The Republic of Korea Armed Forces traces its roots back to the establishment of the Korean Republic in 1919 wherein its armed wing was called the Korean Liberation Army and it conducted warfare ...

South Korea’s Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back visits Marine Corps Special Search Battalion and Marine Corps 2nd Division Yeha Maldo Socho, Aug. 27, 2025. Credit: ROK Ministry of National Defense Since ...

According to North Korea’s state-controlled Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), Kim Jong Un, the country’s autocratic leader, inspected the performance test of unmanned weapons and equipment. That ...

It has been almost 75 years since the first North Korean People’s Army crossed the 38th parallel, beginning a war that still has not formally ended. U.S. forces still remain on the Korean Peninsula ...

The U.S.–South Korean alliance is vital to U.S. national security, both in the Indo–Pacific and globally, as it remains a key player in ensuring effective deterrence of North Korea and China and ...

In July of 1950, the Korean War looked as if it was about to come to an unexpectedly quick conclusion. South Korean troops had been pushed far south before gradually falling into a defensive line ...