North Korea’s Kim Jong-un Missing in Public for Two Weeks

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un watches soldiers of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) taking part in landing and anti-landing drills, in the eastern sector of the front and the east coastal area. – Reuters

ibtimes -North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has not been seen in public for the past two weeks sparking widespread speculation amid escalating tensions in the Korean Peninsula.

Unconfirmed reports which suggested a coup against the leader have been rubbished by experts in Seoul citing no unusual military movement in the country.

North Korea dismisses diplomatic solution to crisis: country’s nuclear missile capabilities unknown

SOUTH KOREA – North Korea on Sunday dismissed Seoul’s offer of dialogue as a “cunning gimmick,” darkening hopes for defused tension and normalizing the suspended joint industrial park anytime soon. President Park Geun-hye proposed talks with Pyongyang on Thursday to resolve the dispute over the Gaeseong industrial complex sparked by the North’s ban on South Koreans’ entry and withdrawal of its workers.

U.S. says agrees with China on peaceful North Korea solution

The United States said on Saturday thatChina had agreed to help rid North Korea of its nuclear capability by peaceful means, but Beijing made no specific commitment in public to pressure its long-time ally to change its ways.

North Korea warns it is on brink of nuclear war with South

SEOUL, South Korea — As North Korea warned foreigners on Tuesday that they might want to leave South Korea because the peninsula was on the brink of nuclear war — a statement that analysts dismissed as hyperbole — the American commander in the Pacific expressed worries that the North’s young leader, Kim Jong-un, might not have left himself an easy exit to reduce tensions. “His father and his grandfather, as far as I can see, always figured into their provocation cycle an ‘off ramp,’ ” the commander, Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, said during testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee.

Iranian Military Chief Vows to Defend North Korea from US

The deputy chief of staff of the Iranian Armed Forces, Major General Masood Jazayeri announced that Iran will stand by North Korea and defend it in a war between the United States and North Korea. Jazayeri made the statement on Friday, April 5.

U.S. not taking action to evacuate Americans in Pyongyang yet: State Dept.

North Korea has asked all embassies in Pyongyang to move out staff for their security amid sharp military tensions, but the United States said Friday it has no plans yet to take extraordinary steps with regard to Americans in the communist nation. The U.S. has no embassy or consulate in North Korea since they have no diplomatic ties.

Could NKorea hit its neighbors with nukes?

Associated Press/David Guttenfelder, File – FILE – In this April 15, 2012, file photo, a North 

WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea is widely recognized as being years away from perfecting the technology to back up its bold threats of a pre-emptive strike on America. But some nuclear experts say it might have the know-how to fire a nuclear-tipped missile at South Korea and Japan, which host U.S. military bases.

US plays down North Korea threat

US officials have played down the threat of war on the Korean peninsula, after weeks of bellicose statements from Pyongyang.A White House spokesman said the US “would not be surprised” if North Korea launched a missile, while a top US military officer said recent threats appeared to fit a familiar pattern.

North Korea tells Brit diplomats to get out — then sets chilling April 10 deadline

jack Losh -the sun.co.uk  Rogue  state North Korea today sparked fears that it could trigger a nuclear strike as early as next Wednesday Crackpot Kim Jong-un’s regime today issued a chilling threat to British diplomats warning them to get out of Pyongyang.

U.S. preparing for nuclear conflict: reports of deployment of ‘doomsday’ plane to Korean theater

Posted by Extinction Protocol - First the US fanfared the placement of two F-22 Raptors in the Osan Airbase of South Korea. Then it demonstratively launched a B-2 stealth bomber on a training mission over a South Korean gunnery range. Then it deployed an anti-ballistic missile defense system to Guam and positioned two guided-missile destroyers in the waters near Korea.