North Korea's newly launched reconnaissance satellite has captured photos of the White House, the Pentagon and a key U.S. mainland naval base, Pyongyang's state media claimed Tuesday. Published November 28, 2023
As the South Korean southeastern port city of Busan awaits the outcome of a Tuesday vote that will decide the host city for the 2030 World Expo, a series of last-minute events are underwriting its bid. Published November 27, 2023
The chief diplomats from China, Japan and South Korea agreed Sunday to hold a trilateral summit of their three leaders, but did not specify a time frame for the meeting that will be the first among the three in nearly four years. Published November 26, 2023
China suffered two blows from Taiwan on Friday, as the upcoming presidential election on the democratic island shifted sharply in favor of the anti-Beijing ruling party and an Australian warship transited the Taiwan Strait in defiance of Beijing. Published November 24, 2023
As tensions surge in the wake of Tuesday's reconnaissance satellite launch by North Korea, Pyongyang killed off an inter-Korean conflict-prevention mechanism on Thursday. Published November 23, 2023
Tim Peters, a Seoul-based American pastor, helps defectors from the poverty and oppression of the regime of Kim Jong-un escape to safety and freedom in South Korea. For the many he has helped, it's the Korean peninsula equivalent of the fabled "Underground Railroad" that transported American slaves to freedom in the north in the decades before the Civil War. Published November 22, 2023
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reportedly gotten his first glimpses of U.S. military installations on Guam as his brand new military spy satellite passed over the U.S. Pacific island on Wednesday. Published November 22, 2023
North Korea said Tuesday that it had successfully put its first military spy satellite into orbit after two recent failures, on the same day a U.S. carrier strike group docked in South Korea. The two developments underscored evolving tensions in Northeast Asia. Published November 21, 2023
A Chinese destroyer has injured divers operating off an Australian frigate in a highly unusual incident in international waters off Japan's coast. Published November 19, 2023
A potentially game-changing linkup between two Taiwanese opposition parties to challenge the ruling Democratic Progressive Party has foundered -- for now. The alliance could have instantly made the forces favoring improved ties with China the front-runner in the coming vote, significantly impacting Taiwan's future. Published November 18, 2023
In a tactical U-turn, U.S. Marines in Japan are reversing their traditional mission -- from assaulting beaches to defending them. Published November 16, 2023
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has expressed an 'Ironclad" U.S. military commitment to defend South Korea and offered fresh assurances of Washington's commitment to beef up its deterrence program to shield its ally from the threat of an increasingly dangerous North Korea. Published November 13, 2023
Tensions between the two Koreas are rising as a long-cooled flashpoint heats up once again. Private activists in South Korea are poised to resume launching balloons bearing anti-regime messages into North Korea. Published November 10, 2023
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on Wednesday wrapped up a high-profile three-day China visit, meeting with President Xi Jinping and generating upbeat responses after a period of severe strains in the bilateral relationship. Published November 8, 2023
Japan, in the latest shift away from its long-held post-World War II pacifist posture, is expanding its security ties with Southeast Asia. Published November 3, 2023
South Korea is grappling with what many fear is a sharply deteriorating security situation and a diplomatic standstill as the security threat posed by North Korea expands inexorably. Published November 2, 2023
North Korea has delivered approximately 1 million artillery shells to Russia to aid its war against neighboring Ukraine and is on the verge of a third attempt to place a reconnaissance satellite into orbit, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service. Published November 1, 2023
Chinese generals took aim at the U.S. military on Monday with blunt warnings that foreign forces in a war to take Taiwan will be crushed, but they also held out the prospect of ending a lengthy boycott on direct military-to-military talks with the Pentagon. Published October 30, 2023
Itaewon, the Seoul district where 159 holiday revelers were crushed to death last Halloween, is neither silent nor haunted as the tragedy's first anniversary looms. Published October 27, 2023
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol returned home Thursday from a trip to Saudi Arabia and Qatar with a range of deals under his belt, notably on energy. Published October 26, 2023
