Korea articles

  • North Korea demolished facilities along roads connecting Koreas, Seoul says

    North Korea recently demolished facilities near major roads connecting it to South Korea, Seoul’s defense ministry confirmed on Monday, while local media reported that the DPRK also installed landmines near three inter-Korean crossings. The destruction of the facilities near the Gyeongui road on the west and the Donghae road near the east coast follows the

  • The Fight Over THAAD in Korea

    Since the U.S. military brought its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system to South Korea in 2017, it has met with sustained local resistance. THAAD is the centerpiece of the numerous actions the United States has undertaken to enmesh South Korea in its hostile anti-China campaign, a course that Korean peace activists are fighting to reverse. More

  • North Korea Threat Sparks Terror Alert

    The South Korean government raised the terror alert levels at five overseas missions on Thursday, citing the possibility of attacks by the North.The Foreign Ministry in Seoul ordered elevated threat monitoring at its embassies in Cambodia's capital, Phnom Penh; Laos' capital, Vientiane; and Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. Warnings were also sent to its consulates in Vladivostok in Russia's Far East and in Shenyang in northeastern China.The diplomatic missions were warned after a government...