Jesse Johnson

Lee Jae-myung, the liberal South Korean presidential candidate, said Monday he would aim to restore communications between Seoul and Pyongyang — including a military hotline severed two years ago — if elected in the country’s June 3 presidential election. The […]

North Korea said Sunday that three people had been detained over an accident involving one of the country’s newest destroyers last week — an incident that was seen as a public embarrassment to strongman Kim Jong Un. Pyongyang said last

The Pentagon’s top spokesman on Friday denied a report that the U.S. is considering the withdrawal of thousands of U.S. troops from South Korea. “Reports that the DoD will reduce U.S. troops in the Republic of Korea are not true,”

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Friday that it has not held talks with the Pentagon over the potential withdrawal of thousands of U.S. troops from South Korea. The remarks came after The Wall Street Journal reported that the White House

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has vowed to dole out stern punishments after a rare admission of a “serious accident” involving a new 5,000-ton destroyer, state-run media reported Thursday. The accident, which took place as Kim attended a launching

A search continued Thursday for an Air Self-Defense Force training aircraft that crashed shortly after takeoff from an ASDF base in Aichi Prefecture a day earlier, with the jet’s two crew members feared dead. Aerial, underwater and ground searches at

An Air Self-Defense Force training aircraft crashed shortly after takeoff from an ASDF base in Aichi Prefecture on Wednesday, with the fate of the two people aboard not immediately clear. “We understand that a T-4 training aircraft belonging to the

Japan on Monday formally established a permanent Joint Operations Command that will centrally oversee the three branches of the Self-Defense Forces, allowing for the smoother integration of operations across domains to prepare for and respond to possible emergencies — including

The Pentagon is reportedly considering halting a planned expansion of U.S. Forces Japan, a key element of Washington’s push to more aggressively counter Chinese military assertiveness, drawing immediate criticism from congressional heavyweights. According to draft documents seen by NBC and

U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Friday ruled out any exemptions for Japan and other American allies for tariffs on automobiles set to go into effect early next month. Asked if the measures would apply even to U.S. allies such