South Korea

The United States military has begun deploying the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea this week, a long-awaited move for the South Koreans that face an increasingly significant threat of North Korean missile attack. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system is a defensive weapon platform designed specifically to shoot down short and […]

American and South Korean forces began their annual joint training operation, Foal Eagle, last week – amid increased tensions with North Korea. North Korea has tested ballistic missiles that are believed to be nuclear capable twice over the past month, including a volley of four missile launches into the Sea of Japan over this past […]

TOKYO — North Korea launched four missiles Monday morning, a provocative barrage that coincided both with joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises on the southern half of the peninsula and with the opening of the annual National People’s Congress in China. The launches follow a remarkable month in which Kim Jong Un’s regime tested a solid-fuel […]

China has for years been whittling away at the US military’s asymmetrical advantage in conventional military strength with a naval buildup, building and militarizing artificial islands in the South China Sea, and creating systems and weapons custom built to negate the US’s technological advantage. By all indications, China is building aircraft carriers and getting ready to […]

Senior officials from the United States, South Korea and Japan discussed ways to further restrict funding for North Korea’s weapons programs during talks in Washington on Monday, the countries said in a joint statement.     Read the whole story from Reuters.

Malaysian authorities have indicated that they intend to question a North Korean embassy official and a state airline employee in connection with the assassination of Kim Jong Nam, half-brother to North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un. Local law enforcement reported an attempted break in at the hospital morgue housing Kim Jong Nam’s body earlier this […]

The South China Sea has been at the center of recent tensions between the United States and its allies and their economic, political, and possibly even military opponent, China.  The waterway sees an estimated $5 trillion in trade on an annual basis, nearly thirty percent of the global economy, and is said to contain large […]

Kim Jong Nam, once seen as the man most likely to head the reclusive state of North Korea, died en route to the hospital on Monday, after seemingly being poisoned in a Malaysian airport. According to Malaysian police, Kim Jong Nam, half-brother of Kim Jong Un, reported being attacked from behind, before falling ill and […]

North Korea conducted their first ballistic missile test of 2017 on Sunday, firing what experts believe was an IRBM (intermediate-range ballistic missile) into the Sea of Japan. The missile flew just over three hundred miles before crashing into the waterway that bears the name of the nation many believe Kim Jong Un had in mind […]

North Korea said on Monday it had successfully test-fired a new type of medium- to long-range ballistic missile a day earlier, claiming further advancement in a weapons program it is pursuing in violation of United Nations resolutions. North Korea fired the ballistic missile on a high arc into the sea early on Sunday, the first […]

Secretary of Defense, James Mattis, made a clear statement regarding North Korea’s nuclear missile program on Friday, while continuing his visit in the South Korean capital, Seoul. Mattis explained in no uncertain terms that the use of nuclear weapons by North Korea against the United States or any of its allies would be met with […]

The military arm of North Korea’s government released a statement on Friday, declaring that the deployment of American THAAD missile systems in South Korea would be met with “physical action.” The statement, released through North Korea’s official media outlet, KCNA, went on to accuse the United States of colluding with South Korea in a plot […]