North Korea views the U.S. strike on Iran’s nuclear sites as justification to accelerate its nuclear arms program, reinforcing its deterrence strategy and deepening military ties with Russia.
The U.S. bombing of Iran’s deeply buried nuclear sites has raised fresh concerns in North Korea about the vulnerability of its underground military infrastructure.
The U.S. may require South Korea to align with NATO’s 5% GDP defense spending guideline, prompting renewed debate over cost-sharing and military priorities.
South Korea has raised grave concern over North Korea's reported dispatch of 6,000 personnel to Russia, citing violations of U.N. sanctions and warning against illegal military cooperation.
North Korea will send 6,000 troops to Russia’s Kursk region for mine clearance and reconstruction, in a move authorized by a strategic military pact with Moscow.
North Korea has likely suffered over 6,000 casualties in combat operations in Ukraine’s Kursk region, according to British intelligence, highlighting the extent of Pyongyang’s involvement in Russia’s war.
North Korea has relaunched a 5,000-ton-class destroyer less than a month after it capsized during a botched ceremony, completing urgent repairs before a key Workers’ Party meeting.
North Korea halted its loudspeaker broadcasts toward the South on June 12, a day after President Lee Jae-myung suspended similar operations from Seoul.
