South Korea

New details have emerged about the North Korean soldier that was shot by his own troops as he fled across the demilitarized zone separating the two Korean states.  While around 1,000 North Koreans defect to the South per year, it is extremely uncommon to do so directly across the heavily patrolled DMZ, and even more […]

Throughout months of heightening tensions between Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime and a U.S. led group of nations intent on seeing the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula, the cost of peace for the North Korean people has been clear: the complete removal of Kim’s nuclear capabilities.  Now, however, South Korean President Moon Jae-in has […]

Although senior North Korean officials have publicly stated that the nation’s Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un, refuses to participate in diplomatic talks with the United States until after they have confirmed their ability to hit America’s east coast with a nuclear strike, reports from the region seem to indicate that North Korean officials have begun […]

A North Korean soldier was shot and wounded by his own troops as he defected across the demilitarized zone into South Korea on Monday. While it’s not uncommon to hear stories of North Korean citizens fleeing the reclusive state in search of a better life beyond the secure borders of Kim-controlled territory, border crossings at […]

The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76), USS Nimitz (CVN 68) and USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) strike groups began a training rotation known as a three-carrier strike force exercise off the coast of the Korean peninsula on Saturday.  The massive show of force, intended to help dissuade North Korea’s Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un from […]

After assuming what seemed like a more optimistic tone toward the possibility of opening diplomatic channels with Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime from Tokyo, President Trump reverted to a more aggressive stance when speaking before South Korea’s National Assembly in Seoul on Tuesday. Today, I hope I speak not only for our countries, but […]

As tensions have risen between the United States and North Korea over the last year, American allies South Korea and Japan have repeatedly come up in conversation as nearby nations that warrant American support, but also as valuable partners in the event of open war with Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime.  Because of North […]

President Donald Trump kicked off his Asia tour on Sunday by addressing a crowd of American and Japanese military personnel at Yokota Air Base in Japan.  The president made no mention of the North Korean elephant in the room, but did make a number of pointed references regarding dictators and regimes that could easily be […]

U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancer bombers out of Guam once again made a flyover of the Korean peninsula on Thursday, accompanied by fighter jet escorts from both South Korea and Japan.  The show of force has since drawn harsh criticism from Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime, and may have unintentionally demonstrated their poor understanding of […]

Thae Yong-ho, a former senior official at North Korea’s embassy in London who defected in 2016, appeared before a congressional hearing on Wednesday to provide U.S. lawmakers with some perspective into the mindset of the North Korean populous, and into their enigmatic Supreme Leader, Kim Jong Un. Tensions between North Korea and the United States […]

The Kim Jong un regime may be preparing to test another missile in North Korea to coincide with President Donald Trump’s first major trip to Asia, Reuters reports. The information was briefed to South Korean officials by the South Korean intelligence organization, and their assessment was based on “the active movement of vehicles around the missile […]

North Korea said US B-1B bombers flew over the Korean Peninsula on Thursday and carried out bombing drills simulating attacks on major targets in the country, the North’s official KCNA news agency said on Friday. The strategic bombers, escorted by US and South Korean fighter jets, flew from the Anderson Air Force Base in Guam, […]