Japan is facing its most severe security environment since World War II as three potential adversaries in East Asia – China, ...

The Asia-Indo-Pacific is no longer a distant geopolitical theater. It is the central arena of strategic competition, ...

A permanent ROK-US Combined Multi-Domain Task Force would unify cyber, space, land, and sea capabilities to deter North Korea ...

North Korea's recent unveiling of the Choe Hyon-class multipurpose destroyer signals a major transformation in its naval strategy, carrying profound and complex implications for regional and ...

The ROK military’s very existence is a product of the US occupation of Korea that began after WWII; to this day, the US military retains operational wartime command over its ROK counterpart.

Historically, North Korea has focused primarily on developing land-based military strength. However, several factors are driving Pyongyang to enhance its naval power.

Following its run of missile tests last year, North Korea continues its nuclear and conventional military provocations targeting South Korea and the United States at an unprecedented level. Some ...

What is South Korea's offensive military strategy? Does North Korea fully understand South Korea's defensive intent as well as its firm resolve to counterattack? Sungmin Cho explains the strategy, ...

South Korea and the United States on Monday revised a bilateral security agreement aimed at deterring North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile threats, and vowed to maintain pressure on ...

North Korea criticised a new U.S. strategy on countering weapons of mass destruction for describing the reclusive state as among those it considers a "persistent threat," KCNA media reported on ...

In sum, North Korea perfectly understands its position of weakness in the maritime domain and is emulating China’s revisionist strategy of gray zone operations to gradually overturn the status quo.