South Korea

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 […]

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 […]