North Korea’s Phony Hydrogen Bomb: More Smoke and Mirrors

Yesterday, North Korea announced to the world their first explosive testing of a hydrogen bomb, a nuclear weapon which would be significantly more powerful than the three previous atomic weapons which the reclusive hermit nation has detonated.  While many in the public sphere perceive Kim Jong-Un’s government as profoundly insane, North Korea’s actions do in […]

Where is Kim Jung the Un?

The rumor mill is cranking away at full speed as academics speculate and North Korean exiles pontificate, but SOFREP got the inside scoop on where this elusive dictator has been the last few weeks.

It’s North Korea Rumor Time!

It seems like every year or two, there is a storm of rumors about upheaval in or related to North Korea. Most of them are along the same lines; utter collapse of the only visibly Stalinist regime in the world (visibly—most similar states in other parts of the world don’t get the attention that the […]

General Thomas McInerney and the Military-Industrial Complex

While many are familiar with President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s famous farewell speech, fewer have read the original drafts which include dire warnings about the future of America and what Eisenhower termed a “military-industrial complex.” One of the original drafts, penned by speech writer Malcom Moos, reads: “We must never let power, implicit in this combination, […]

North Korean Ground Forces: We Can March Better Than You

The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) have one of the largest ground forces in the world, and were once referred to as the “Million Man Army.” Although their ground forces are estimated somewhere in the region of 950,000 soldiers, the large majority are under-trained and malnourished. In standing with other past communist and oppressed […]

North Korea: Missile Systems

Each time that North Korea conducts missile testing the media sites within the United States explode into a panic and only increase paranoia on U.S. soil. The reality is N. Korea is far from reaching the technological levels to hit the U.S. mainland. Although a N. Korean missile attack directed on American soil remains distant […]

The North Korean Threat

Over the years, the United States has had its fair share of threats from North Korea. As of Friday, March 29, 2013, North Korea has issued yet another “grim” warning to the United States as their leader Kim Jong-un signed an order to put its nation’s rockets on a combat-ready status.  A photo was then […]