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Korea

Head of U.S. missile defense says North Korea missile advances a ‘great concern’

The head of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Vice Admiral James Syring, said on Wednesday that technological advances demonstrated by North Korea

S. Korean, US defense chiefs reach ‘understanding’ on THAAD

South Korean Defense Minister Han Min-koo on Saturday assured his American counterpart Jim Mattis that Seoul is not seeking to reverse the

North Korea Nuclear EMP Attack: An Existential Threat

Analysts like Jack Liu and Jeffrey Lewis are to be commended for their interest in educating the public about North Korea’s missile

In North Korea, the US Advertises Its Intentions

On March 8, we wrote an analysis that said North Korea appeared to be crossing a red line set forth by the

North Korea Prepping EMP At United States?

TEL AVIV – While the international community and news media focus on North Korean missile tests and the country’s nuclear program, one

With North Korea, we do have cards to play

The crisis with North Korea may appear trumped up. It’s not. Given that Pyongyang has had nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles for

The unpredictable Kim Jong-un and the risk of a first strike in a Korean War

Since the 1970s the Korean peninsula has never been far away from conflict. In common with his father and grandfather, Kim Jong-un likes to use inflammatory rhetoric

Trump strategy on NKorea: ‘Maximum pressure and engagement’

The Trump administration has settled on its North Korea strategy after a two-month review: “Maximum pressure and engagement.” U.S. officials said Friday

What A Korean War Could Look Like

Korea has been on the tipping point of a major conflict since the armistice of 1953. (The two sides are technically still

Yonhap: Trump’s N. Korea policy packed with sticks, rather than carrots

Clearer contours of the new U.S. policy on North Korea emerged as Secretary of State Rex Tillerson made unmistakably clear that carrots

As North Korea’s arsenal grows, experts see heightened risk of ‘miscalculation’

On the day of North Korea’s first atomic test in 2006, aides to President George W. Bush began phoning foreign capitals to

Preparations for a Future Test Continue at North Korea’s Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site

New commercial satellite imagery of the Punggye-ri Nuclear Test Site from March 7 indicates activity at the North Portal, Main Administrative Area