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Does Washington’s six-month restriction on North Korea intelligence sharing reflect a fixable counterintelligence lapse or eroding alliance trust?

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North Korea is withholding the DMZ landmine blast from its domestic audience, a clear shift from past responses that raises questions about escalation control and information strategy.

North Korea's decision to send thousands of special forces to Russia marks a shift from arms supplies to direct battlefield involvement.

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South Korea’s military and UN Command determined North Korea deliberately planted resin anti-personnel mines south of the Military Demarcation Line,...

The USS Pueblo remains the only commissioned U.S. Navy vessel in enemy custody, now a maintained museum exhibit in Pyongyang that North Korea uses to...

Washington is pressing Seoul to meet alliance standards on intelligence security after leaks, while Seoul insists cooperation stays active and...

The U.S. could seize the initiative in any resumed talks with North Korea through the U.S.-South Korea alliance's robust military deterrence and improved intelligence inflows, despite Pyongyang's tougher negotiating stance.

Is Pyongyang's vow to exponentially grow its nuclear arsenal a defensive move or a warning of reduced room for talks?

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South Korean media reported US restrictions on intelligence sharing with Seoul, limited to North Korean missiles after a uranium facility disclosure,...

The 2015 US denial of four key technologies forced South Korea to develop its own AESA radar, IRST, targeting pod and jammer, raising domestic content...

Jenny Town of 38 North argues that denuclearization has become an 'increasingly improbable' goal, urging Washington and allies to redirect efforts...

US restrictions on North Korea intelligence sharing with Seoul, plus the proposed exclusion of the NIS from trilateral cyber threat cooperation, could...

Restricting U.S. intelligence sharing with South Korea to missile-related information risks creating blind spots for Seoul in detecting Pyongyang's broader military moves.

South Korea's first homegrown hypersonic glide vehicle test signals a calibrated deterrence step after North Korea's claim.

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A renewed Trump-Kim summit could realistically target a nuclear freeze or arms-control measures given Pyongyang’s estimated 50 warheads, rather than...

The repatriation of North Korean POWs from Ukraine has erupted into a bitter South Korean partisan fight over defectors and ties with Pyongyang.

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North Korea has activated its military parade training site ahead of the October 10 holiday, according to NK News reporting.

North Korea slammed the US “2026 Trafficking in Persons Report” as a “vicious and malicious” bid to politicize and weaponize human rights, labeling it part of Washington’s hostile policy. This stance deepens the deadlock in US–North Korea relations.

Despite the $350 billion investment deal, intelligence friction has stalled security talks on nuclear submarines and wartime control. Washington...

President Lee Jae Myung's public oversight of South Korea's first domestically developed hypersonic missile test underscores Seoul's push for...