Korean peninsula

The resumption of major US-South Korea joint military exercises is not “necessary”, Pentagon chief Patrick Shanahan told reporters Sunday, despite…

North Korea recorded its worst harvest for more than a decade last year, the United Nations said Wednesday, as natural…

Activity has been detected at a North Korean long-range rocket site, suggesting Pyongyang may be pursuing the “rapid rebuilding” of…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reaffirmed his commitment to “complete” denuclearization of the Korean peninsula and to a planned…

After decades of bloodshed and strife, including a runup to the Olympic Games that saw the rival Koreas lurching toward…

Japanese F-15 fighters on Tuesday held drills with US B1-B bombers, F-35 stealth aircraft and F-18 multirole combat jets  above…

North Korea blamed US “nuclear blackmail” for soaring tensions over its weapons programme following rare meetings with a senior UN…

The US military flew two strategic bombers over the Korean peninsula in a show of force late on Tuesday, as…

North Korea is ready to conduct an additional nuclear test at any time, South Korea's Defence Ministry said on Monday,…