South Korea

One South Korean soldier was killed and six others injured Friday in an explosion during an artillery drill near the border with North Korea, officials said. The blast occurred on a firing range in Cheorwon. The cause of the explosion remained under investigation, according to the South Korean army’s public affairs office.   Read the […]

In a meeting Secretary of State Rex Tillerson and Secretary of Defense James Mattis co-hosted with their Japanese counterparts, America’s top diplomat and senior military leader reaffirmed America’s “ironclad commitment” to the mutual defense of its allies in the Pacific. Japanese Foreign Minister Taro Kono and Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera joined the two American officials […]

Although it would seem that the most immediate threat of war with North Korea has been averted, tensions between the two nations remain high, and the U.S. is not backing down from its aggressive stance. Earlier this week, Kim Jong-un announced that he would place plans to launch four long-range ballistic missiles toward Guam on […]

In light of surging tensions between North Korea, its neighbors, and the US, South Korea has decided to deploy more powerful US missile defense batteries. South Korean President Moon Jae In, who had initially been resistant to increased US missile defense deployments, requested talks on improving his country’s defensive posture in light of recent threats from North Korea. “They’re […]

American Secretary of Defense James Mattis doubled down on President Trump’s threats of a military response to a North Korean attempt at a missile strike in Guam on Monday, and it would seem the U.S.’s aggressive rhetoric may have been enough to call Kim’s bluff. “It could escalate into war very quickly — yes, that’s […]

Marine Corps Gen. Joe Dunford, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, met with PACOM commander, Navy Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr., in Hawaii on Sunday while en route to Asia to meet with allies about heightening tensions with North Korea. General Dunford’s trip is intended to “improve military-to-military ties during a complicated time in […]

While the North Korean military claims to be in the final stages of planning to fire four long-range ballistic missiles toward the U.S. territory of Guam, Chinese President Xi Jinping has relied on his nation’s consistent talking points regarding the issue: urging both nations to “avoid words or actions” that could serve to further escalate […]

Read Part One here. Soon after war broke out, North Korea would likely work to move their sizable fleet of tanks down toward the DMZ and ultimately into South Korea, while simultaneously inserting special operations forces along the South Korean coast by way of submarines or similar low profile naval vessels.  These special operations teams […]

Recently President Trump has been talking a big talk about North Korea but the bravado and bluster is little more than empty rhetoric designed to appeal to a US domestic audience that wants to perceive America as “strong” in a confusing and chaotic era in which we struggle to find our place in the world. […]

With the United States’ recent transition toward a more aggressive line of rhetoric directed at Kim Jong Un’s North Korean regime, there’s been a growing sense of concern within the United States about what a war with North Korea might actually look like.  Here in the relative safety and comfort of the U.S., we’ve grown […]

South Korean President Moon Jae-in ordered discussions to be held with the United States on deploying additional THAAD anti-missile defense units following North Korea’s test launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, his office said on Saturday.   Read the whole story from Business Insider. Featured image courtesy of the Missile Defense Agency

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea on Monday proposed military talks with North Korea, the first formal overture to Pyongyang by the government of President Moon Jae-in, and said the two sides should discuss ways to avoid hostile acts near the heavily militarized border. There was no immediate response by the North to the proposal for […]