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On May 27th, Japanese, South Korean, and Chinese leaders released a statement in which they restated their commitment to promoting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida attended the summit. The leaders made the statements during the 9th Trilateral Summit between the countries in Seoul,...

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said that the military detected the suspected launch of the space rocket from the Sohae Satellite Launch site. The rocket reportedly carried North Korea's second military reconnaissance satellite. The JCS said the projectile was detected in multiple pieces in the country's waters two minutes after its launch at 10:44 p.m. local time. North Korea...

South Korea claims North Korean nuclear and missile threats undermine regional peace and stability after Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov denounced joint South Korean drills with Japan and the United States on Thursday, May 23rd. At a Shanghai Cooperation Organization meeting on Monday, May 20th, Lavrov claimed that the United States and its allies are "aggravating the security situation in...