North Korea

North Korea was a major threat to Seoul’s 1988 Olympic Games. US spies were worried that North Korea would “ruin” the Games, after being denied the opportunity to co-host with South Korea. North Korea remains as high a priority as ever as South Korea prepares for the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang. North Korea has been […]

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 […]

The U.S. is reportedly conducting training to enter North Korean territory with the objective of “infiltrating” and “removing weapons of mass destruction,” according to foreign military sources. The recently finished military exercise conducted with South Korean forces called Warrior Strike IX, shows a military unit conducting training with night-vision equipment, armored vehicles, and full-face protective […]

The United States has proposed “black listing” ten more commercial ships for aiding in North Korean efforts to circumvent sanctions imposed on Kim Jong Un’s regime over their nuclear and ballistic missile weapons programs. According to the United States’ submission to the UN Security Council, the vessels have participated in ship-to-ship transfers in the open […]

North Korea has begun tests to load anthrax onto intercontinental ballistic missiles, Japan’s Asahi newspaper reported Tuesday, citing an unidentified person connected to South Korea’s intelligence services. The report said the testing involves ensuring the anthrax survives the immense temperatures generated during re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. North Korea has a stockpile of between 2,500 tons to […]

Approximately 220 South Korean Marines and 220 U.S. Marines pushed through the snow and bitterly cold air together in early December during a joint training exercise. The three weeks of training in sub-zero temperatures happen every year, this time at next year’s location for the Olympic Winter Games. The Marines pushed their bodies and honed […]

Last month, the United States’ ongoing efforts to dissuade North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un from continued pursuit of nuclear arms and advanced ballistic missile platforms expanded to include a massive show of force in the Pacific Ocean.  Three Nimitz class aircraft carriers and their accompanying strike groups met off the coast of the […]

The “Wanna Cry” computer worm that affected some 300,000 computers in more than 150 countries earlier this year was an intentional cyber-attack orchestrated by Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime, U.S. and British defense officials claimed this week.  The attack, which caused more than a billion dollars in damage worldwide, was reportedly a part of […]

North Korea has dismissed the official responsible for the Punggye-ri nuclear test site and executed him, Japanese newspaper Asahi Shimbun reported, citing unconfirmed reports from an unidentified North Korean defector. Park In Young—the name’s spelling may be subject to changes, depending on the translation and transcriptions—was the chief of North Korea’s Bureau 131, a division of the ruling party’s Central […]

December 17, 2011 — Kim Jong Il was reported to have had a heart attack on a train just outside of Pyongyang, North Korea. He was the leader of North Korea, succeeded by his son, Kim Jong Un. Kim Jong Il had himself succeeded his own father, Kim Il-sung, who died at the age of […]

Over the past two decades, war has become an ever-present affair for the United States, and despite declarations of victory over ISIS in Iraq and Syria recently, it doesn’t look like that’s bound to change any time soon.  We can expect to see a broader approach to combat operations in Afghanistan in the coming year, […]

In what promises to be the largest such exercise in 10 years, Marines from multiple duty stations in Southern California are participating in a massive set of drills this week, intended to approximate combat scenarios Marines may face all around the globe, including at home. Two different sets of exercises, elements from the 3rd Marine […]