South Korea

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 […]

A North Korean defector was recently found with anthrax antibodies in his blood which has caused quite the stir, particularly among South Koreans and U.S. forces in South Korea. There has been some confusion as to what this could mean. Why would someone have anthrax antibodies in his bloodstream? How is that indicative of some kind […]

According to reports out of South Korea, one of the North Korean soldiers who defected to South Korea in recent months has anthrax antibodies in his system.  Although this report currently comes from a medical official that has requested anonymity, confirmation of this claim could prove that North Korea possesses a stockpile of the biological […]

North Korea has once again reverted to the age-old propaganda tactic: pamphlet drops. According to news outlets throughout South Korea, more than 2 million leaflets have been found. Leaflet drops coming from the North haven’t been as common, and the subject matter has historically gone from general images of war, destruction and threatening mayhem, to […]

Throughout months of rising tensions between Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime and a consortium of foreign nations led by the United States, one question has loomed like a dark cloud over the diplomatic effort to avoid war: can sanctions actually affect any real change? A new series of sanctions making their way to a […]

South Korean soldiers reportedly fired warning shots at North Korean border troops as they searched for yet another defector that managed to make it across the demilitarized zone dividing North and South Korea early Thursday morning.  While it was once considered nearly impossible to cross the heavily fortified Military Demarcation Line (MDL) that houses a […]