and the South.

An Emad ballistic missile is displayed by the Revolutionary Guard during a September 2016 military parade in front of the shrine of Iran's revolutionary founder Ayatollah Khomeini, just outside Tehran. Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif has sai

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Did Iran's Ballistic Missile Test Violate A U.N. Resolution?

12:28pm February 03, 2017

by Peter Kenyon

The U.S. has placed additional sanctions on Iran after its missile test on Sunday. The Trump administration says the test violated a U.N. resolution. Iran says it didn't. Who's right?

White House National Security Adviser Michael Flynn (right) put "Iran on notice" on Wednesday for a recent missile test and support for Houthi rebels in Yemen.

White House Warns Iran But Plans No Immediate New Action

7:02pm February 01, 2017

by Philip Ewing

National Security Adviser Mike Flynn says Iran is "on notice," but the White House announced no new military action or other responses to what he called its provocations.

Iran Tests 2 Ballistic Missiles Reportedly Designed To Reach Israel

5:40pm March 09, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The tests may violate a U.N. Security Council resolution barring Iran from test-firing missiles capable of carrying nuclear weapons. Iran says the missiles aren't designed for nukes.