The United States and South Korea kicked off their annual summertime joint military exercise on Monday, amid efforts by Seoul to improve relations with North Korea.
North Korea’s Kim Gives Nuclear Order
Kim said the “security environment” around North Korea is “getting more serious day by day” and “requires us to make a radical and swift change in the existing military theory and practice and rapid …
Kim Jong Un urges expansion of North Korea nuclear capability
SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called on Tuesday (Aug 19) for the “rapid expansion” of the country’s nuclear weapons capability, citing ongoing US-South Korea military exercises that he said c
South Korea’s Lee to end some military activity on border with North Korea
South Korea will end some military activities along its border with North Korea, President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday, in his government’s latest effort to improve ties between the neighbouring …
North Korea Says South Korea’s Peace Overtures a ‘Pipedream’
The North Korean leader’s powerful sister said on Thursday that the country has never taken down propaganda loudspeakers and will not do so, calling South Korea’s belief that Pyongyang was responding to its peace overtures a “pipedream.
Russian Duma speaker Volodin meets North Korea’s Kim in Pyongyang
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during an official visit to Pyongyang, the Russian parliament said on Thursday. Volodin, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin,
South Korea to end some military activity on border to ease tensions with North Korea
South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, announced plans to end some military activities along its border with North Korea and restore a 2018 military agreement with its neighbor.
South Korea’s Lee says no plans for ‘unification by absorption’ with North
South Korean President Lee Jae Myung pledged to “respect” North Korea’s political system and said Seoul would not seek unilateral reunification in a speech to mark Liberation Day.
As South Korea’s population falls, its military is shrinking rapidly. Is that a problem as North Korea ramps up its forces?
South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade, spelling trouble for the military as regional threats and global conflicts simmer.
South Korea president vows to build ‘military trust’ with North
SEOUL: South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed on Friday (Aug 15) to “respect” North Korea’s political system and build “military trust”, a day after Pyongyang said it had no interest in improving …