Tag: Korean Peninsula

As a young Marine, I was taught an important lesson about how to address concerns I had about an objective from a senior corporal that was too salty to mince words. “Presenting a problem without a solution isn’t helping, it’s bitching.” He was right — it’s easy to look for issues in a plan and […]

United States Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis and Minister of National Defense Song Young-moo discussed the recent summit where South Korean president Moon Jae-in met with DPRK Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un. A major point of discussion during the phone call was North Korea’s commitment to denuclearization. While the countries remain hopeful, the U.S. remained firm […]

South Korea has decided to dismantle many of speakers used to blast propaganda and K-pop across the DMZ. This was one of many psyop missions to attempt to influence soldiers and civilians from North Korea. Historically, these speakers have also been a profound source of irritation for the North Koreans, even prompting an exchange of […]

The world watched with bated breath as North Korea’s delegation attended the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, hoping that the seemingly innocuous olive branch extended by the divided Koreas might somehow lead to averting the war that’s been looming over their peninsula for months. Kim Jong Un’s aggressive pursuit of nuclear weapons and increasingly […]

In a dramatic shift, Kim Jong Un has reportedly expressed a willingness to discuss denuclearization with the United States, according to a statement released by South Korea’s presidential Blue House. Chairman Kim said that even denuclearization could be among the agenda items for talks between North Korea and the US,” a Blue House spokesman said,as […]

On Friday, President Trump’s White House announced another round of sanctions aimed at countering North Korea’s efforts to circumvent previous sanctions intended to strangle funding away from North Korea’s nuclear and ballistic missile weapons programs. Only days later, Kim Jong Un’s regime indicated that they are now willing to begin diplomatic talks with U.S. officials. […]

North Korea has responded to President Trump’s remarks about the nation’s poor human rights record with name-calling rhetoric, in a move that seems out of character even for the historically aggressive regime. Since taking office in January, President Donald Trump has assumed a more aggressive tone toward Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime, prompting some […]

General Robert Neller, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, did not mince words when addressing deployed Marines over the holidays when it comes to the challenges facing America’s national security apparatus in the coming year.  Chief among these concerns, (which include threats ranging from small extremist groups to burgeoning super power China) is the […]

North Korea was considered too poor, authoritarian and vulnerable to succeed with its nuclear and missile programs. And yet Pyongyang has acquired advanced nuclear weapons capabilities — and, at the end of November, tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. Why has North Korea succeeded when other countries such as Iraq and Libya have failed? Three factors are central to North Korea’s success. This […]

A nuclear scientist from North Korea recently committed suicide as he was deported from China back to North Korea, where he faced the severe punishment that awaits all defectors — to include the three-generation punishment system that not only involves him, but any spouses, children, siblings and parents too. Hyun Cheol Huh is one of many […]

On Friday, the United Nations unanimously voted to levy the harshest sanctions yet against Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime.  The new limitations include a significant reduction in oil imports into the nation and the demand for all North Korean citizens working abroad to return to their home nation within 24 months.  Because North Korea […]

Late in the evening of April 26th, 1986, a safety test simulated a power station failure shut safety systems down at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant near Pripyat, in Soviet-controlled Ukraine. A combination of design flaws in the reactor and station personnel failing to adhere to established safety precautions during the test soon led to an […]