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In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime ended a 10 week lull in ballistic missile testing with the first ever launch of an all new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile platform they’ve named the Hwasong-15. Based on early figures regarding its flight time and the maximum altitude the missile reached, this […]
One day after Russian officials claimed North Korea had halted its ballistic missile testing as a part of the Chinese proposal for a mutual freeze of military activity, North Korea conducted what appeared to be yet another ballistic missile test. “North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile eastward from the vicinity of Pyongsong, South Pyongan […]
In recent weeks, multiple reports of North Korean citizens washing ashore in Japan have prompted a great deal of speculation into the motive behind the recent influx of fishermen from the reclusive state in the waters surrounding the American ally. Only weeks after a high-profile incident involving a North Korean soldier defecting by running across […]
Air Force One departs Yokota Air Base, Japan, Nov. 7, 2017, after President of the United States Donald J. Trump’s first visit Japan. Trump was in Japan for three days as part of a 12 day tour of the Indo-Asia Pacific region. U.S. Air Force photo by Yasuo Osakabe
Although senior North Korean officials have publicly stated that the nation’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, refuses to participate in diplomatic talks with the United States until after they have confirmed their ability to hit America’s east coast with a nuclear strike, reports from the region seem to indicate that North Korean officials have begun […]
The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) strike groups began a training rotation known as a three-carrier strike force exercise off the coast of the Korean peninsula on Saturday. The massive show of force, intended to help dissuade North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un from […]
While most international relations are a matter of complex and nuanced interactions taking place between any number of people both in the public eye and behind closed doors, the formal relationship between the United States and North Korea in recent months has been dictated almost entirely by statements made to the media, rather than the […]
President Donald Trump kicked off his Asia tour on Sunday by addressing a crowd of American and Japanese military personnel at Yokota Air Base in Japan. The president made no mention of the North Korean elephant in the room, but did make a number of pointed references regarding dictators and regimes that could easily be […]
U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers out of Guam once again made a flyover of the Korean peninsula on Thursday, accompanied by fighter jet escorts from both South Korea and Japan. The show of force has since drawn harsh criticism from Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime, and may have unintentionally demonstrated their poor understanding of […]
President Donald Trump on his first visit to the Far East addressed US troops at Yokota Air Base in Japan, raved about American military might. Speaking to the troops, Trump was sporting a bomber jacket and was trying to boost the troops’ morale. “We dominate the sky. We dominate the sea. We dominate the land […]
The Kim Jong un regime may be preparing to test another missile in North Korea to coincide with President Donald Trump’s first major trip to Asia, Reuters reports. The information was briefed to South Korean officials by the South Korean intelligence organization, and their assessment was based on “the active movement of vehicles around the missile […]
On September 3rd, North Korea conducted its sixth and largest nuclear test to date. The dual-stage device was a first for Kim’s regime, who had previously only been able to harness the power of traditional atomic bombs. The successful detonation of the country’s first hydrogen bomb had a reverberating effect throughout the world, as nations […]
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