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In this Friday, April 27, 2018, file photo, North Korean security persons run by a car carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un return to the North side for a lunch break after a morning meeting with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the border village of Panmunjom in Demilitarized Zone. When Kim returned to the northern side of Panmunjom, a dozen bodyguards, all wearing black suits and blue ties, surrounded the vehicle and jogged beside it as it made its way to the North.
Opinion
What Kim Jong Un’s Crazy Elite Bodyguards Teach Us About Threat Deterrence
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, right, poses with South Korean President Moon Jae-in for a photo at the border village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone Friday, April 27, 2018. Kim made history Friday by crossing over the world's most heavily armed border to greet his rival, Moon, for talks on North Korea's nuclear weapons.
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A starboard view of the guided missile destroyer USS MAHAN (DDG-42) anchored in the harbor.
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Analysis
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This image made from video of an Aug. 14, 2017, still image broadcast in a news bulletin on Tuesday, Aug. 15, 2017, by North Korea's KRT shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un receiving a briefing in Pyongyang. North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un was briefed on his military's plans to launch missiles in waters near Guam days after the Korean People's Army announced its preparing to create "enveloping fire" near the U.S. military hub in the Pacific. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this photo.
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US Hints At Naval Blockade, North Korea Threatens Nuclear War
Alex Lockie, Business Insider
U.S. Marines with 2nd Battalion 5th Marine Regiment, Echo Company, Battalion Landing Team, 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit calls radio checks during beach assaults during Korea Marine Exercise Program (KMEP) at Republic of Korea landing site, Pohang, Republic of South Korea, April 3, 2017.
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Did North Korean Hackers Steal US-ROK Plans To Kill Kim Jong Un?
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Analysis
Could North Korea’s Submarines Sink The US Navy In A War?
Kyle Mizokami, The National Interest
Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis talks with U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Stephen Townsend, the commander of Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve, during a flight in Baghdad, Iraq, Aug. 22, 2017.
News
Mattis Warns Of ‘Overwhelming’ Military Response To North Korea
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The guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) steams in the Pacific while a B-52 bomber drops ordnance during a joint-service exercise.
Opinion
The USS McCain Tragedy Has A Dire Impact On US Missile Defenses
Aaron Barruga
U.S. Army Spc. Justin Maurer Alpha Battery, 2nd Battalion, 1st Air Defense Artillery Regiment patriot missile operator and maintainer, guides a fork lift while maneuvering dummy munitions on a patriot missile system at Kunsan Air Base, Republic of Korea, July 27, 2017.
News
Army Is Updating Its Missile Defense System To Protect South Korea From Nukes
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers assigned to the 37th Expeditionary Bomb Squadron (EBS), deployed from Ellsworth Air Force Base (AFB), S.D., fly over Andersen AFB, Guam, July 26, 2017.
News
As North Korea Threatens Guam, US Runs Joint Bomber Drills… Out Of Guam
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News
North Korea’s ICBM Tests May Be A Bluff To Hide This Deeper Threat
Alex Lockie, Business Insider
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Humor
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