LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The situation on the Korean Peninsula had entered a new phase under President Donald Trump, explains a leading geopolitical analyst. The North Korea situation has remained largely unchanged for decades, with both peace and conflict as unlikely outcomes. North Korea’s accelerated nuclear and ballistic missile developments and the Trump…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell North Korea is making less headlines these days, but that doesn’t mean the threat has vanished, according to U.S. intelligence officials. “I don’t see anything that should make us feel any better about this threat,” Director of the Central Intelligence Agency Mike Pompeo said during a U.S….
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A U.S. Navy fighter jet crashed Thursday while on final approach to an aircraft carrier, which was relocating to waters off Korea. A carrier strike group led by the USS Carl Vinson is heading north to provide “a persistent presence in the waters off the Korean peninsula,” according…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell The Trump administration believes China will resolve the crisis on the Korean Peninsula, but Beijing’s thinking is not aligned with that of Washington. “It’s a very dangerous situation, and China can end it very quickly in my opinion,” President Donald Trump told Reuters in February. “I think China has tremendous control over…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell A crisis on the Korean peninsula appears imminent as North Korea may soon conduct a sixth nuclear test. China fears that a “conflict could break out at any moment,” and North Korea is warning it “will go to war” if the U.S. decides it wants a fight,…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Secretary of Defense James Mattis made the U.S. position clear for North Korea Thursday. North Korea appears to be on the verge of another nuclear test. “The bottom line is North Korea has got to change its behavior,” Mattis said at the Pentagon Thursday, according to Stars…
LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Ryan Pickrell Were the U.S. to go to war with North Korea, there is no guarantee that it could be contained to the Korean Peninsula, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff revealed in the latest issue of Joint Forces Quarterly, a National Defense University publication. Marine Corps…
By Ryan Pickrell South Korea appointed a Twitter officer to monitor President-elect Donald Trump’s tweets. The South Korean Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ North American Affairs Bureau assigned an officer to keep an eye on Trump’s tweets, particularly those related to Northeast Asia and the Korean Peninsula, reports the Korea JoongAng Daily. “The Korean government is…