US Army soldier Travis King, who fled to North Korea, pleads guilty to desertion

A U.S. Army soldier who was briefly detained by North Korea after crossing the DMZ last year pleaded guilty Friday to four other charges, including desertion and assaulting an officer, and was sentenced to 12 months in prison. A military court judge at Fort Bliss, Texas, reportedly told King that if he did not plead […]

North Korea Debuts Ballistic Missile with ‘Super-Large Conventional Warhead’

North Korean state media claimed Thursday that dictatorial leader Kim Jong Un had successfully overseen the test of a new “tactical ballistic missile” capable of carrying a “super-large” warhead. The test is the latest in a series of increasingly belligerent and frequent actions aimed at intimidating rivals South Korea and the U.S. In the past […]

North Korea launches wave of trash balloons toward South Korea

North Korea launched a new series of “trash balloons” towards its southern neighbor on Wednesday night, local media reported. Korean Yonhap News North Korea has reportedly launched more than 160 balloons loaded with garbage across the southern border. The report quoted South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) as saying it had found dozens of […]

South Korea Removes Chinese-Made Cameras from Military Bases

South Korean military personnel said More than 1,300 Chinese-made surveillance cameras have been removed from military bases, including one near the North Korean border, after South Korea belatedly discovered the cameras were capable of transmitting information to China, Yonhap News Agency reported Friday. The official also asserted that “no data was actually leaked” from the […]

North Korea Shows Off Uranium Enrichment Complex for First Time

North Korea on Friday released photos of communist dictator Kim Jong Un inspecting the country's “nuclear weapons laboratory,” where uranium is reportedly being enriched to fulfill Kim's call for a “dramatic” expansion of the country's nuclear arsenal. Kim Toured According to the regime's main propaganda outlet, Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim inspected the enrichment […]

South Korea accuses North Korea of launching more trash balloons into its space

South Korea on Thursday accused North Korea of ​​launching more trash balloons across the border. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said they found about 420 balloons between Wednesday evening and early Thursday morning, with about 20 discovered so far in the South Korean capital Seoul and nearby Gyeonggi province. A balloon is seen from […]