THAAD missile defense timeline moved up in South Korea, protests ensue as a result

South Korean officials announced on Wednesday that the installation of key components of the U.S. sourced THAAD missile defense system had successfully been installed ahead of schedule due to concerns about the potential for a North Korean attack. “South Korea and the United States have been working to secure an early operational capability of the […]

North vs South: Korean Special Forces

North Korea has been rattling its sabers against the South since hostilities ended nearly 60 years ago. In recent times, they torpedoed a Navy destroyer and shelled islands off the coast in their ongoing attempts to agitate and test the waters of resolve in the Seoul government. Behind this show of strength, though, everyone knows […]

North Korea debuts ‘new’ Special Operations unit in massive military parade

In an elaborate military parade this past weekend designed to set the stage for another spectacular missile test, North Korea rolled out the highest profile heavy hitters in its arsenal. The occasion landed on what would have been North Korea’s founding father Kim Il-Sung’s 105th birthday, and was speculated to coincide with the Democratic People’s […]

VP Pence delivers warning to Kim Jong Un from Korean DMZ

Vice President Mike Pence offered a new round of warnings to North Korea on Monday – this time directly from the Korean Demilitarized Zone dividing South Korea from its aggressive northern neighbor.  In his remarks, Pence made it clear that President Trump will not employ a continuation of international norms established by his predecessor. “We’re […]

That ‘crazy fat kid’ in North Korea is at it again

The “crazy fat kid” as Senator John McCain calls him is at it again in North Korea.  The escalation in tensions on the Korean Peninsula comes right on the heels of the annual Foal Eagle exercise.  The exercise has been held once a year since the 1960’s and in part involves US and South Korean Special […]

Cyber security firm: more evidence North Korea linked to Bangladesh heist

Cyber security firm Kaspersky Lab on Monday said it had obtained digital evidence that bolsters suspicions by some researchers that North Korea was involved in last year’s $81 million cyber heist of the Bangladesh central bank’s account at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York. Russian-based Kaspersky released a 58-page report on Lazarus, a group […]

China issues warning to American B1-1 Bomber in contested airspace

Chinese officials issued a radio warning to an American B1-B Lancer Bomber flying near South Korea on Sunday, claiming that the aircraft had illegally entered Chinese airspace and ordering them to leave. The airspace in question is included in China’s Air Defense Identification Zone (ADIZ) over the East China Sea, a territory China officially claimed […]

North Korean missile fails immediately after launch

According to reports provided by American and South Korean officials, North Korea attempted to launch a ballistic missile on Wednesday that exploded shortly after takeoff.  It is currently believed that the missile launch was intended as yet another round of testing for the fledgling nuclear power’s missile program that seems to have its sights set […]

China is going after South Korea’s wallet in their dispute over the THAAD missile system

The first pieces of the US-made Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system arrived in South Korea earlier this month, the latest step a deployment process the Chinese government had greeted with chagrin. Beijing has inveighed against the deployment and criticized the South Korean government for undermining bilateral relations by hosting the missile system. Chinese […]

Carl Vinson (CVN 70) Strike Group Shows Up in Republic of Korea!

The USS Carl Vinson CVN 70 Strike Group including Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 2 arrived in the Republic of Korea for scheduled maneuvers with the South Korean military last week. The aircraft carrier had just come from two weeks of routine operations in the South China Sea. Watch Below a Video From North Korea Depicting […]