North Korea Warns It Could Destroy South If Threatened, But Leaves Door Open for US Dialogue North Korean leader Kim Jong Un claimed his nuclear-armed country could “completely destroy” South Korea if its security were...
US and South Korean Militaries Will Have Joint Drills in March as Tensions with North Korea Escalate The U.S. and South Korean militaries said they will conduct their annual springtime exercises to bolster their countries'...
The US Failed to Capture a MiG-15. Then a North Korean Defector Delivered One A secret US operation spent months trying to obtain a Soviet MiG-15 during the Korean War. A North Korean defector who never...
Kim Reelected to Top Post of North Korea’s Ruling Party as It Hails His Nuclear Buildup North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was reelected to the top post of the ruling Workers’ Party, with delegates crediting him for...
North Korean Leader Deploys 50 New Rocket Launchers Ahead of Major Party Congress North Korea said leader Kim Jong Un held a ceremony to unveil the deployment of 50 new launch vehicles for nuclear-capable...
Kim Expected to Issue Major Policy Goals at North Korea Party Congress in Late February Kim's willingness to resume diplomacy with the U.S. is unclear.
North Korea's Kim Says Upcoming Party Congress Will Unveil Plans to Bolster Nuclear Deterrent North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said his country will unveil plans to further bolster its nuclear program at the upcoming...
North Korea Fires Ballistic Missiles as US Signals Defense Shift It would be Pyongyang’s second ballistic missile launch of the year and comes after North Korea accused the South earlier...
North Korea Launches Ballistic Missiles into Sea Between Korean Peninsula and Japan North Korea launched short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, according to its neighbors, as the North...
North Korea Vows Response as it Accuses the South of Flying Drones Across the Border “We strongly denounce the hooligans’ serial outrageous encroachment upon our sovereignty and undisguised provocative acts...
Exclusive: John Ripley, the Marine Who Blew Up the Dong Ha Bridge, to Receive the Medal of Honor More than 50 years after hanging beneath a Vietnam bridge to stop a North Vietnamese armored invasion, Marine Col. John...
From Iraq to Iran: How Congress Handed Over War Powers to the Presidency The 9/11 attacks were a sea change in U.S. foreign policy and diminished congressional authority, with partisanship on...
Left Face Down in the Mud: How an Air Force Veteran, Amputee Found Hope A life-changing injury and having to raise three kids alone made Jason Morgan more resolute in the long run.
After the Knock on the Door: How TAPS Supports Military Families for Life After a service member dies, families face a lifetime of grief. TAPS founder Bonnie Carroll explains how the organization...
SNL Mocks Iran Conflict as Pete Hegseth Calls It a ‘Situationship’ “This isn’t a war, it’s a situationship.” SNL skewers tensions with Iran in a wild press briefing sketch starring Colin Jost...
![North Korea Party Congress](http://images02.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-02/ApNewsroom_North_Korea_Party_Congress_24474.jpg?itok=t3wtq0Sh "In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un attends a parade with his daughter in Pyongyang, North Korea Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026 as the North wrapped up the Workers’ Party congress. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)")
![North Korea Party Congress](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-02/ApNewsroom_North_Korea_Party_Congress_14210.jpg?itok=yhV-e_xC "This photo provided Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, center, claps hands as he was re-elected to the top post of the ruling Workers’ Party, during the party's Congress in Pyongyang, Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)")
![North Korea Korea Tensions](http://images03.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-02/ApNewsroom_North_Korea_Korea_Tensions_62125.jpg?itok=Z_5NU951 "In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un attends a military ceremony in Pyongyang, North Korea, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)")
![North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting.](http://images05.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-02/ApNewsroom_North_Korea_65106.jpg?itok=aF5Ga6a4 "In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends a meeting at the headquarters of the central committee of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea in Pyongyang, North Korea Saturday, Feb. 7, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)")
![North Korea Koreas Tensions](http://images04.military.com/sites/default/files/styles/thumbnail_large/public/2026-01/ApNewsroom_North_Korea_Koreas_Tensions_14535.jpg?itok=KFhe5qa6 "In this photo provided by the North Korean government, its leader Kim Jong Un, with his daughter, believed to be named Kim Ju Ae, inspects test-firing of ballistic missiles from an undisclosed location in North Korea, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)")
