North Korea

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 […]

According to a new report released within the United Nations, Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime has been exporting materials and supplies that could be used in the production of chemical weapons to Syria, where Bashar al-Assad’s regime has been repeatedly accused of using them against civilians in rebel held territory. The report, which was […]

Both President Donald Trump and senior representatives from North Korea have expressed interest in beginning high level diplomatic talks brokered by South Korean President Moon Jae In, but thus far, interest is as far as the effort has gotten. “They want to talk. We want to talk also, only under the right conditions. Otherwise we’re […]

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. […]

Anytime Russian influence campaigns are addressed in an article, you can count on two comments popping up in short order. The first will be from an old timer that doesn’t believe perceptions can be managed through the digital sphere, so they’d prefer to keep their head planted firmly in the sand, and the second is […]

As the two most formidable Pacific powers, one might argue that confrontation between the United States and China is inevitable, though throughout rising tensions, senior officials on both sides of the divide have continuously argued that degrading relations isn’t assured, and through diplomatic efforts, the growing military presence employed by each nation in the Pacific […]

While serving in the American military, there aren’t many three words phrases that will instill a more instant sense of dread than, “GAS! GAS! GAS!” If you’re in training, it means rushing to don your hot, miserable MOPP gear in time to do whatever fresh hell your leadership has planned for you under the guise […]

Dan Coats, the American Director of National Intelligence, warned the Senate Intelligence Committee on Tuesday that the risk of a global level conflict is higher today that it has been in decades, with a particular focus on the threats presented by North Korea, Iran, and terrorism, but compounded by the actions of “malign actors” like […]

If there is a bigger head-scratching moment out there right now, please inform the world. Kim Yo Jong, the younger sister of North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has been representing her brother and the regime at the 2018 Olympics at the PyeongChang Games. Yo Jong has smiled, and shook hands and played the part […]

Despite throwing a military parade just one day before the start of the Olympic Games as a clear statement of Kim Jong Un’s unwillingness to back away from his aggressive military stance, the North Korean regime made a rare overture toward peace on Saturday. In a historic meeting between South Korean President Moon Jae-in and […]

On the eve of the opening ceremony of the Winter Olympics in Seoul, South Korea, Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime conducted a military parade, likely intended to demonstrate the nation’s defensive posture, despite hopes for improved relations by way of Olympic participation. “I think in their view, Seoul allowed the North Koreans to partially […]