Korea JoongAng Daily on MSN

North Korea absent from NSS as US pivots to Taiwan and Indo-Pacific

In its latest National Security Strategy (NSS), the White House called on South Korea and other allies to increase defense spending— but notably made no mention of North Korea.
Yonhap News Agency on MSN

(3rd LD) (News Focus) New US strategy raises questions over S Korea's security, its role in broader Indo-Pacific

Korea security WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (Yonhap) -- From reasserting American heft in the Western Hemisphere to prioritizing Taiwan ...
Reuters

Top diplomats from US, South Korea, Japan voice concern on Taiwan Strait

SEOUL, Sept 23 (Reuters) - The foreign ministers of South Korea, Japan and the United States expressed concern about increasingly frequent destabilising activities around Taiwan in a joint statement ...
CNN

North Korea has a secret missile base that poses a ‘potential nuclear threat’ to the US, new report says

North Korea has a secret, previously unreported missile base near its northern border with China, which could pose a “potential nuclear threat” to much of East Asia and the United States, according to ...
Foreign Affairs

China’s North Korea Problem

Since talks collapsed between U.S. President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Hanoi, in 2019, North Korea’s reckless drive for long-range nuclear capabilities has fueled tensions on ...

Japan debates nuclear policy amid rising threats

Japan's ruling party is considering scrapping its non-nuclear principles as tensions with China and North Korea escalate, ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

How North Korea outsmarts US intelligence agencies—and what they should do to adapt

In the summer of 2017, the United States learned a humbling lesson. For years, American intelligence agencies had assessed that North Korea would need several more years—until 2020 or even 2022—before ...
Reuters

Hegseth says US-South Korea alliance focused on North Korea but 'flexibility' needed

SEOUL, Nov 4 (Reuters) - The United States will look at "flexibility" for U.S. troops stationed in South Korea to operate against regional threats, but the core of the alliance with Seoul will remain ...
The Diplomat

North Korea Denounces South Korea-US Joint Fact Sheet

U.S. President Donald Trump hosts a bilateral meeting with President Lee Jae-myung of South Korea in the Oval Office, Aug. 25, 2025. Credit: Official White House Photo by Daniel Torok The Korean ...
The National Interest

The US–South Korea Alliance Needs a New Strategic Vision

If it is to endure, the US–South Korea alliance must evolve from a narrow, cost-sharing security pact into a multidimensional strategic partnership. The global order is at an inflection point. For ...

Japan government report expresses alarm at ‘new world order’ of these three ally nations

The China Security Report 2026, released by the National Institute for Defence Studies (NIDS) in Tokyo, argued that the strategic partnership among the three countries is becoming increasingly ...