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By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith, Reuters Oct 10, 2020

North Korea unveils ‘monster’ new intercontinental ballistic missile at parade

North Korea unveiled previously unseen intercontinental ballistic missiles at an unprecedented predawn military parade on Saturday that showcased the country's...
By Jon Herskovitz, Bloomberg News Sep 26, 2020

Kim Jong Un may be planning an ‘October surprise’

This guy.
By Jesse Johnson, Japan Times Sep 21, 2020

The US and North Korea came much closer to war than previously thought, book claims

At the height of the North Korean nuclear crisis in 2017, then-U.S. defense chief Jim Mattis feared Washington and Pyongyang...
By Jesse Johnson, Japan Times Sep 21, 2020

The US and North Korea came much closer to war than previously thought, book claims

At the height of the North Korean nuclear crisis in 2017, then-U.S. defense chief Jim Mattis feared Washington and Pyongyang...
By David Choi, Business Insider Sep 9, 2020

James Mattis reportedly slept in his clothes to be ready for North Korea’s missile launches

Former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis slept in his clothes because of North Korea's missile launches amid the U.S.'s rocky relations...
By David Brunnstrom, Reuters Sep 5, 2020

Satellite photos suggest North Korea may be preparing launch of submarine missile

Satellite imagery of a North Korean shipyard on Friday shows activity suggestive of preparations for a test of a medium-range...
By Noah Bierman, Los Angeles Times Aug 25, 2020

North Korea was Trump’s chief foreign policy boast. Things have only gotten worse on his watch

Days before Donald Trump was sworn in as president, Barack Obama gave him an urgent warning: North Korea was a...
By Sangmi Cha and Josh Smith, Reuters Aug 20, 2020

Kim Jong Un’s sister is North Korea’s ‘de facto second-in-command,’ South Korean lawmaker says

South Korea's intelligence agency believes that Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is serving...
By Hyonhee Shin, Reuters Aug 12, 2020

South Korea, US to hold smaller military drills due to coronavirus

The program involves thousands of soldiers from both sides, though it is largely focused on computerized simulations rather than live...
By Michelle Nichols, Reuters Aug 4, 2020

North Korea has ‘probably’ developed nuclear devices to fit ballistic missiles, UN report says

North Korea is pressing on with its nuclear weapons program and several countries believe it has "probably developed miniaturized nuclear...
By Jared Keller Jul 28, 2020

Flanked by pistol-packing generals, Kim Jong Un appears ready to drop the hottest diss track of 2020

Kim Jong Un has a clear message for his generals: throw ya guns in the air like you just don't...
By Sangmi Cha, Reuters Jul 2, 2020

Kim Jong-un claims he has totally stopped the coronavirus

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a meeting of the politburo of the ruling Workers Party...
By Jeff Schogol Jun 27, 2020

Here are the biggest national security challenges that Trump or Biden will face after the presidential election

To whoever wins the presidential election, I offer a quote from the immortal Leslie Nielsen: “Good luck. We're all counting...
By Richard Sisk, Military.com Jun 24, 2020

US returns remains of 147 soldiers in largest-ever Korean War repatriation

"Our missing and unaccounted for service members are entitled to one certainty — that they will never be forgotten"
By Josh Smith, Reuters Jun 24, 2020

North Korea suspends military action plans against South Korea

North Korea has decided to suspend military action plans against South Korea, the official KCNA news agency reported on Wednesday,...
By Ellen Ioanes, Business Insider Jun 17, 2020

Kim Jong Un has quietly built a 7,000-man cyber army that gives North Korea an edge nuclear weapons don’t

"This is not hacking; this is cyber warfare"
By Hyonhee Shin, Reuters Jun 16, 2020

North Korea blows up liaison office with South Korea amid escalating tensions

North Korea blew up and destroyed an inter-Korean liaison office in its border city of Kaesong on Tuesday, South Korea...
By Reuters Staff Jun 15, 2020

North Korea threatens to enter DMZ and ‘turn the front line into a fortress’

SEOUL (Reuters) – North Korea's army is ready to take action if defector groups push ahead with their campaign to...
By Reuters Staff Jun 14, 2020

North Korea threatens retaliation after defectors send rice, anti-North leaflets from South Korea

North Korean defectors in South Korea have been sending rice and anti-North Korea leaflets across the border.
By Victoria Kim, Los Angeles Times Jun 9, 2020

North Korea cuts off contact with South Korea

After days of increasingly hostile rhetoric, North Korea on Tuesday said it was cutting off all communication with South Korea,...
By Hyonhee Shin and Josh Smith, Reuters May 26, 2020

Both Koreas violated 1953 armistice agreement in DMZ shooting, UN Command says

Cool. Cool cool cool.
By Reuters Staff May 24, 2020

North Korea’s Kim Jong Un, in first appearance in weeks, vows to bolster nuclear ‘deterrence’

The meeting focused on measures to "reliably contain the persistent big or small military threats from the hostile forces."
By Reuters Staff May 3, 2020

South Korean official says reports that North Korea’s Kim Jong Un had surgery are false

"Our assessment is that (Kim) did not undergo surgery."
By Reuters Staff May 3, 2020

Pompeo says shots fired by North Korea across border with South Korea were ‘accidental’

"We think those are accidental. South Koreans did return fire. So far as we can tell, there was no loss...
By Reuters Staff May 1, 2020

Kim Jong-un reportedly makes first public appearance in weeks

He's baaaacccckkkk

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