US Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Monday that curbing military threats from North Korea would be high on the agenda on his Asian tour this week, ahead of a visit by Donald Trump. Tension has been high on the divided peninsula for months with Pyongyang staging its sixth nuclear test and launching two ICBMs … Continue reading James Mattis US Secretary of Defense says to discuss N. Korea threat on Philippines trip Trump and the North’s leader Kim Jong-Un have meanwhile traded threats of war and personal insults.