Tensions are high on the Korean peninsula after months of failed negotiations and amid a spat over propaganda balloons floated North by defector groups.
North Korea says it will ‘postpone’ plan for military action in apparent softening toward South Korea
It was not immediately clear why North Korea changed course a week after it theatrically demolished a liaison office.
North Korea’s Kim Halts Military Moves Against South After Week of Escalation
Analysts say North Korea, after weeks deliberately raising tensions, may be pulling away just enough to make room for South Korean concessions …
North Korea suspends military action plans against South Korea, state news agency says
A report suggested North Korean troops were taking down loudspeakers recently reinstalled at the fortified border.
South Korean K-9 Thunder Artillery Guns Should Make North Korea Nervous
For countries facing potential adversaries on their borders, artillery can respond much more rapidly, sustainably and cheaply than airpower. In December 2017, Norway announced it would purchase twenty …
South Korea politician slams John Bolton for divulging secrets
A junior South Korean politician condemned former White House national security adviser John Bolton on Tuesday, saying his new memoir has made negotiation with North Korea even more difficult.
North Korea is about to drop cigarette butts, trash, and 12 million propaganda leaflets onto South Korea in its latest psychological-warfare move
According to state media, the propaganda leaflets express “the wrath and hatred” of the North Korean people.
North Korea: Balloons and speakers raise Korean border tensions
South Korean activists say they have flown balloons carrying propaganda across the border in to North Korea, in the latest escalation of tensions. The North is furious about the balloons while the …
North Korea seen reinstalling border loudspeakers
A spokeswoman at Seoul’s defence ministry declined to confirm North Korea’s moves but reiterated at a regular briefing that Pyongyang would “have to pay for the consequences” if it continues to defy …
India’s Hospitals, North Korea, Uighurs: Your Tuesday Briefing
Good morning. We’re covering India’s hospitals in crisis, a warning from North Korea and what makes Thailand a source for juicy, prickly, delicious fruit. Neelam Kumari Gautam woke up at 5 a.m. on …