Another North Korean soldier made a dash for freedom across the Demilitarized Zone on Thursday. His escape came just hours after two North Korean civilians attempted to defect in a fishing boat.
China has resumed its ban on group tours visiting South Korea while lifting restrictions on tourists visiting North Korea, Reuters has revealed.
If the South Korean analysts quoted by Yonhap News are correct, North Korea will not be having a Happy New Year. According to the Institute for National Security Strategy in Seoul, tough international sanctions imposed against North Korea over its nuclear missile programs haven’t affected the economy much yet, but that is about to change.
South Korean authorities confirmed on Monday that Kim Jong-hyun, the lead vocalist of superstar pop group SHINee, better known by stage name Jonghyun, committed suicide in his apartment. He was 27.
South Korea’s foreign ministry has commended the White House’s National Security Strategy, which promises that the United States will “take care” of North Korea as it continues to expand its nuclear capabilities.
South Korea scrambled fighter jets on Monday in response to a provocative Chinese aircraft exercise over the Sea of Japan. At two points during the exercise, the Chinese planes – including two fighters, two bombers, and a recon plane – penetrated South Korea’s air defense identification zone.
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America’s chief of naval operations said in an interview published Friday that U.S. options for a military response to North Korea’s routine belligerence are not “empty words” and that the military is “prepared” to act against Pyongyang if necessary.
South Korean President Moon Jae-in promised China a “new start” in diplomatic relations following a meeting with Chinese leader Xi Jinping on Thursday, following months of tensions caused by Seoul’s close relationship with the United States.
North Korea’s state newpaper, Rodong Sinmun, published a piece accusing U.S. President Donald Trump of “noisily crying out for military counteraction” against Pyongyang a day after Secretary of State Rex Tillerson invited North Korean diplomats to a talk without preconditions.
China’s Foreign Ministry welcomed U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson’s offer to talk with North Korea without preconditions on Wednesday, while the White House responded in a more ambivalent manner.
General Valery Gerasimov, chief officer of the Russian military, kicked off a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera on Monday by blaming Japan, South Korea, and the United States for increasing tensions on the Korean Peninsula with a joint military exercise.
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North Korea has claimed that the outbreak of war with the United States is now an “established fact” as the U.S. and South Korea continue a series of large-scale military drills across the Korean peninsula.
The U.S. Air Force conducted joint bombing exercises with South Korea on Wednesday in another impressive show of military force just a week after North Korea tested an alleged intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) over Japan.
North Korea’s foreign ministry described President Donald Trump as a “nuclear demon” who is “begging for war” in a column Tuesday as tensions continue to escalate between Pyongyang and Washington.
The United States and South Korea began a series of large-scale military exercises across the Korean peninsula on Monday, as analysts claim war is a higher possibility than ever.
South Korea’s Defense Ministry filed a report to lawmakers on Friday that judged that North Korea’s new missile has the range capability to reach Washington, DC. Satellite imagery reveals the North Koreans may be preparing to launch another missile from the same site.
Russia has rejected U.S. calls to cut economic and diplomatic ties with North Korea after the dictatorship’s latest provocative missile test. In fact, the Russians made a point of ridiculing the effectiveness of sanctions and blaming the United States for rising tensions on the Korean peninsula.
President Donald Trump responded to Chinese criticism over his efforts on North Korea on Wednesday by proclaiming that a recent visit by a Chinese envoy to the country “had no impact.”
The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting Wednesday following North Korea’s latest missile test in which South Korea and the United States warned the Kim regime to step back from the brink.
North Korea described the missile it launched on Tuesday as its “greatest ICBM,” a weapon capable of delivering a “super-large heavy nuclear warhead” to the “whole mainland” of the United States.
November 13th had been a quiet day at the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating North and South Korea.
North Korea’s missile program has been strangely quiet since September, which comes as a relief to Japan, since the last few ICBMs from North Korea have flown through their airspace. On Monday, the Japanese government reported intercepting radio signals that suggest North Korea may be preparing to launch another missile.
South Korea’s military has added news updates on the health of a defected North Korean soldier to its loudspeaker broadcasts in the Demilitarized Zone on the border between the two countries.
Cuban dictator Raúl Castro met North Korea’s foreign minister, Ri Yong-ho, in Havana on Friday before the two issued a joint statement of solidarity.
The South Korean surgeon who helped save the North Korean defector’s life this month says the 24-year-old soldier is “a pretty nice guy” and a “strong man.”
North Korea’s state media have turned the tables on the United States, accusing America of being the “world’s biggest terrorist sponsor” after the State Department officially issued that label to the rogue communist state.
Regulators from both South Korea and the United Kingdom are reportedly investigating Google for allegedly collecting location data on its users without their knowledge.
The U.S. military released a compilation of video clips on Wednesday that showed the daring defection of a North Korean soldier on November 13, including a scene of North Korean troops opening fire on their former comrade in close proximity to South Korean territory.
South Korean intelligence has determined that two top North Korean military officials, both previously considered close to dictator Kim Jong-un, have been punished for “impure behavior” in what some analysts believe is a sign the Kim regime is weakening in the face of tough sanctions and political pressure from China.
North Korean authorities have banned people from “drinking, singing, and other forms of entertainment” in an attempt to maintain control as the country advances its nuclear ambitions, South Korea’s Yonhap News Agency reported.
South Korea’s foreign intelligence agency has confirmed the country is expecting additional North Korean missile tests soon.
Former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton joined SiriusXM host Alex Marlow on Thursday’s Breitbart News Daily to discuss his latest op-ed, “America’s Decision on North Korea Hinges on Trump’s Asia Trip.”
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“Today, I hope I speak not only for our countries, but for all civilized nations when I say to the North: Do not underestimate us and do not try us,” he said.
During a speech in South Korea on Tuesday, President Trump wondered why China would feel obligated to help North Korea and called on both China and Russia to cut trade and technology ties with North Korea. While detailing the abuses of
The aircraft carriers USS Nimitz, USS Ronald Reagan, and USS Theodore Roosevelt are scheduled to begin exercises in the Western Pacific over the next few days, just as President Donald Trump arrived in South Korea. The massive exercise will hopefully make a strong impression on the North Koreans, and is guaranteed to infuriate them.
President Donald Trump attempted to make a surprise trip to the demilitarized zone between North Korea and South Korea but was forced to turn back due to bad weather.
