Freedom Shield rift: South Korea, US at odds over war games’ scale
Every spring, South Korea and the United States stage one of their largest combined military exercises in a…
South Korea’s new US ‘Iron Dome’ air defence system seen as reply to China, North Korea
The US has deployed a new air defence system in South Korea – dubbed America’s Iron Dome –…
‘US troops critical’: South Korean presidential candidate signals turn on China policy
US troops in South Korea could be “critical” for containing China, and might potentially benefit Seoul’s outreach to…
Why Japan’s unified defence zone proposal with US makes South Korea uneasy
On a spring afternoon, Japan’s Defence Minister Gen Nakatani sat across from US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, outlining…