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South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has received the red-carpet treatment this week as Washington and Seoul mark the 70th anniversary of their alliance. Yoon’s weeklong itinerary features a high-profile summit with President Biden, a glittering state banquet — an honor reserved for America’s closest allies — and a...
South Korea has set aside the consideration of pursuing its own nuclear arsenal in return for strengthened US commitment to protect Seoul under its nuclear umbrella against mounting threats by Pyongyang, analysts said. Thursday’s “Washington Declaration”, announced at the...
A US-South Korean agreement on strengthening deterrence against Pyongyang will discourage Seoul from seeking nuclear weapons, but also highlights the near absence of viable ways to remove the threat of North Korea's arsenal. For years, the United States and the international community have...
South Korea’s President Yoon Suk Yeol is in the United States this week for a state visit to mark Seoul’s 70-year alliance with Washington and for talks with President Joe Biden that will likely focus on...
The Biden administration has strongly condemned North Korea's attempt to launch a military satellite, calling on other countries to decry the move that resulted in panic across South Korea. "The United States strongly...
Washington strongly condemned the attempted launch of North Korea's first military spy satellite, a device that Pyongyang says it needs to monitor joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea. "With each and every one of these launches, whether it fails or succeeds, Kim Jong Un...
Seoul is circulating the idea of normalizing Washington-Pyongyang ties even before North Korea takes a potential step toward denuclearization, but experts said the notion is likely to be rejected by the U.S. as well as North Korea. As denuclearization is increasingly seen as an unlikely outcome amid...
A day after she placed flowers at the funeral altar of Shinzo Abe, the assassinated former Japanese prime minister, Vice President Kamala Harris traded the solemn setting of the state ceremony for the Yokosuka naval base south of Tokyo, where she took aim at China’s aggression towards...
Coming off some of the most tense years since Japan and South Korea normalized relations in 1965, the two countries appear to be entering a new era in defense cooperation. The Asian neighbors recently stepped up military ties, along with their treaty ally, the United States, in response to geopolitical pressures including...
The U.S. and North Korea are expected to revive stalled negotiation talks after President Trump became the first sitting U.S. president to set foot in North Korea. “A lot of progress has been made. A lot of friendships have been made,” said President Trump. Trump said meeting...