North Korea is ready for another nuclear test
North Korea is ready to conduct an additional nuclear test at any time, South Korea's Defense Ministry said on Monday, three days after the reclusive North's fifth test drew widespread...
View ArticleThe US is slated to fly bombers over South Korea after the North's latest...
Following North Korea's largest nuclear test last week, the US will conduct a bomber flight over South Korea, an official at US Forces in Korea said.While the official declined to name the bomber's...
View ArticleHow the US can deal with North Korea
Few people who are in Asia or who are interested in Asia can afford not to study Kurt Campbell’s new book "The Pivot: The Future of American Statecraft in Asia."The main reason is the book lays out a...
View Article'It's not funny anymore' — this graphic shows the reach of North Korea's...
WASHINGTON, DC— North Korea's fifth and largest nuclear test last Friday was a wake-up call to us all."The tone among Korea watchers has changed. It's not funny anymore, and it's not really possible to...
View ArticleNorth Korea does not intend to abandon its nuclear programs no mater what the...
The radioactive dust from North Korea's fifth and most powerful nuclear weapons test had barely settled Friday when the calls to slap more sanctions on Kim Jong-un's regime began.Republicans in...
View ArticleUS bombers fly over South Korea in show of force following North Korea's...
OSAN, South Korea (Reuters) - Two US supersonic B-1 Lancer strategic bombers flew over South Korea on Tuesday morning in a show of force and solidarity with its ally amid heightened tension following...
View ArticleSouth Korea has contingency plans to wipe the North Korean capital...
After North Korea’s latest successful nuclear test, the Hermit Kingdom isn’t the only nation that's using colorful rhetoric to publicize its militaristic intentions.In response to the “higher level”...
View ArticleUS flies bombers over South Korea after the North's latest nuke test
WASHINGTON, DC — On Tuesday, the US dispatched two US Air Force B-1B Lancer strategic bombers from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, in response to North Korea's largest nuclear test.The long-range...
View ArticleEven with the nuclear test, here's why China will continue to support North...
Following the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea’s (DPRK) latest ballistic missile test at the start of September, China joined the 14 other members of the United Nations Security Council in...
View ArticlePictures from a 24-year-old blogger's recent trip to North Korea
North Korea is one of the most secretive countries in the world.Citizens are not permitted to travel abroad, and the few tourists that manage to visit are kept to a few choice sites, and are...
View ArticleHow one of the world's most advanced missile-defense systems works in one...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — On the heels of North Korea's latest, and largest, nuclear test, here's a look at Lockheed Martin's Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.In July, Washington agreed to equip...
View ArticleExperts: North Korea has enough uranium for 6 nukes a year
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea will have enough material for about 20 nuclear bombs by the end of this year, with ramped-up uranium enrichment facilities and an existing stockpile of plutonium,...
View ArticleNorth Korea mocks US bomber flight: 'They are bluffing that B-1Bs are enough...
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Following the flight of US Air Force bombers over South Korea, the North mocked the show of force in a statement from Pyongyang's controlled media."They are bluffing that B-1Bs are...
View ArticleIt might be too late for Hillary Clinton to stop North Korea from having...
The blast from North Korea's fifth and most powerful nuclear weapons test shook the earth last week, causing a literal earthquake and figurative aftershocks that continue to reverberate across Asia and...
View ArticleHere's what it's like inside a North Korean passport — one of the world's...
If you're born in North Korea, you'll probably never be allowed to leave North Korea. Under Kim Jong-Un's totalitarian regime, it's illegal for anyone who lives in the isolated nation to leave without...
View ArticleNorth Korea is on its 'way to an arsenal of perhaps dozens' of nuclear warheads
WASHINGTON, D.C. — In the wake of North Korea's latest nuclear test, a panel of experts discussed the possible implications of a nuclear weapons "no-first-use" policy on global security at the Heritage...
View ArticleSouth Korea once trained a secret unit to assassinate the North Korean...
Although North Korea may bear the brunt of the jokes on the international stage, it wasn’t always like this.On January 21, 1968, 15 years after the Korean War, North Korean commandos were caught...
View ArticleChina won't stop Kim Jong-un — so the US has to stand up to both of them
What to do with the pygmy of Pyongyang, the mad marshal of the Hermit Kingdom, by which I mean Kim Jong-un, the thirtysomething tyrant of North Korea?On Sept. 9, his scientists set off their country’s...
View ArticleNorth Korea just performed another rocket engine launch
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a ground test of a new rocket engine to launch satellites, the North's state media reported on Tuesday, the latest in a rapid succession of...
View ArticleNorth Korea’s version of the internet has just 28 websites
North Korea is the most repressive, secretive state in the world. There's no free press, no independent media, and scarce few people have access to the Internet. It's about as close as you can get to...
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