For information about North Korea, a professor digs through the garbage

The 48-year-old professor of political science at Dong-A University in Busan, South Korea, removes product packing from plastic bags with the care of an eager archaeologist.

Bags of varying sizes and other forms of maritime trash (including paintings and pottery) that he gathered from v...

As tensions rise with North Korea, the United States and its allies have their fighter planes patrol the waters around the peninsula

On Tuesday, as diplomats from the United States and its Asian allies planned a coordinated reaction to a possible imminent nuclear test by North Korea, dozens of fighter planes were flown over waterways surrounding the Korean Peninsula as a show of force.

The flights coincided with a vi...

More missiles are launched into the ocean by North Korea

According to South Korean and Japanese officials, North Korea has fired another missile into the waters off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula, further increasing tensions in the area amid a series of exhibitions of military power this week.

North Korea has fired six rounds of weapo...

South Korean media claim that North Korea had fired eight missiles in the past two weeks

According to Yonhap, North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the sea on Sunday, the latest in a string of tests as tensions rise over US-led military drills in the region.

The Joint Chiefs of Staff of the South Korean armed forces announced the launches, the seventh and eighth ...

South Korea and the United States hold carrier drills in response to North Korean missile launches

On Friday, South Korean military officials said that South Korea and the United States had begun joint maritime drills with a U.S. aircraft carrier, a day after South Korean fighters were scrambled in response to what seemed to be a North Korean bombing rehearsal.

South Korea's Join...

The threat from North Korea increases after each successful test, therefore South Korea, Japan, and the United States practice missile defense

Two American warships, a South Korean destroyer, and two Japanese destroyers participated in missile defense exercises amidst heightened tensions in the region. North Korea conducted the drill only a few hours after firing a missile over Japan. Multiple missiles have been fired by Pyongyang in re...

South Korea's retaliation for North Korea's missile success leads to an explosion

On Wednesday, during a live-fire drill with the United States in response to North Korea's successful launch of a weapon that flew over Japan and has the range to strike US territory of Guam the day before, a South Korean ballistic missile exploded as it plowed into the ground due to a techni...

S. Korea offers to speak with N. Korea about reuniting estranged families.

In an effort to break the years-long impasse in inter-Korean relations, South Korea's minister for national reunification on Thursday suggested to North Korea holding early inter-Korean talks about family reunions.

In order to have an open discussion about humanitarian issues, such ...

Pyongyang conducts a nuclear test, Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington promise to make Pyongyang "learn of its fault."

In order to ensure that North Korea understands it has made a clear "wrong decision," South Korea, Japan, and the United States have committed to work together to take severe action against the dictatorship if it performs a nuclear test, Seoul's security director said on Thursday (U...

Missile Testing in North Korea

Highlights:

• North Korea has planned to strengthen its nuclear technology in spite of the economic hardships.

Since the time Kim Jong Un has been in power, he has taken advantage of the international sanctions and leading to seen rapid developm...

South Korea and US officials hold deputy-level talks to restart dialogue with North Korea

Senior South Korean officials held talks with the US officials regarding new ways to restart dialogue with North Korea, as informed by the State Department.

Highlights

• South Korean and US officials hold diplomatic talks
• North Korea is s...

South Korea and North Korea engage in arms race, rising tensions between both the nations

Highlights

• North Korea and South Korea both engage in an arms race
• Japanese defense ministry said that the missiles landed in Japan’s exclusive economic zone

On Wednesday, North Korea and South Korea test fired ballistic missil...

South Korea, Japan, and United States of America, asks North Korea to resume arms talks

Highlights

• Diplomats from Japan, South Korea and US in talks with North Korea
• North Korea tested its long-range cruise missiles

Diplomats from Japan, US and South Korea urged North Korea to resume talks over its nuclear and missile d...

North Korea tested its long-range missiles, on Monday

Highlights

• On Monday, North Korea test fired its long-range missiles
• Pentagon did not comment anything regarding these launches

North Korea test fired a new range of long-range cruise missiles, as informed by the county’s state...

South Koreas tests its submarine launched ballistic missiles

Highlights

• South Korea tested its submarine launched missile on Tuesday
• South Korea has also joined the list of countries having their own manufactured missiles

South Korea has tested its own manufactured ballistic missiles on Tuesda...

South Korea and North Korea restore communication almost after a year

According to the President’s office in South Korea, both the leaders have agreed to rebuild their relations and improve trust. The Blue House also said that both the leaders have been exchanging letters since April.

South Korea’s Ministry of Unification informed that the rep...

US PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN MEETS HIS SOUTH KOREAN COUNTERPART MOON JAE-IN

Highlights

• The US President also announced that he has appointed a special envoy to engage North Korea in dialogue, and he would be meeting North Korean leader Kim Jong Un

• President Biden said that his ultimate goal was the complete denuclearisation of the Korean...

CHINA’S TRADE WITH N. KOREA ROSE TO $30.60 MILLION IN APRIL

Highlights –

• China’s trade with N. Korea rose to $30.60 million in April.
• China's exports to North Korea rose more than 120 percent to 28.75 million in April.
• In March, chemical fertilizer, pesticide, herbicide, and related ...

US, SOUTH KOREA & JAPAN REACH CONSENSUS TO WORK TOGETHER TO KEEP PRESSURE ON NORTH KOREA

Highlights

• The United States, South Korea and Japan have joined hands in order to keep up the pressure on North Korea to give up its nuclear and ballistic missile programs

• In high-level security talks, three nations also agreed on the requirement for full impleme...

NORTH KOREA WARNS U.S. IN RESPONSE TO BIDEN'S CONDEMNATION OF ITS MISSILE LAUNCH

Highlights

• A U.S. official and Japan's prime minister on Thursday had said that North Korea had launched two ballistic missiles into the Sea of Japan

• The US President Joe Biden had said that the launch of two short-range ballistic missiles by North Korea on T...