North Korea

US, Japan, South Korea sign pact amid ‘deteriorating’ regional security

Agreement signed by defense chiefs is to “deepen trilateral security cooperation”; US, Japan also conclude missile accord.

Missile threats are proliferating. Here’s how the Pentagon is trying to keep up

A booster tweak might improve an anti-ICBM weapon while a next-gen missile-spotting constellation comes online.

Defense One Radio, Ep. 153: Behind the rise in global defense spending, Part 2: China and the Indo-Pacific

Why is the region in the middle of an arms race? And what do analysts think China is really spending on its military?

Domestic woes put Kim Jong Un on the defensive – and the offensive

Kim aims to reach beyond North Korea to U.S. politicians and the South Korean public.