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North denounces upcoming key South-U.S. military exercise

North Korea framed the Ulchi Freedom Shield exercise as the United States' effort to master modern warfare tactics and stressed that it will "absolutely defend the supreme interests of the state security."

2026.8.14

United States lists Korea as China transshipment risk

A White House report listed Korea, along with Japan, Taiwan and the EU, as a pathway for China-linked goods to potentially evade U.S. tariffs.

2026.8.13

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A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency shows a test fire of sea-to-surface strategic cruise missiles conducted by the North Korean Missile General Administration at an unconfirmed location in North Korea, on Oct. 28 2025. [EPA/YONHAP]

U.S. military reaffirms defense commitment to Asian allies after North Korean missile launches

U.S. Indo-Pacific Command on Tuesday reaffirmed America's defense commitment to regional allies, hours after North Korea fired multiple close-range ballistic missiles and artillery rockets toward the Yellow Sea.

2026.5.27

U.S. Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth speaks during the Reagan National Defense Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library in Simi Valley, California on Dec. 6. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

Hegseth says 'special favor' for 'model allies' like Korea, consequences for those failing to do their part

U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Saturday that "model allies" like South Korea that step up for their own defense will get a "special favor" from Washington, while warning of "consequences" for those that fail to do so.

2025.12.7

What does Trump’s victory tell us?

It will be exhausting and at times alarming for American allies, but the two thirds of Americans who say the country’s best days are still ahead can still be proven right.

2024.11.18

Yoon’s allies on the tightrope

Political Extended deterrence May be what YOON desperately needs now.

2024.7.28

From right: the ROKS Yulgok Yi I from South Korea, the USS Benfold from the United States and the JS Atago from Japan conduct a missile defense exercise in the East Sea on Monday morning. [REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY]

South Korea, U.S., Japan kick off missile defense exercise in East Sea

South Korea, the United States and Japan kicked off a trilateral missile defense exercise in the East Sea on Monday to strengthen deterrence in the face of North Korea's military threats, South Korea's Navy said.

2023.4.17

A U.S. B-52 Stratofortress bomber flies alongside three F-22 Raptor stealth bombers and a C-17 Globemaster transport aircraft in the distance during a training mission near the Korean Peninsula on Dec. 20. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

U.S. flaunts deterrence capabilities in exercise near Korean Peninsula

Two U.S. B-52 bombers participated in a three-day exercise near the Korean Peninsula to highlight the U.S. military's extended deterrence capabilities in the western Pacific, according to the U.S. Pacific Air Force Command on Friday.

2022.12.25

Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup addresses a meeting of top military brass at the Defense Ministry in Yongsan District, central Seoul on Wednesday. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

Training scenarios to be adjusted as North threat evolves

South Korea and the United States will implement training scenarios that account for advances in North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs in their field exercises next year, according to the South Korean defense ministry.

2022.12.22

The South Korean military conducts a live-fire drill in Hwacheon, Gangwon on Oct. 28. [YONHAP]

North fires artillery to react to South-U.S. drills

North Korea's military fired some 90 artillery shells into the maritime buffer zone in the East Sea Tuesday afternoon, which South Korean defense officials denounced as a violation of an inter-Korean military agreement.

2022.12.6