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Pakistan, Nepal and Myanmar have canceled nearly $20 billion of hydroelectricity contracts with the same Chinese company, the Gezhouba Water and Power Group. This is a huge setback for the Chinese trade linking project, Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) which involves global infrastructure. This may represent a larger rejection of China’s economic imperialism in Asia. […]

A dozen US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighter jets have arrived in South Korea for a regular joint exercise with South Korean forces, a defense ministry source said Sunday. The allies plan to kick off the five-day VIGILANT ACE 18 practice Monday, which would demonstrate their combined air power against North Korea. “The realistic air […]

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 […]

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 […]

After President Trump’s Monday announcement that he was adding North Korea to the list of state sponsors of terror, the U.S. treasury followed up with a flurry of new sanctions aimed at dissuading Kim Jong Un’s regime from their continued pursuit of nuclear arms. As North Korea continues to threaten international peace and security, we […]

North Korean border guards violated the terms of the armistice that halted the war between North and South Korea by firing rounds and chasing a defector across the border last week, according to a statement released by the United Nations. North Korean troops were only steps behind the defecting soldier when a wheel on his […]

The fate of the North Korean soldier who seriously injured by North Korean gunfire as he fled across the demilitarized zone into South Korea last week remains uncertain, but doctors may have already learned quite a bit about the state of the North Korean military through their attempts to save the life of the badly […]