North Korea sending more troops to fight for Russia, Seoul says
Ukrainian troops holding positions in Kursk say the North Koreans have reappeared on the battlefield and become even more formidable foes.
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Japan’s Struggle to Resolve North Korean Abductions
Japan’s decades-long struggle to resolve the abduction issue faces another setback as families oppose the government’s latest strategy of opening new liaison offices.
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Assured distraction: How attacks on South Korea’s nuclear reactors could be a smoke screen for wider conflict
An attack on South Korean reactors or spent fuel storage pools would release large amounts of radioactivity and cause massive evacuations, diverting attention from a possible strategic crisis in East Asia.
North Korea appears close to completing its first airborne early warning aircraft
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea appears close to completing its first airborne early warning aircraft, satellite imagery showed, an asset that experts say will sharply bolster the country’s air force power when it’s deployed.
North Korea vs South Korea set to escalate? US carrier docks in Seoul after North's missile tests
US aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea after North Korea test-fired missiles
It said it was the first U.S. aircraft carrier to travel to South Korea since June. The deployment of the carrier is expected to infuriate North Korea, which views temporary deplo
US aircraft carrier visits South Korea in show of force against North Korea
To counter Trump threat, China can help North Korea denuclearise
A potentially disastrous carrot-and-stick US approach to Pyongyang is China's chance to play a key role in a better future for North Korea US President Donald Trump is playing a critical role in ending the war in Ukraine through a carrot-and-stick strategy,
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Peace, both for Ukraine and North Korea too?
As Trump seeks to bring an end to the Ukrainian conflict, at the Asian end of the Eurasia less known peace-restoring movements are underway.
Trump Says Japan and South Korea Want to Invest in $44 Billion Gas Project
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Japan and South Korea in the Age of ‘America First’
Trump Says Japan and South Korea Want to Partner With the US in Alaska Pipeline
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Russia using more North Korea-made missiles in Ukraine
TOKYO – Since Russia and North Korea signed their mutual defense treaty in June last year, the number of missiles fired by the Russian military against Ukraine that are believed to have been made in North Korea has increased sharply. Moscow fired 74 such ...
How North Korea’s role in Russia’s war undermines the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
Behavior in this war, not just of Moscow and Kyiv but of other states as well, has been conditioned by Russia’s possession and Ukraine’s lack of weapons of mass destruction. Russia holds the world’s largest arsenal of nuclear warheads,