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South Korea's Population Crisis Shrinks Military Amid Threat From North
Micah McCartney is a reporter for Newsweek based in Taipei, Taiwan. He covers U.S.-China relations, East Asian and Southeast ...
North Korea issues warning over "provocative" US drills with Seoul
North Korea has said upcoming U.S. and South Korean military drills are a "serious challenge" to peace on the Korean ...
What’s behind North Korea’s ‘unusual’ reaction to US-South Korea drills?
Observers say they’re surprised by Pyongyang’s shift in tone towards the Ulchi Freedom Shield drills, which begin on August ...
North Korea warns of ‘negative consequences’ for U.S.-S. Korea military drills
North Korea's defense chief on Monday condemned an upcoming large-scale joint military exercise between the United States and ...
North Korea Warns of Reprisal Against South Korea-US Drills Despite Signs of Tensions Easing
North Korea routinely denounces military drills by the South and the United States, having called some previous exercises "a rehearsal" for nuclear war on the Korean peninsula, even as Pyongyang ...
North Korea is removing some of its speakers from their tense border, South Korea military says
Seoul, South Korea - South Korea's military said Saturday it detected North Korea removing some of its loudspeakers from the ...
North Korea’s Next Leader?
She holds no known official title in North Korea. The outside world has never heard her voice. The North’s state media has ...
South Korea military shrinks by 20% due to low birthrate
South Korea's military has shrunk to about 450,000 people - a decline of 20% over the last six years, according to a defence ...
Will South Korea’s Conciliatory Gesture to North Korea Help Thaw Tensions?
Relations between the two Koreas were at an all time low in years under South Korea’s former President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was ...
North Korea starts dismantling some border loudspeakers, South Korea says
The military said further confirmation was needed on whether the dismantling was taking place across all areas.
North And South Korea Are Reunified In Syeyoung Park’s Locarno Competition Title ‘The Fin’ — First Trailer
EXCLUSIVE: Korean filmmaker debuts his genre feature The Fin today in Competition at Locarno. You can watch the film’s first ...
South Korea military shrinks by 20% due to record low birthrate
South Korea's military has shrunk to about 450,000 people - a decline of 20% over the last six years, according to a defense ...