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A high level diplomat defected from North Korea to South Korea. He shares why he became disillusioned with the regime and how that lead to his defection. Vasilis Chronopoulos SEOUL — The diplomat’s decision to defect from a regime he had spent his whole life defending did not happen overnight. Instead, his misgivings had been simmering […]
“North Korea just stated that it is in the final stages of developing a nuclear weapon capable of reaching parts of the US,” President-elect Donald Trump tweeted on January 2. “It won’t happen!” However, the terrifying truth is that North Korea, the only country to have tested nuclear weapons in the 21st century, has just […]
A defense ministry official from South Korea has told CNN that their military is developing a special forces unit designed from its very inception to target and kill controversial North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in the event of war between the two nations. Although CNN and other news sources reporting the story refer to the rapidly developing […]
A panel of weapons experts have acknowledged the North Korean claims as credible. -Vasilis Chronopoulos. North Korea has been working through 2016 on developing components for an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), making the isolated nation’s claim that it was close to a test-launch plausible, international weapons experts said on Monday. North Korea has been testing rocket […]
SEOUL—North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un said on Sunday that his country is finalizing preparations for a test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, which would mark an advance in its attempt to build a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the U.S. Mr. Kim, delivering a new-year address from Pyongyang on state television, also said […]
On December 30, 1947 the MiG-15 fighter jet designed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union (USSR) first flew. The swept wing MiG-15 was small, agile and fast making it a very formidable aircraft. The MiG-15 had a wingspan of only 33 feet, was 33 feet long and stood 12 feet tall. Comparably the United States […]
Both Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin have called for an increase in spending on the nuclear arsenals within their respective nations over the past few weeks, and new reports out of South Korea suggest that Kim Jong-Un’s regime may possess a nuclear weapon by the end of 2017. There are currently eight nations in the world, including America and […]
A prominent North Korean official has defected to South Korea, and he’s brought a warning for the United States. Thae Yong-ho, formerly the second-in-command at North Korea’s London embassy, has sought asylum in South Korea, making him one of the most prominent defectors to ever publicly flee Kim Jong-un’s regime. Yong-ho participated in nearly two […]
WASHINGTON, DC — The only nation to have used nuclear weapons this century will be able to strike Seattle in four years, former CIA Director Gen. Michael Hayden said on Wednesday. “I really do think that it is very likely by the end of Mr. Trump’s first term the North Koreans will be able to […]
TOKYO — Japan and South Korea signed a long-awaited intelligence pact Wednesday, agreeing to share information on threats from North Korea without having to use the United States as an intermediary. Washington had been urging its two closest allies in Asia to put aside their historical differences so they could cooperate against their common enemy […]
South Korea and Japan agreed to directly share military information such as satellite tracking of North Korea’s missiles. Photo: Getty Images South Korea and Japan have agreed to directly share military information such as satellite tracking of North Korea’s missiles, reflecting increasing concerns about the threat from Pyongyang’s accelerating weapons program. The pact, signed in […]
ICBMs, or Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles, were the weapon of choice for cold war posturing between the Soviet Union and the United States. These towering missiles were designed to travel great distances and unleash devastation upon their targets of a magnitude greater than twenty-seven times that of the atomic bomb dropped on Hiroshima in 1945. Today’s […]
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