Tag: North Korea

Kim Jong Un has yet again fired another Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) in a test launch that ended in failure. However, the failure looks like it occurred upon re-entry, and if they solve this problem, the “Hwasong-15” will have the range to conceivably reach the east coast of the United States along with much of […]

While a great deal of attention has been paid to North Korea’s rapidly developing arsenal of intercontinental ballistic missiles, a solid argument could be made that the real looming threat to America’s long term security is coming from a different nation in the Pacific: China.  China’s national military, the People’s Liberation Army, has been undergoing […]

Early Wednesday morning, North Korea tested their latest and most powerful missile to date, the Hwasong-15.  Despite evidence to show that the warhead reentry vehicle failed at the tail end of the test, the missile’s successful launch boasted a reported 53 minute flight time and maximum altitude of approximately 2,800 miles, giving it an estimated […]

One day after Russia Foreign Minister Igor Morgulov attempted to claim credit for the lull in North Korean ballistic missile tests in recent weeks, North Korea launched its most powerful ballistic missile to date.  One day after that, Russia’s Foreign Ministry attempted to blame the United States for the launch, citing America’s military presence in […]

In the early hours of Wednesday morning, Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime ended a 10 week lull in ballistic missile testing with the first ever launch of an all new Intercontinental Ballistic Missile platform they’ve named the Hwasong-15.  Based on early figures regarding its flight time and the maximum altitude the missile reached, this […]

One day after Russian officials claimed North Korea had halted its ballistic missile testing as a part of the Chinese proposal for a mutual freeze of military activity, North Korea conducted what appeared to be yet another ballistic missile test. “North Korea launched an unidentified ballistic missile eastward from the vicinity of Pyongsong, South Pyongan […]

Russia’s Foreign Minister, Igor Morgulov, met with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul on Monday, where he warned that the situation with North Korea could grow to become “apocalyptic,” because of American influence.  The top Russian diplomat also seemed to take credit for the recent lull in North Korean ballistic missile tests. “We greatly value […]

On November 13th, a North Korean soldier thus far identified only by his surname, Oh, defected across the military exclusion zone dividing Kim Jong Un’s reclusive state from South Korea.  North Korean troops in turn violated the armistice that ended the war between the two Koreas by firing their weapons into South Korea during the […]

In recent weeks, multiple reports of North Korean citizens washing ashore in Japan have prompted a great deal of speculation into the motive behind the recent influx of fishermen from the reclusive state in the waters surrounding the American ally.  Only weeks after a high-profile incident involving a North Korean soldier defecting by running across […]

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 […]