Military affairs
Information related to military issues in North and South Korea
Kim Jong Un says orphans school is key military tool in latest visit
North Korean leaders have long used Mangyongdae Revolutionary School to mold talent and shore up party’s power base
North Korea fires hundreds of artillery rounds in latest drills near border: JCS
Seoul says DPRK breached 2018 military deal after detecting artillery fire on east and west coasts
Yoon says North Korean artillery fire breached inter-Korean military agreement
Presidential office says future of 2018 deal will depend on DPRK’s ‘attitude,’ as some lawmakers call for scraping it
South Korea to conduct field training based on North Korean threat scenarios
US forces will join two weeks of drills, as DPRK cites exercises as justification for missile launches
South Korea announces first unilateral sanctions on North Korea in five years
New designations on over 30 persons and organizations are response to DPRK’s recent missile ‘provocations,’ Seoul says
North Korea test-fires missile and conducts military drills near border: JCS
Seoul says air force and artillery drills violate military deal; DPRK accuses ROK of firing artillery at ‘front line’
Kim Jong Un says children must join military drills, construct apartments
North Korean leader demands country raise ‘loyalists’ from young age in latest push to improve ideological controls
North Korea says it tested long-range cruise missiles to boost ‘nuclear forces’
Seoul did not previously announce test, which DPRK says it conducted over West Sea in ‘warning to the enemy’
North Korean ambassador denounces US nuclear umbrella as ‘blackmail’
Kim Song’s remarks at UN come as conservative lawmakers broach possibility of Seoul arming itself with nuclear weapons
US says it wants to ‘transition’ from provocation to engagement with North Korea
State Department says allies will emphasize deterrence until negotiations resume