Guam on high alert after North Korea threat
The US territory of Guam is on high alert after North Korea threatened to target the Pacific island.
11 Aug 2017
More video clips from the story
The US territory of Guam is on high alert after North Korea threatened to target the Pacific island.
![More than 1,000 personnel from the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) have been deployed to assist local efforts on possible evacuations of residents from vulnerable coastal areas [Arun Sankar/AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/CycloneTamilnadu.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Utah officials have refused to disclose the object's location out of fear that hordes of curious sightseers would flock to the remote wilderness [Utah Department of Public Safety via AP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_20329644631948-1.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demand reform and the resignation of Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha and other government officials [Narong Sangnak/EPA]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/h_56511365.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![Diab's government gained confidence from parliament in February but resigned less than six months later in the wake of the deadly Beirut port explosion [Dalatai and Nohra via AFP]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/000_8UX8WJ.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![A mock-up of banned Muslim travellers' passport is placed outside the US Supreme Court, while it weighs the legality of President Donald Trump's travel ban targeting people from Muslim-majority countries in Washington, DC, US [File: Yuri Gripas/Reuters]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/2018-04-25T150046Z_471789010_RC1A8F4E2710_RTRMADP_3_USA-COURT-IMMIGRATION.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![United States President-elect Joe Biden has nominated former Obama administration officials, and close advisers, to head his foreign policy team [Kamran Jebreili/AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/AP_350229397882.jpg?resize=170%2C113)
![China has accused the US of 'creating chaos' in the Asia Pacific [File: Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Erica Bechard/US Navy via AP Photo]](/wp-content/uploads/2020/07/639137b2b4864a98aada350f8c9b49b6_18.jpeg?resize=170%2C113)