South Korea

President Trump seemed to indicate that his relationship with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un may be different than it appears in the media, according to statements made to the Wall Street Journal this week. Throughout months of President Donald Trump seeming to undermine the diplomatic efforts of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson when […]

Following months of heightening tensions between Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime and a U.S.-led coalition of nations bent on seeing an end to his nuclear pursuits, the past few weeks have seen a slight downturn in aggressive rhetoric. With North and South Korea engaging in a dialogue aimed at permitting North Korean participation in […]

A retired and well-respected South Korean general said that North Korean soldiers will defend their homeland with a religious fanaticism if the United States decides to attack. “I try to explain to the Americans — if we have to go into North Korea, it is not going to be like going into Iraq or Afghanistan. […]

General Robert Neller, Commandant of the United States Marine Corps, did not mince words when addressing deployed Marines over the holidays when it comes to the challenges facing America’s national security apparatus in the coming year.  Chief among these concerns, (which include threats ranging from small extremist groups to burgeoning super power China) is the […]

For the first time in more than two years, delegations from North and South Korea have met for official talks. Their meeting place was “truce village” Panmunjom, the site of the signing of the Korean Armistice Agreement in 1953. Since then, Panmunjom has become the only part of the demilitarized zone where North and South […]

America Secretary of Defense James Mattis addressed reporters in what became an impromptu press briefing on Friday, in which he addressed a slew of issues facing the American defensive infrastructure, and even Michael Wolff’s supposed tell-all book that’s been the focus of the president’s attention recently, “Fire and Fury: Inside the Trump White House.” Reporters […]

The United States and South Korea took a tentative step toward peace with Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime this week, but whether or not diplomacy can yield any lasting results is yet to be seen. Although the focus of Kim Jong Un’s New Year’s address for many was his quip about a “nuclear button,” […]

North Korea will reopen a hotline with South Korea at 6.30am GMT. A North Korean official made the announcement on state television today. South Korea believes this is the first step in regular contact between the countries. The development comes as North Korea indicates its desire to send a delegation to South Korea’s Winter Olympics […]

North Korea was considered too poor, authoritarian and vulnerable to succeed with its nuclear and missile programs. And yet Pyongyang has acquired advanced nuclear weapons capabilities — and, at the end of November, tested an intercontinental ballistic missile. Why has North Korea succeeded when other countries such as Iraq and Libya have failed? Three factors are central to North Korea’s success. This […]

In a New Year’s Day address, North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un delivered characteristically aggressive rhetoric toward the United States, but in a diplomatic shift, seemed to open the door for the possibility of engaging South Korea in a dialogue. The entire mainland of the US is within the range of our nuclear weapons […]

The South Korean government seized a Hong Kong-registered ship last month for allegedly supplying oil to the North in breach of United Nations sanctions. The Koreans, armed with U.S. satellite photos said the ship Lighthouse Winmore transferred 600 tons of refined oil to a North Korean ship. The UN Security Council resolution bans any ship-to-ship […]

New reports out of Asia are now indicating that a North Korean nuclear scientist killed himself last month after a failed attempt at defecting through neighboring China. Local news outlets have reported the man’s name as Hyun Cheol Huh, though the North Korean government has yet to acknowledge the incident, nor have they confirmed the man’s […]