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On 31 May, Pyongyang tried – and failed – to send a military reconnaissance satellite into space. In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Chris Green explains why it took this action and what can be done to keep regional tensions from rising.

At the core of President Yoon Suk Yeols diplomatic strategy is a shift away from strategic ambiguity toward values-based diplomacy. This is an inevitable choice imposed on South Korea by the current security environment defined by the new Sino-American Cold War and the worsening nuclear threat of North Korea. A dual structure of trilateral alliances between South Korea, the U.S. and Japan on the one hand, and North Korea, China and Russia on the other, has emerged in Northeast Asia over the issu...

Pyongyang says it needs the satellite to monitor ongoing US-South Korea drills

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Washington strongly condemned the attempted launch of North Korea's first military spy satellite, a device that Pyongyang says it needs to monitor joint military exercises between the United States and South Korea. "With each and every one of these launches, whether it fails or succeeds, Kim Jong Un and his scientists and engineers — they…

White House - Washington strongly condemned the attempted launch of North Korea's first military spy satellite, a device that Pyongyang says it needs

There are no signs yet of efforts in the Yoon Suk Yeol administration to de-escalate rising tensions with North Korea despite the northern neighbors escalation in provocations, including an expansion of its nuclear capabilities.

The United States has deepened security ties with South Korea under the Washington Declaration in a bid to deter North Korean aggression.

The top U.S. military commander in South Korea on Tuesday reaffirmed the U.S. commitment to defend its ally, dismissing concerns that the U.S. could trade its security commitment for the defense of its own cities as

South Korea is gearing up to become a leading global arms dealer, a western media report said.