Speculation is growing in Japanese security circles as to whether targets of a proposed “counterstrike capability” would include China’s Central Military Commission, its armed forces’ highest decision-making body headed by leader Xi Jinping. The speculation came to light in a … Read More
SEOUL – At least one person confirmed to have COVID-19 has died in North Korea and hundreds of thousands have shown fever symptoms, state media said on Friday, offering hints at the potentially dire scale of country’s first confirmed outbreak … Read More
SEOUL, May 4 (Reuters) – North Korea fired a ballistic missile toward the sea off its east coast on Wednesday, South Korea and Japan said, about a week after Pyongyang vowed to develop its nuclear forces “at the fastest possible … Read More
SEOUL – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has repeated his warning that Pyongyang could “pre-emptively” use its nuclear weaponry to counter hostile forces, state media reported Saturday. Kim told top military officers that to “maintain the absolute superiority” of … Read More
SEOUL: The US envoy for North Korea said that Washington would act “responsibly and decisively” in response to “escalatory actions” after a series of test missile launches raised concerns that the North was preparing to resume nuclear testing. US Special … Read More
WASHINGTON, April 8 (Yonhap) — The United States and South Korea continue to adjust their joint defense capabilities to meet ever increasing threats from North Korea’s advancing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, a Pentagon spokesperson said Friday. Department of Defense … Read More
North Korea has oft been said to be the land of only bad options. That is ever more so as the North rapidly moves ahead with missile and nuclear development. Four years ago, President Donald Trump and Supreme Leader Kim … Read More
SEOUL — A resumption of North Korea’s nuclear weapon or long-range missile tests would “instantly” send the peninsula back into crisis, outgoing South Korean President Moon Jae-in said this week, calling for measures to prevent that from happening. A record … Read More
South Korea’s Debate over Preemption is the Inevitable Result of North Korea’s Rapid Missilization – As a presidential candidate, South Korean President-Elect Yoon Seok-Yeol suggested that South Korea might need to preemptively strike North Korea because of its spiraling missile … Read More
SEOUL (REUTERS) – The USS Abraham Lincoln aicraft carrier led military exercises in the Yellow Sea, and air defense artillery at Osan air base intensified drills, US forces in Asia said on Tuesday (March 15) amid signs of an imminent … Read More