Tag: South Korea

This article was originally posted as part of the Atlas Newsletter. The Atlas Newsletter is a weekly journal released every Monday, highlighting the major events of the previous week in brief detail. Subscribe for free here.  The Prime Minister of Japan and the President of the Republic of Korea met...

On Tuesday of last week, Marine Corps forces from both the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) began the annual ‘Freedom Shield’ exercises. The training began a day after North Korea test-launched two cruise missiles, which the North Korean media claimed were "tipped with a test warhead...

North Korea has been extremely active recently with repeated threats against the West and its pacific allies, launching dozens of ballistic missiles in frequent displays of force. However, despite the military posturing, satellite imagery has South Korean agricultural experts concerned that the North is about to experience massive famine...

At approximately 0700 EST, reports began to emerge from local South Korean media that an unidentified object was shot down near US Forces Korea THAAD air defense base in Soseong-ri, Seongju County, North Gyeongsang, South Korea. By 0715 both American and South Korean soldiers were canvassing the area outside the...

The US-Korea "Vigilant Storm" exercises this year are the biggest ever, including 140 South Korean and over 100 American jets, and Pyongyang claims they are in reaction mode to this provocation and threat to its security. The north has responded to the increasing hazardous muscle-flexing during these maneuvers by...

At approximately 2000 EST, air raid sirens sounded on the South Korean island community of Ulleung-gun. The South Korean and Japanese militaries had confirmed within five minutes of launch that a probable ballistic missile, “possibly flying an irregular trajectory”, was on course to hit the South Korean island community....