North Korea fired 10 rockets into the Yellow Sea Thursday – just one day after South Korea held joint air drills with the US and Japan, in the latest sign of mounting tensions between the two… ...

South Korea's nominee for spy agency director said on Thursday he believed the United States would strike North Korea with nuclear weapons if Pyongyang launched a nuclear attack against South Korea.

It’s unclear how North Korea would react to Lee’s speech, as it has shunned any talks with South Korea and the U.S. since 2019.

Meanwhile, North Korea has accused the U.S. and South Korea of rehearsing "preemptive attacks" on the country through joint military drills.

In recent years, South Korea, the U.S. and Japan have been expanding or restarting their regular military training exercises to cope with North Korea's enlarging nuclear arsenal.

North Korea in recent years has supplied weapons and troops to support Russia's war against Ukraine, and South Korea, the U.S. and their partners suspect Russia might in return transfer high-tech ...