The Thirty-Eighth Parallel and Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine

The Thirty-Eighth Parallel and Russia’s Special Military Operation in Ukraine

On January 8, 2023 Andrey Danilov, Secretary of the National Security and Defense Council of Ukraine suggested that the Russian government may propose a “Korean solution” for bringing an end to the military operations in Ukraine, which would involve dividing the country and legally enshrining Kiev’s loss of control over eastern Ukraine. He added that…

Thirty Large-Scale MLRS and Other Successes of North Korea’s Rocket Program This New Year

Thirty Large-Scale MLRS and Other Successes of North Korea’s Rocket Program This New Year

In both North and South Korea, rocket scientists were able to congratulate themselves on a number of new achievements at the end of 2022 and the beginning of 2023.  South Korea launched a solid-fuel rocket and completed a lunar orbit, while their North Korean colleagues continued to fulfil the policies of their national leader, reaching…

Japan’s Defense Strategy: A View from the Korean Corner

Japan’s Defense Strategy: A View from the Korean Corner

On December 16, 2022, Japan’s Cabinet approved amendments to three key national security and defense documents. First, an increase in the military budget is envisaged.  The Japanese government has previously announced plans to increase defense spending to 2% of GDP by 2027 (it is currently 1% of GDP). If Japan does so, its defense spending…

Will Korea Send Its Shells to Ukraine, and More Importantly, Which Korea?

Will Korea Send Its Shells to Ukraine, and More Importantly, Which Korea?

Over the past few days, the author has come across several fake news reports on Korean arms supplies to Ukraine. Both from the North and the South. On the one hand, there is ongoing speculation in the West that the DPRK is allegedly supplying or intends to supply Russia with munitions for use in Ukraine,…

The US and the ROK Will Now Consider Deterring North Korea’s Use of Nuclear Weapons

The US and the ROK Will Now Consider Deterring North Korea’s Use of Nuclear Weapons

From reading the previous article, one could get the impression that, against the background of North Korea’s unprecedented missile activity and the likelihood of a seventh nuclear test by Pyongyang, there are growing calls in the US for an end to Pyongyang through sanctions, a pre-emptive strike or the deployment of nuclear weapons on the…

Are North and South Korea Rushing Blindly Towards the Danger Line?

Are North and South Korea Rushing Blindly Towards the Danger Line?

The events we all can see unfolding on the Korean peninsula at the moment are a good example of the “security dilemma,” in which a country upgrades its military potential to protect itself from its neighbor, but that neighbor sees its actions as an act of aggression and upgrades its own military, thus triggering an…