The US and South Korea on Tuesday agreed to ramp up joint military exercises, a step that will raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula and likely provoke more North Korean weapons tests. The agreement was reached while Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin was in Seoul and...
The White House said Tuesday that the US and South Korea are stepping up cooperation and preparing a coordinated response to any potential "nuclear use" by North Korea. According to AFP, a National Security Council spokesperson said President Biden and South Korean...
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has said that Seoul is in talks with the US on holding joint exercises with US nuclear forces, a move that would significantly raise tensions on the Korean Peninsula. Yoon's comments came a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong-un...
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on Sunday called for an "exponential" increase in the production of nuclear weapons as tensions continue to soar on the Korean Peninsula. In a statement released by North Korea's state media, Kim said that Pyongyang must bolster its...
The US on Thursday imposed sanctions on three North Korean officials said to be tied to the country's weapons programs following Pyongyang's November 18 ICBM test. Since North Korea is under such heavy sanctions, the measures will have little impact, but they will...
Tensions continue to flare on the Korean peninsula as the US and South Korea staged another show of force after North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). US B-1B Lancer hypersonic bombers and F16s joined South Korean F-35As in a flight on...
Two US supersonic B-1B bombers flew over South Korea on Saturday, marking the first time the bombers were deployed to the region since 2017 as tensions continue to rise on the Korean peninsula. The bombers participated in the last day of massive aerial war games the...
The US and South Korea are extending massive aerial war games after North Korea put on a massive show of force in response to the drills. Washington and Seoul started their Vigilant Storm exercises on Monday, which were initially scheduled to run 24 hours a day for...
Wendy Sherman was in Tokyo
Kim could respond with a nuclear test
