Pyongyang has long coveted an advanced air-defense system to guard against missiles and war planes from the United States and South Korea.
North Korea: Act on Abuses Cited at UN
The North Korean government should urgently act on the recommendations from United Nations member states during the fourth Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of North Korea’s human rights record at the …
To Confront China, Russia, and North Korea, Trump Should Forgo a Review and Speed Up the Arsenal’s Modernization
To confront China, Russia, and North Korea, Trump should forgo a review and speed up the arsenal’s modernization.
South Korea Won’t ‘Sit Idle’ Over North Korean Troops in Russia: Ambassador
“The scale of deployed North Korean troops is being closely watched,” Yoon Yeocheol, South Korea’s ambassador to the U.K., told Newsweek.
Is North Korea’s war rhetoric backed by real threats?
North Korea has ramped up its rhetoric, but stopped short of provoking a fight. Pyongyang, buoyed by ties with Moscow, remains wary of its military inferiority to South Korea, the US and Japan.
Putin paying for 100,000 North Korean troops helps him delay a second mobilization: ISW
North Korea’s manpower injection for the Kremlin allows Russian leader Vladimir Putin to avoid another political stumbling block at home, according to the Institute for the Study of War. The …
Russia is dropping millions on pay for up to 100,000 North Korean soldiers. They’re unlikely to see much of it.
Russia is paying $2,000 a month for each North Korean soldier, per reports. But the soldiers, who could number 100,000, probably won’t see any of it.
North Korean leader calls for expanding nuclear forces in face of alleged US threats
causing property damage but so far no injuries. On at least two occasions, trash carried by North Korea’s balloons fell on Seoul’s presidential compound, raising concerns about the vulnerability of …
S. Korea reviews measures to reclaim loans to N. Korea over destruction of land routes
The unification ministry said Monday it is reviewing measures to reclaim loans granted to North Korea for building inter-Korean roads and train tracks after the North blew them up in October. The …
S. Korea reviews measures to reclaim loans to N. Korea over destruction of land routes
The unification ministry said Monday it is reviewing measures to reclaim loans granted to North Korea for building inter-Korean roads and train tracks after the North blew them up in October. The …