Every military resource the US has, including nuclear arms, will be available to its ally South Korea in the confrontation with its northern neighbor, US Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter pledged in Seoul. “We remain steadfast to our commitment to extended deterrence offered by the US nuclear umbrella,” Carter said after talks with South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-Jin. “We’ll... 

Russian Iskander high-precision missile system The United Stated is abandoning a key part of its Eastern European missile defense plan due to development problems and funding, Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has announced. The focus, he said, will be shifted to perceived threats from North Korea. Interceptors in Poland and Romania, the deployment of which had been the source of heavy criticism from... 

A US Navy F/A-18 Super Hornet fighter lands on the deck of an aircraft carrier during joint military drills between the US and South Korea in the Yellow Sea, southwest of Seoul, on June 24, 2012. South Korea and the United States have continued joint military drills amid rising tensions on the divided Korean Peninsula. South Korean and US military forces took part in a joint base defense training operation... 

North Korea has announced it has withdrawn from the 60-year armistice that ended the Korean War. As Pyongyang threatens military action, South Koreans fearing war have begun to stock up on food and other basic needs. “[The US and South Korea] would be well advised to keep in mind that the armistice agreement is no longer valid and [North Korea] is not restrained by the North-South declaration on... 

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un China says it will not abandon North Korea and sanctions are not the ‘fundamental way’ to resolve the issues pertaining to North Korea, despite Beijing’s support for a recent UN resolution against Pyongyang. Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said at a news conference on Saturday that Beijing’s backing of a new series of UN sanctions against Pyongyang should... 

North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waving to soldiers. North Korea says the latest series of UN sanctions against the East Asian nation which Pyongyang “totally rejects” will make its nuclear and missile programs stronger. The North Korean foreign ministry said in a statement on Saturday that the embargoes would lead Pyongyang to reinforce its status “as a nuclear weapons state and satellite launcher.” On... 

A grim Ministry of Defense (MOD) “URGENT ACTION” bulletin to all Strategic Missile Forces (SMF) is warning these nuclear units to prepare for “Dead Hand” operations over growing fears that at least 5 atomic-bomb equipped North Korean submarines have “successfully evaded” US Naval Forces and are preparing to strike targets in South Korea, Japan and North America. According to this MOD bulletin,... 

Pyongyang announced Friday that it is nullifying non-aggression pacts with South Korea and cutting the hotline with its neighbor. It comes after the UN Security Council adopted a resolution expanding sanctions against North Korea. North Korea “abrogates all agreements on non-aggression reached between the North and the South,” the state-run Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of Korea... 

File photo shows a North Korean soldier saluting in front of the Unha-3 rocket at Sohae Satellite Station. North Korea has vowed to launch a ‘preemptive’ nuclear strike against the US to defend itself in the event that Washington ignites a nuclear war. “Since the United States is about to ignite a nuclear war, we will be exercising our right to preemptive nuclear attack against the headquarters... 

A North Korean missile is displayed during a military parade in Pyongyang. North Korea says Washington should be ‘acutely aware’ that the US mainland is within the range of Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons. A member of the Korean National Peace Committee said in an article posted on the official website Uriminzokkiri on Wednesday that Washington should be “acutely aware that the US mainland is now... 

North Korea’s Leader Kim Jong Un among military authorities. US officials have made two clandestine trips to North Korea in the past year in efforts to sway its new and younger leader Kim Jong Un into softening his nation’s stance towards Washington. The brief visits in April and August by a White House official and other US authorities were aimed at encouraging the new leadership to moderate... 

North Korea has threatened the South with ‘final destruction’ during a debate at the UN Conference on Disarmament on Tuesday following an underground nuclear test, Reuters reports. The North has warned that it could take “second and third steps” after a nuclear test conducted on February 12. “As the saying goes, a new born puppy knows no fear of a tiger. South Korea’s... 

On February 12, North Korea announced that it had successfully carried out its third underground nuclear test Iran’s Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has rejected media claims about the presence of an Iranian expert at the site of North Korea’s recent nuclear test. “The source of the report is not valid,” Mehmanparast said during his weekly press conference on Tuesday. On February... 

Over 100,000 people gathered in Pyongyang to hail the success of a recent nuclear test. Reports have surfaced that North Korea is expanding a rocket launching site, reigniting fears Pyongyang is close to mounting a warhead on a ballistic missile. Troops and civilians alike flooded into Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung central square on Thursday to celebrate the successful launch, Korean News Agency (KCNA)... 

The UN Security Council is expected to hold a meeting on the nuclear activities of North Korea following a confirmation by Pyongyang that it had “successfully” carried out its third underground atomic test. “A third nuclear test has been successfully staged,” the state-run North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Tuesday. It added that the nuclear test was of a “miniaturized” device...