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Joint drills test the maturity of the Korea-U.S. alliance (KOR)

Changes to Korea-U.S. exercises must be backed by close consultation to preserve deterrence and trust.

2026.9.3

Joint drills test the maturity of the Korea-U.S. alliance

Changes to Korea-U.S. exercises must be backed by close consultation to preserve deterrence and trust.

2026.9.2

South, U.S. determine nuclear deterrence guidelines at third NCG meeting

South Korea and the United States finalized a set of guidelines for their joint nuclear deterrence posture at the third Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) session in Seoul on Monday, according to an allied statement released after the meeting.

2024.6.10

Cho Chang-rae, left, Korea’s deputy defense minister for policy, and Vipin Narang, U.S. principal deputy assistant secretary of defense for space policy, sign a framework document on the South Korea-U.S. Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) at the Pentagon in Virginia on Monday. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

Seoul, Washington nail down NCG details as 'Trump risk' looms

South Korean and U.S. defense authorities signed a framework document on the Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) earlier this week to strengthen extended deterrence in light of the North's nuclear threat.

2024.2.15

North Korean test-fires a Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) on July 12 in a photo carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency. Pyongyang launched another ICBM on Monday, its fifth this year. [YONHAP]

North fires ICBM into sea amid worsening war of words

North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) toward the East Sea on Monday, a move immediately condemned by South Korea, the United States and Japan.

2023.12.18

The nuclear-powered USS Missouri fast attack submarine arrives at a naval base in Busan on Sunday to strengthen combined defense posture with South Korea’s Navy. [NEWS1]

U.S. nuclear sub visits Busan as allies hash out deterrence guidelines

The deployment of the latest U.S. nuclear strategic asset on the peninsula, an indication of U.S. commitment to extended deterrence to the South, comes amid signals that North Korea could launch an ICBM as early as this month.

2023.12.17

Nuclear policy experts Adam Mount, second from left, and Toby Dalton, third from left, speak at a roundtable discussion moderated by Korea Pro Editorial Director Kim Jeong-min, far left, at the Four Seasons Hotel in central Seoul on Thursday afternoon. [MICHAEL LEE]

Conventional capabilities, nuclear ambiguity key to U.S. extended deterrence, say experts

Nuclear policy experts speaking at a Thursday afternoon roundtable emphasized that South Korea's conventional capabilities and U.S. ambiguity regarding nuclear weapons use form the core of Washington’s extended deterrence commitment to Seoul.

2023.12.7

Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin, bottom, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, top left and Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi, top right, take part in a videoconference meeting Tuesday to discuss their leaders’ trilateral summit at Camp David this week. [FOREIGN MINISTRY]

Yoon seeks greater trilateral cooperation to deter North

Regarding extended deterrence, President Yoon Suk Yeol told Bloomberg News he is “open to separate consultations” among South Korea, the United States and Japan.

2023.8.16

Conditions for NCG’s successful operation

At the next NCG meeting, South Korea and the U.S. must come up with necessary supplementary measures to counter North Korea’s mounting nuclear threats.

2023.7.25

A North Korean Hwasong-18 solid-fuel intercontinental ballistic missile is seen taking off in this photo taken by the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency on July 12. [YONHAP]

North fires two short-range missiles into East Sea

North Korea launched two ballistic missiles into the East Sea early Wednesday morning, a day after a U.S. nuclear-capable submarine made a port call in the southern port city of Busan.

2023.7.18

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