Topic: North Korea

The United States must strengthen its alliances with global partners, particularly South Korea and Japan, to face the rising challenge of China, the former chief architect of White House strategy on Asia said Wednesday.

The new U.S. Ambassador to Japan George Glass was in Tokyo Tuesday for a discussion with Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba.

North Korea warned Thursday it would respond with "overwhelming deterrence" against the United States following its deployment of B-1B strategic bombers to the Korean Peninsula earlier this week for a joint air exercise.

The United States deployed at least one B-1B strategic bomber over the Korean Peninsula in joint air drills with South Korea, Seoul's military said Tuesday, the latest show of force by the allies against North Korea.

As North Korea continues to develop its weapons programs and strengthens its military ties with Russia, a reduction of U.S. troops based in South Korea would be "problematic," the commander of U.S. Forces Korea said.

Kim Yo Jong, the influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, on Wednesday reaffirmed Pyongyang's status as a nuclear state and slammed international calls to eliminate its arsenal as a "daydream."

North Korea has sent 3,000 more soldiers and additional missiles and artillery to help Russia in its war against Ukraine, South Korea's military said Thursday, as concerns grow around strengthening military ties.

North Korea successfully test-fired a new anti-aircraft missile system, state-run media reported Friday, as Pyongyang continued to condemn U.S.-South Korea joint military drills.

North Korea on Monday vowed to "steadily update and strengthen" its nuclear arsenal, rejecting a joint statement by the Group of Seven Foreign Ministers calling for Pyongyang to give up its nuclear ambitions.

South Korea's military on Thursday charged two air force pilots with criminal negligence over an accidental bombing of a village near the DMZ last week that injured 43 and damaged dozens of buildings, citing pilot error.