Tag: North Korea

Canada Sends Military Aircraft to Japan to Monitor North Korea Sanctions

A Canadian military aircraft was deployed to Japan on April 6 to assist in countering North Korea’s illicit maritime activities that are banned under the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) sanctions. Canada’s defense ministry said the aircraft will monitor for “suspected maritime sanctions evasion activities, in particular ship-to-ship transfers of fuel and other commodities banned…


Book Review: ‘While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America’

In her new book, “While Time Remains: A North Korean Defector’s Search for Freedom in America,” Yeonmi Park issues an ominous warning about what the future may hold for America if the present course is not reversed. Park was born in North Korea and endured a horrible existence in her early years, which she wrote about…


LIVE 10 AM ET: Managing China-Related Proliferation Challenges: A Hudson Institute Discussion

How can China’s implementation of its nonproliferation commitments be improved? Can Chinese support for curbing horizontal nuclear proliferation regarding North Korea and Iran be enhanced? Hudson Institute Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis and Senior Fellow Richard Weitz, Japan Chair Fellow Komei Isozaki, Youngjun Kim of Korea National Defense University, Yeseul Woo of King’s…


Managing China-Related Proliferation Challenges: A Hudson Institute Discussion

How can China’s implementation of its nonproliferation commitments be improved? Can Chinese support for curbing horizontal nuclear proliferation regarding North Korea and Iran be enhanced? Hudson Institute Director of the Center for Political-Military Analysis and Senior Fellow Richard Weitz, Japan Chair Fellow Komei Isozaki, Youngjun Kim of Korea National Defense University, Yeseul Woo of King’s…


North Korea Could Attack South Korea if China Invades Taiwan: Report

North Korea could use a Chinese communist invasion of Taiwan to launch its own assault on South Korea, according to a new report. The United States will need to help South Korea better integrate into bilateral and minilateral agreements to deter such a threat, says a report published by The Center for a New American…


South Korea, US, Japan Hold Anti-Submarine Drills to Counter North Korea Threats

The navies of South Korea, the United States, and Japan started two days of anti-submarine exercises on Monday to better counter North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile capabilities, South Korea’s defense ministry said. The drills are being staged in international waters off South Korea’s southern island of Jeju, involving a U.S. carrier strike group led…


North Korea Says Ukraine ‘Gambling’ With People’s Destiny Over Nuclear Ambitions

North Korea has accused Ukraine’s leader of “gambling” with the lives of his people by pursuing nuclear weapons or placing U.S. nuclear weapons in the war-hit country, North Korea’s official mouthpiece said on Sunday. Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, referred to a petition posted on the Ukrainian president’s…


South Korean Report Reveals ‘Gruesome’ Human Rights Abuse in North Korea

South Korea has released a report detailing “gruesome” human rights abuses in North Korea, including executions of people caught watching South Korean videos and human experiments on disabled people. The 445-page report, published by the South Korean Unification Ministry on March 30, was based on the testimony of 508 North Korean defectors between 2017 and…


High Activity Spotted at North Korea Nuclear Complex: Report

Satellite images show a high level of activity at North Korea’s main nuclear site, a U.S. think tank reported on Saturday after the North Korean leader ordered an increase in production of nuclear bomb fuel to expand the country’s nuclear arsenal. The Washington-based 38 North North Korea monitoring project said the activity it had spotted, based on images from March 3 and 17,…


High Activity Spotted at North Korea Nuclear Complex After Kim’s Bomb-Fuel Order: Report

Satellite images show a high level of activity at North Korea’s main nuclear site, a U.S. think tank reported on Saturday after the North Korean leader ordered an increase in production of bomb fuel to expand the country’s nuclear arsenal. The Washington-based 38 North North Korea monitoring project said the activity it had spotted, based on images from March 3 and 17, could…