DPRK / North Korea

  • Features

    Integrated Deterrence

    Lt. Gen. (Ret.) In-Bum Chun/Republic of Korea Army Multidomain operations are defined as the combined arms employment of joint and Army capabilities to create and exploit relative advantages that achieve objectives, defeat enemy forces and consolidate gains on behalf of joint force commanders, according to the United States Army’s 2022 Field Manual Operations. This approach involves integrating and synchronizing operations…

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  • Features

    Free, Open, Prosperous

    Indo-Pacific populations have woven democratic norms — including transparent, accountable and inclusive governance under the rule of law — into the region’s cultural fabric. Japan established its first representative government in the late 19th century, nearly a century before its modern constitution, supplanting the intervening military rule, proclaimed that “sovereign power resides with the people.” South Korean civil society, including…

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  • Features

    Collective Deterrence

    Sentry Staff Tensions between strategic competitors, North Korea’s persistent nuclear weapons expansion and Russia’s attempts to shift Europe’s balance of power with its war against Ukraine have contributed to a coalescing among the United States and its Allies and Partners to modernize strategies that more effectively combat 21st century security threats. Geopolitical changes, particularly in the Indo-Pacific and Europe, threaten…

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  • Across The Region

    Cooperation Fortifies Japan, South Korea, U.S. Ties

    Japan, South Korea and the United States are strengthening security ties in response to regional threats.  The nations pledged to expand the multidomain exercise Freedom Edge to promote defense interoperability and protect regional and global peace in the face of North Korea’s nuclear provocations. In its first iteration in June 2024, the trilateral exercise mobilized personnel, ships and aircraft for…

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  • Conflicts - Tensions

    ‘Expendable’ North Korean troops ordered on futile missions in Russia’s illegal war

    FORUM Staff North Korea’s ill-prepared troops, deployed to support Russia’s unprovoked war against Ukraine, are suffering significant casualties, including about 1,000 deaths and injuries during one week in late December 2024. The mass casualty estimates, provided by the United States National Security Advisor’s office and the U.S. Department of Defense, appear to confirm analysts’ predictions that North Korean troops would…

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  • Conflicts - Tensions

    North Korean troop deployment to Russia violates U.N. resolutions

    FORUM Staff The European Union imposed new sanctions on two top North Korean defense officials in mid-December 2024 for their roles in deploying troops to aid Russia’s unprovoked war in Ukraine. The EU targeted North Korean Defense Minister Ro Kwang Chol for his direct involvement in the military cooperation between the two regimes, including sending an estimated 11,000 troops to…

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  • Free and Open Indo-Pacific/FOIP

    G7 defense chiefs pledge commitment to Free and Open Indo-Pacific

    FORUM Staff Defense ministers from the Group of Seven leading industrialized nations said they seek constructive and stable relations with the People’s Republic of China (PRC), while stating that Beijing has no legal basis for its expansive maritime claims in the South China Sea. The ministers said they are “strongly opposed to China’s repeated obstruction of freedom of navigation, militarization…

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  • Conflicts - Tensions

    North Korean troops may be ‘cannon fodder’ in Russia’s war against Ukraine

    FORUM Staff The precise quantity and capabilities of North Korean troops deployed to bolster Russia’s illegal war against Ukraine remain unknown. But few observers are optimistic about the prospects for the imported fighters. Officials estimate about 11,000 North Korean troops have moved into Russia’s Kursk region, and there is growing consensus that at least some have been on the battlefield.…

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  • Conflicts - Tensions

    EU foreign policy chief says Europe must respond to threats from PRC, Russia, North Korea

    Voice of America The European Union’s new foreign policy chief signaled she will take a tough stance on the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Russia, while advocating for a strong alliance between Europe and the United States. Kaja Kallas addressed the European Parliament for the first time in her new role in mid-November 2024, stressing the EU will be…

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  • Conflicts - Tensions

    Malaysia, South Korea boost defense industry ties

    Reuters Malaysia and South Korea have agreed to cooperate in supplying critical minerals from Malaysia’s reserves and to boost defense industry cooperation as the Southeast Asian country seeks to upgrade its Air Force jets. Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol also affirmed their commitment to conclude a free trade agreement by 2025, Yoon’s office…

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