The 3 parties directly concerned about regional stability and North Korea — Japan, the US, South Korea — all sit together in the UN Security Council...
While the latest attempted satellite launch by North Korea failed, it was still a clear violation of United Nations Security Council resolutions.
North Korea must be repeatedly confronted with that unalterable reality until it finally helps to resolve the abductions issue.
The Japanese Ministry of Defense has issued a "destruction order" in the event a planned North Korean satellite launch threatens Japanese territory.
Families of abductees will not oppose aid to North Korea once all victims are returned. US lawmakers and officials have expressed support for this new policy.
Russia's attack on Ukraine has emboldened Kim Jong Un and destabilized Northeast Asia's security environment, realize the leaders of both Japan and South Korea.
Japan must share the sense of crisis demonstrated by the South Korean president and the plans for stronger deterrence he agreed to at the Biden-Yoon summit.
The order was later retracted but North Korean missile provocations are escalating, with launches of an unprecedented frequency near Japan.
North Korean spies were ordered to spread false rumors about the Fukushima power plant’s treated water to "foment anti-Japanese" sentiment in South Korea.
Humanitarian assistance and measured loosening of sanctions, the author argues, will help North Koreans survive and physically change North Korea from within.
South Korea has had tortured relations with Pyongyang and Tokyo. The author discusses them and offers suggestions on some complex factors behind the problem.
Only two parents of victims abducted by North Korea are still alive. With no signs of a breakthrough, the family association is forced to make a...