North Korea

A former soldier says life as a woman in the world’s fourth-largest army was so tough that most soon stopped menstruating. And rape, she says, was a fact of life for many of those she served with. For almost 10 years Lee So Yeon slept on the bottom bunk bed, in a room she shared […]

According to satellite images taken earlier this month, North Korea’s construction of their first fully operational ballistic missile submarine has been progressing at what one U.S. think tank characterizes as an “aggressive schedule.”  The rapid progress would seem to indicate a significant national interest in its completion, as North Korea’s economy continues to struggle under […]

The North Korean soldier that was shot five times as he defected across the demilitarized zone into South Korea last week has woken up, and is now able to breathe under his own power. According to reports in South Korean newspapers, the soldier woke up and immediately asked the medical staff treating him if he […]

After President Trump’s Monday announcement that he was adding North Korea to the list of state sponsors of terror, the U.S. treasury followed up with a flurry of new sanctions aimed at dissuading Kim Jong Un’s regime from their continued pursuit of nuclear arms. As North Korea continues to threaten international peace and security, we […]

North Korean border guards violated the terms of the armistice that halted the war between North and South Korea by firing rounds and chasing a defector across the border last week, according to a statement released by the United Nations. North Korean troops were only steps behind the defecting soldier when a wheel on his […]

There were reports going around last month that North Korea had tested another solid-fuel missile engine, a type of engine that can be deployed much faster than the older liquid-fueled ones. Kim Jong Un’s media outlets hadn’t bragged about it — as they had done previously — so the experts at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies’ […]

The fate of the North Korean soldier who seriously injured by North Korean gunfire as he fled across the demilitarized zone into South Korea last week remains uncertain, but doctors may have already learned quite a bit about the state of the North Korean military through their attempts to save the life of the badly […]

Since President Trump took office, his critics have repeatedly addressed the issue of a former reality star with his finger on the “nuclear button.”  Of course, the problem with that line of criticism is its inherent lack of understanding about what launching one, or all, of America’s nuclear weapons at a target entails.  This is […]

President Donald Trump announced on Monday that he has designated North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing President George W. Bush’s 2008 decision. “Today, the United States is designating North Korea as a state sponsor of terrorism,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “Should have happened a long time ago should have […]

North Korea’s claims that their continued pursuit of nuclear weapons and ballistic missile platforms intended to carry them is in response to America’s military presence in the region has been taken at face value by the Chinese government, it would seem.  According to Chinese officials, a “dual suspension” of military activity on the Korean Peninsula […]

Portsmouth, England—The Royal Navy is close to getting an aircraft-carrier at last. The HMS Queen Elizabeth, which is undergoing the final sea trials in Southern England, will be commissioned on December 7th. “In a world of intensifying global threats, this magnificent ship will be a leading force fighting to protect the values of the UK […]

The United States, which earned its place as the premier space fairing nation on the planet with the Apollo missions of the 1960s and 70s, is at risk of falling behind its global competitors, according to Air Force Lt. Gen. Steve Kwast. “In my best military judgment, China is on a 10-year journey to operationalize […]