South Korea has taken steps to suspend a controversial military agreement with North Korea and resume frontline military activities, according to officials.
North Korea agreed to stop sending hundreds of balloons into South Korea. The balloons were said to be carrying manure, cigarette butts and other garbage.
North Korea has fired a barrage of ballistic missiles toward its eastern sea days after its failed spy satellite launch, according to South Koreaβs military.
North Korea has flown hundreds of balloons carrying trash toward South Korea in apparent retaliation against South Korean activists for flying anti-Pyongyang leaflets across the border.
North Korea launched a rocket carrying a military satellite on Monday, but an engine malfunction midair after takeoff caused the craft to explode and crash to Earth.
South Korea's military said it detected signs of possible preparations for a satellite launch in North Korea, which already has one military reconnaissance satellite in orbit.
North Korea test-fired suspected short-range ballistic missiles on Friday in response to a joint U.S.-South Korea military exercise the North viewed as a major security threat.
The Justice Department announced multiple arrests in a series of stolen identity theft cases that are reportedly part of a scheme that generates proceeds for North Korea its weapons program.
North Korea's growing nuclear power makes it an increasing threat to the US and our allies. But there are bipartisan ways to stand up to the Pyongyang dictatorship.