The U.S. Army and Republic of Korea forces fired missiles into the sea in a show of military power following a July 4, 2017 test launch of a North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile earlier that day. Read More
Tag Archives: Kim Jong Un
Accelerated North Korean Ballistic Missile Program Worries Congress, Military
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised a ballistic rocket-launching drill of Hwasong artillery units of the Strategic Force of the KPA on the spot in this undated photo released by North Korea’s Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on March 7, 2017. via Reuters
North Korea will “in a matter of time” have an intercontinental ballistic missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon capable of reaching the United States; but as matters stand now, American defenses would destroy it before it reached its target. Read More
Former Diplomats: Countering North Korean Missile, Nuke Programs to be Major Trump Challenges
KN-11 Launch. North Korean Central News Agency Photo
The emphasis shouldn’t be on how much Seoul is paying in its own defense but how to deal with North Korea’s expanding missile and nuclear weapons programs, former senior diplomats from the U.S. and South Korea said on Monday. Read More
Officials: Multilateral Effort Needed to Curb North Korean Cyber, Nuclear Threat
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un during a test-fire of a strategic submarine underwater ballistic missile in 2015. KCNA Photo
North Korea’s continued testing of nuclear weapons and expanded submarine-launched ballistic missiles threaten not only the South Korea, United States forces on the peninsula, and Japan but the global community, one of Seoul’s senior defense acquisition planners told a Washington forum Monday. Read More
U.S. Forces Korea Nominee: North Korea is ‘Moving in the Wrong Direction’
North Korean Infantry parade in Pyongyang. Korean Central News Agency Photo
North Korea is “moving in the wrong direction” with its escalating approach to crisis on the peninsula and in the region while voicing threats of nuclear attack on the United States and its allies and partners, the Army four-star general nominated to take command of U.S. forces in Korea told the Senate Armed Services Committee on Tuesday. Read More
U.S. Official: North Korean Submarine is Missing, Presumed Sunk
Kim Jong Un in the conning tower of what appears to be a Project 633 diesel submarine. KCNA Photo
This post was updated with additional information on the North Korean submarine force.
A North Korean People’s Navy submarine is missing and presumed sunk, a U.S. official told USNI News on Friday. Read More
Panel: North Korea Unwilling to Give Up Nuclear Weapons, Democratize in Ongoing Negotiations
Kim Jong Un only wants talks under terms and conditions that don’t require him to democratize or scuttle his nuclear weapons program, a former top security adviser to the Republic of Korea’s president said Wednesday. Read More
Kim Jong Un Tours a North Korean Submarine, Instructs Skipper on Navigation
Kim Jong Un stands in the sail of what appears to be a Project 633 diesel submarine. KCNA Photo
The leader of North Korea called for his country to expand its underwater warfare capability in the face of so-called western aggression, according to a press release from the state controlled Korean Central News Agency.
