The White House recently announced that during the U.S.-China summit, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping confirmed their shared goal of denuclearizing North Korea....

South Korea has become more dependent on China for imports and on the United States for exports. This concentration of trade with the two global...

The Iran war has rapidly depleted the Middle East’s missile defenses. With uncertainty surrounding whether the current U.S.-Iran truce will hold, governments across the region are looking to restock interceptor inventories. The strong battlefield performance of South Korea’s Cheongung‑II ballistic missile defense...

North Korea has amended its constitution to remove references to reunification with South Korea. The Supreme People’s Assembly apparently made the change in March, but it was not publicly known...

The Iran war may push North Korea to lower its nuclear threshold rather than raise it, and that is the lesson U.S. and South Korean...

The 2026 Iran war and the closure of the Strait of Hormuz have upended global trade and energy access, prompting governments in Asia and around...