Waters cold, tensions hot

A K21 armored vehicle from the Capital Mechanized Infantry Division navigates a frozen river in Pocheon, Gyeonggi. The South Korean military drill coincided with North Korea launching multiple cruise missiles into the Yellow Sea on the same day.

2024-01-24

South scraps maritime buffer zone after North fires artillery shells

The South Korean military said the buffer zone outlined in the 2018 inter-Korean has become invalid since North Korea fired artillery over the past three days. This buffer zone extends 135 kilometers (83.8 miles) in the West Sea.

2024-01-08

North Korea continues artillery shell firings for second consecutive day

North Korea launched an additional 60 artillery shells into the West Sea on Saturday.

2024-01-06

South Korea fires 400 artillery shells in response to North's provocation

K9 howitzers and tanks stationed on Yeonpyeong Island participated in the exercise.

2024-01-05

Island residents frustrated by delayed warning alert after North Korean shelling

“I clearly heard an explosive noise around 10 a.m. from home,” said Kim Jin-soo, a resident of Baengnyeong Island bordering North Korea. “I didn't know it was North Korea. I thought our military was conducting a military exercise.”

2024-01-05

How will the North provoke the South this time?

There is a high possibility that inter-Korean relations and the situation on the Korean Peninsula will be unstable in the new year, just like the uncertainties of the South’s April general election and the U.S. presidential election.

2024-01-01

North, U.S., Russia trade barbs at UN Security Council

Delegates of Pyongyang and Washington engaged in a war of words on Monday at the first UN Security Council meeting following North Korea’s spy satellite launch…

2023-11-28

Using all resources to deal with the North

We must sternly deal with North Korea if it resorts to a military provocation again.

2023-11-22

North Korea fires ballistic missiles during Kim Jong-un's visit to Russia

The launch comes during Kim Jong-un’s visit to Russia for a summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, which was confirmed later in the day, with the details of the meeting undisclosed.

2023-09-13

Evidence of aggression

Weapons and equipment used by North Korean agents, including a transceiver used by the 31 commandos who nearly infiltrated the Blue House on Jan. 21, 1968, displayed on the third floor of the War Memorial of Korea in Yongsan, Seoul.

2023-09-07

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