Yoon threatens to pull the plug on a military agreement for 2018 if North Korea continues to violate the border.

North Korea's continued violations of the inter-Korean border have prompted President Yoon Suk-yeol to threaten to terminate a military accord struck between the two Koreas in 2018. A week after five North Korean drones violated the accord by entering South Korean airspace, the warning was is...

Seoul and Washington pushed to impose cryptocurrency laws to tighten North Korea's purse constraints.

The fact that North Korea launched 38 ballistic missiles in 2022, more than any other year, garnered international attention. However, the isolated nation was also in the news for its purportedly lucrative criminal cyber activities that generated billions of dollars, in addition to its constant s...

North Korea launches ballistic missiles in response to US-South Korea drills.

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Friday, according to South Korea's military, its latest weapons display following days of joint drills between US and South Korean warplanes that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal.

South Korea...

North Korea launches 130 artillery projectiles into the eastern and western "buffer zones": The South Korean military

North Korea launched 130 artillery projectiles into eastern and western marine "buffer zones" on Monday, in breach of a 2018 bilateral military agreement, according to Seoul's defense authorities, during live-fire drills between South Korea and the United States in a border region.<...

The US is preparing for any eventuality, including a seventh North Korean nuclear test.

A state department spokesman said Friday that the US is working with its partners to prepare for any contingency emanating from North Korea, underlining the likelihood of a North Korean nuclear test in the near future.

Following its record number of ballistic missile launches, North Kor...

North Korean leader inspects Hwasong-17 ICBM test launch and promises firm nuclear reaction to threats

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un pledged a firm nuclear reaction to US threats during an on-site inspection of the country's test-firing of a Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) earlier this week, according to Pyongyang's state media.

According to the Korean Cent...

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...

North Korea's ICBM launch finishes in failure

North Korea fired at least six missiles for the second consecutive day on Thursday, but its military show of might was damaged when the launch of the country's largest and most powerful intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) failed during flight.

According to diplomatic experts, ...

North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile may have failed in flight, according to officials; Japanese citizens are warned to take cover

Thursday, North Korea launched multiple ballistic missiles, one of which may have been a failed intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that prompted an alarm for inhabitants in regions of central and northern Japan to seek shelter.

In spite of an earlier government warning that a mis...

North Korea fires a missile at the territory of South Korea.

Wednesday, North Korea launched over twenty ballistic and other missiles, one of which landed in South Korean territory for the first time since the 1950-1953 Korean War. Additionally, the North launched roughly 100 artillery projectiles into the East Sea.

In response, President Yoon Su...

For the second day in a row, North Korea has been firing artillery into the demilitarized zone

The tension on the Korean Peninsula rose further as North Korea held artillery drills for the second day in a row.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) reported on Wednesday that North Korea had fired around one hundred artillery shells from its western coast at noon, with the ...

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...

After North Korea's missile tests, South Korea and the United States hold joint military exercises with a U.S. aircraft carrier

The South Korean military announced on Friday that joint maritime drills with a U.S. aircraft carrier had begun, a day after South Korean fighter jets had been scrambled in response to what seemed to be a North Korean bombing rehearsal.

The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff have announ...

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 ...

As a result of North Korea's missile testing, Japan plans to increase its sanctions against the country

To further punish North Korea for its nuclear and missile programs, Japan said on Tuesday that it will be freezing the assets of five additional companies.

Since late September, North Korea has repeatedly test-fired ballistic missiles, including a launch on October 4 of a ballistic miss...

North Korea finally speaks out about its missile launches, saying that it is "practicing tactical nuclear strikes" on South Korea

Because of North Korea's testing of seven ballistic missiles since September 25 and roughly 25 launches this year, tensions on the Korean Peninsula and in the Sea of Japan region have reached an all-time high. KCNA has gone as far as to call the recent missile launches a "strong military...

North Korea has admitted that its recent missile tests were intended to "wipe out" the United States

North Korean state media reported on Monday that the country's recent barrage of missile launches was a rehearsal for the use of tactical battlefield nuclear weapons to "hit and wipe out" potential South Korean and U.S. targets. This comes as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sign...

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...