DefenceTalkNorth Korea on Saturday issued a fresh warning of an “all-out war”, urging the United States to stop military drills and what it described as “nuclear blackmail”. In a thinly veiled threat to strike the United States, the North’s National Defence Commission (NDC), chaired by leader Kim Jong-Un, said the US government must withdraw its […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-warns-of-all-out-war-49374/

DefenceTalkThe United States and South Korea today agreed to establish “a bilateral strategy for tailored deterrence against … North Korean nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction,” Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said during a press conference here today. Hagel and his counterpart, South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, spoke to reporters after the 45th […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-announce-tailored-deterrence-strategy-49264/

DefenceTalkChina has banned exports to North Korea of technologies and goods that could be used to make missiles and nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, the government said, as it moves to comply with UN resolutions. Beijing, the North’s sole major ally and economic lifeline, has publicly supported sanctions against Pyongyang in the past, though it […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-bans-weaponry-related-exports-to-north-korea-49183/

DefenceTalkLike the collapse of East Germany, the collapse of North Korea could occur suddenly and with little warning. But a North Korean collapse could be far more dangerous and disastrous than the actual collapse of East Germany, especially given the inadequate preparations for it, according to a new RAND Corporation report. The current North Korean […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-south-korea-and-allies-should-prepare-for-eventual-collapse-of-north-korea-49134/

DefenceTalkSouth Korea will show off a cruise missile capable of surgical strikes on the North Korean leadership when it stages a military parade in Seoul next month, the defence ministry said Wednesday. The parade on October 1 marks the 65th anniversary of the founding of South Korea’s armed forces and is held every five years. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/south-korea-to-parade-north-focused-cruise-missile-49037/

DefenceTalkNorth and South Korea will hold a seventh round of talks Wednesday on reopening their joint industrial park in Kaesong, with a lot more than the future of the complex riding on the outcome. With South Korea kicking off a military exercise with the United States next week, the result of the negotiations could determine […]https://www.defencetalk.com/military-drill-looms-large-over-inter-korea-talks-48739/

DefenceTalkSatellite images suggest North Korea may have doubled uranium enrichment capacity at its main Yongbyon nuclear complex, a US think-tank that tracks the North’s nuclear weapons program said Thursday The Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS) said the images showed the building housing the gas centrifuge plant at Yongbyon had been expanded to twice […]https://www.defencetalk.com/north-korea-maybe-doubled-uranium-enrichment-capacity-isis-48688/

DefenceTalkChina and South Korea will keep pushing to end North Korea’s nuclear program, their leaders declared Thursday at a high-profile summit between Pyongyang’s closest ally and its key rival. “We have agreed that under any circumstances, North Korea’s nuclear (weapons) are unacceptable and confirmed that the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is of common interest […]https://www.defencetalk.com/china-south-korea-agree-to-push-north-korea-denuclearization-48272/

DefenceTalkSatellite imagery has revealed new tunneling work at North Korea’s nuclear test site, but nothing that points to an imminent detonation, a US research institute said Wednesday. The activity appears to have begun in late April — at the height of a recent surge in inter-Korean tensions — and gathered momentum over the next few […]https://www.defencetalk.com/satellite-images-show-tunnelling-at-north-korea-test-site-48264/

DefenceTalk“The Evolving Military Balance in the Korean Peninsula and Northeast Asia” describes the strategy, force deployments, and the military balance in potential current and future scenarios involving the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Republic of Korea, People’s Republic of China, Japan, and the United States. The analysis in these volumes shows how tensions between the […]https://www.defencetalk.com/the-evolving-military-balance-in-the-korean-peninsula-and-northeast-asia-48254/