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South Korean Air Force and the United States Forces in Korea conduct a joint drill on April 15. [NEWS1]

North denounces U.S. for deploying B-1B strategic bombers to Japan

North Korea on Friday denounced the United States for deploying B-1B strategic bombers to Japan, arguing that such deployment would pose a threat to security in the region.

2025.4.25

Two U.S. B-1B bombers stage joint drills with South Korean and U.S. fighter jets over the Korean Peninsula on April 15. [NEWS1]

North Korea slams B-1B bomber deployment, protracted standoff with U.S. appears likely

North Korea has condemned the recent deployment of U.S. B-1B strategic bombers to the South Korean Peninsula and threatened to demonstrate "overwhelming deterrence" in response.

2025.4.17

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South Korea and the United States conduct joint air drills in a show of force against North Korean military threats on Feb. 20. [MINISTRY OF NATIONAL DEFENSE]

South Korea, United States conduct joint air drills with B-1B bomber

South Korea and the United States held joint air drills with B-1B bombers, F-35A and F-16 fighters to enhance deterrence against North Korea's threats and improve military interoperability.

2025.4.15

A U.S. B-1B heavy supersonic bomber, first from left, flies accompanied by F-15K jets from the South Korean Air Force, center, F-16 jets from the U.S. Air Force, top right, and F-2 jets from the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, lower left, over waters east of Jeju Island on Sunday. [U.S. AIR FORCE]

South, U.S., Japan stage joint air drills in response to North's ICBM launch

South Korea, the United States and Japan staged joint air drills on Sunday in response to North Korea's recent launch of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), according to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).

2024.11.3

A U.S. B-1B supersonic strategic bomber, left, flies under escort from South Korean F-15K multirole fighters in the skies above the Korean Peninsula during a joint bombing drill held on Wednesday. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

U.S. B-1B bomber holds bombing drill in South Korea for first time in 7 years

A U.S. B-1B bomber took part in a bombing exercise in South Korea for the first time in seven years on Wednesday, a day after Seoul announced it would stop abiding by an inter-Korean military pact in response to multiple "provocations" by Pyongyang.

2024.6.5

Two U.S. B-1B strategic bombers are seen escorted by South Korean F-15K, U.S. F-16 and Japanese F-2 fighter jets in an aerial exercise over waters east of Jeju Island on Wednesday. [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF]

B-1B bombers deployed as trilateral aerial exercise sends message to North

South Korea, the United States and Japan held a trilateral aerial exercise involving U.S. B-1B strategic bombers over the Korean Peninsula Wednesday in response to North Korea's intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch earlier this week.

2023.12.20

In this photo released on Thursday by Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency, regime leader Kim Jong-un reviews the North's war plans during his visit to a command post of the Korean People's Army on Tuesday. [YONHAP]

North practices striking, occupying South in command post exercise

North Korea conducted a command post exercise to rehearse striking and invading South Korean territory, Pyongyang's state media reported Thursday, the same day that Seoul and Washington concluded their 11-day joint exercise.

2023.8.31

Two U.S. B-1B strategic bombers fly in the center of a formation alongside South Korean F-35A stealth fighters (above) and U.S. F-16 fighters (below) during a joint air force drill in tge skies above the Korean Peninsula on Sunday after the North launched a suspected short-range ballistic missile. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

North fires missile into East Sea ahead of UN meeting

North Korea fired a ballistic missile that landed in the East Sea, according to South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff on Sunday, ahead of a scheduled United Nations Security Council meeting in New York on Monday to discuss the North's missile launches.

2023.3.19

In footage broadcast by the North's state-controlled Korean Central Television, a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is launched from a transporter erector launcher at Sunan Airport in Pyongyang on Saturday. [YONHAP]

North conducts 'surprise launching drill' of ICBM, vows tit-for-tat responses to South

North Korea conducted a “surprise launching drill” of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and vowed heightened tit-for-tat responses to deterrence measures by South Korea and the United States, state media reported Sunday.

2023.2.19

Two U.S. B-1B supersonic stealth bombers (upper right) are flanked by four U.S. F-16 fighters and four South Korea F-35A stealth fighters during the Vigilant Storm exercise on Saturday. [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF]

Vigilant Storm ends with more North Korean missile launches

North Korea maintained its barrage of missile launches with four more on Saturday morning as the United States flew two B-1B supersonic strategic bombers over the Korean Peninsula on the last day of a high-profile joint exercise with South Korea.

2022.11.6