North Korea and Russia celebrated the first anniversary of their “comprehensive strategic partnership" treaty with a banquet ...

A decade after a landmark U.N. report concluded North Korea committed crimes against humanity, a U.N. official investigating ...

Stay informed with SOFREP’s Evening Brief, covering the top defense and global affairs stories for Thursday, June 19, 2025.

The U.S. and its allies—both of which host American forces—have conducted military exercises around the Korean Peninsula, ...

It was the first three-way joint training since the administration of South Korean President Lee Jae-myung was inaugurated on ...

South Korea's nominee for spy agency director said on Thursday he believed the United States would strike North Korea with ...

The nation's President Lee Jae-myung and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to step up cooperation in their first in-person talks, in an early indication of the direction of future relations ...

A liberal president’s election in South Korea appears to have kindled a conciliatory mood among North Korean officials.

President Lee Jae-myung’s softer North Korea strategy, echoing past failed efforts, is unlikely to succeed. Pyongyang seeks ...

South Korea’s new President Lee is signaling openness to diplomacy with North Korea, and with Trump’s return, renewed ...

There will be temptation to continue with the Moon-era progressive foreign policy, but Lee is likely to be more pragmatic ...

South Korean diplomacy needs to strike a balance between two sets of trilateral relationships — ROK-U.S.-Japan and ...