North Korea

North and South Korea recently began engaging in their first high level diplomatic talks in over two years, resulting in some tentative steps toward improved relations, including an agreement to march together at the upcoming Winter Olympics and even combine women’s ice hockey teams for the games. However, while the international media has focused their […]

The North Korean military is planning on conducting a large military parade on the eve of the Olympics opening ceremonies which are slated to begin on Feb. 9. A copy of what appears to be a letter sent from North Korean authorities to defense attaches, seen by CNN, invites them and their spouses “to attend […]

Although North Korea has been willing to engage in diplomatic talks with their neighboring South Korea regarding their participation in the upcoming Winter Olympics, delegates from Kim Jong Un’s regime have been clear that they are unwilling to even discuss Kim’s nuclear pursuits, nor do they appear willing to engage with the international community at […]

North Korea is reportedly planning to conduct military-themed events, one day before the start of the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea. The event may raise eyebrows as bilateral talks between the North and South progresses, and as South Korea prepares to welcome a North Korean delegation to participate in the Winter Olympics. North Korea […]

Many South Koreans are voicing complaints about their Presidential Blue House’s proposal to combine some North and South Korean teams in the upcoming Winter Olympics, to be held in South Korea.  Amid heightening tensions on the peninsula, it seems clear that South Korea hopes to advance peace talks through North Korea’s Olympic participation, but some […]

Despite tensions on the Korean peninsula temporarily cooling as the Winter Olympic games approach, North Korea has made it clear throughout diplomatic talks with their neighbor to the South that they are unwilling to discuss a dismantling of their nuclear program. Although the United States has agreed to postpone military exercises until after the games, […]

Although North and South Korea have begun to engage in rare diplomatic talks regarding the North’s participating in the upcoming Winter Olympics to be held in South Korea, Kim Jong Un’s reclusive regime has made it clear that they are unwilling to include their nuclear ambitions in said discussions. Further, they have now taken issue […]

President Trump seemed to indicate that his relationship with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un may be different than it appears in the media, according to statements made to the Wall Street Journal this week. Throughout months of President Donald Trump seeming to undermine the diplomatic efforts of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson when […]

Following months of heightening tensions between Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime and a U.S.-led coalition of nations bent on seeing an end to his nuclear pursuits, the past few weeks have seen a slight downturn in aggressive rhetoric. With North and South Korea engaging in a dialogue aimed at permitting North Korean participation in […]

A retired and well-respected South Korean general said that North Korean soldiers will defend their homeland with a religious fanaticism if the United States decides to attack. “I try to explain to the Americans — if we have to go into North Korea, it is not going to be like going into Iraq or Afghanistan. […]

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 […]

For the first time in more than two years, delegations from North and South Korea have met for official talks. Their meeting place was “truce village” Panmunjom, the site of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953. Since then, Panmunjom has become the only part of the demilitarized zone where North and South […]