While it is an annual exercise, experts believe it can infuriate North Korea, which considers these drills as rehearsals for invasion …
U.S. and South Korea scale back drills, citing coronavirus and diplomacy
The South Korean and U.S. militaries are scaling back their annual exercises because of the pandemic and to support diplomacy on North Korea’s nuclear program.
The Pentagon Has a Crazy Plan to Kill North Korea’s Kim Jong-un
Would Kim survive? Would America? Here’s What You Need to Remember: Although the new plan reportedly focused not on a full-blown war but on limited warfare, a preemptive strike can escalate from a …
South Korea President Hopeful Prods Biden Over North Korea
A top contender to succeed South Korean President Moon Jae-in urged U.S. President Joe Biden to give Seoul a bigger role in pushing North Korea to give up its nuclear weapons. In a wide-ranging …
The countries making dubious claims over Covid-19 — and what that means for the world
However, in contrast to Turkmenistan and North Korea … a global health expert at the University of Oxford’s Saïd Business School in England, told CNN that the pandemic had made it clear …
Analysis: Biden faces calls to jumpstart North Korea talks with more pragmatic goals
With U.S. policy toward North Korea in limbo as the new administration in Washington conducts a months-long policy review, former officials and experts are sparring over whether to shift focus from …
South Korea Presidential Hopeful Prods Biden Over North Korea
A top contender to succeed South Korean President Moon Jae-in called income inequality the key issue in next year’s election and urged U.S. President Joe Biden to give Seoul a bigger role in pushing …
North Korea measures to stem COVID-19 worsen abuses, hunger: U.N. expert
Drastic measures taken by North Korea to contain coronavirus have exacerbated human rights abuses and economic hardship for its citizens, including reports of starvation, a United Nations investigator …
Pentagon concerned by UN report indicating possible North Korea nuclear reprocessing
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon expressed concern on Tuesday about a United Nations (UN) report indicating possible reprocessing of nuclear fuel for bombs by North Korea, and said such activity could raise …
US concerned over report of possible N Korea nuclear reprocessing
The Pentagon has expressed concern about North Korea’s nuclear activities after the United Nations’s nuclear watchdog indicated it was possible that the country was reprocessing nuclear fuel. Rear …