Northeast Asia security

Hanwha Ocean has been selected to build South Korea’s lead KDDX next-generation destroyer, advancing a US$5.7 billion programme designed to deliver stealth, AESA radar, indigenous missiles…

South Korea’s successful Cheonryong cruise missile test from an FA-50 fighter marks a major strategic breakthrough in Indo-Pacific deep-strike warfare, strengthening Seoul’s independent…

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has ordered a massive 2.5-fold expansion of ballistic and cruise missile production capacity over the next five years, accelerating Pyongyang’s strategic…

South Korea has formally launched its long-sought nuclear-powered attack submarine initiative after securing U.S. approval, creating a major shift in Indo-Pacific force posture that could…

South Korea’s consideration of delaying KF-21 Block 2 production by more than two years is triggering wider concerns over regional force posture, military modernization momentum, and the…

South Korea has accelerated deployment of its LAMD “Korean Iron Dome” to 2029 amid growing concern that North Korea’s expanding artillery, rocket and low-altitude strike capabilities could…

China has sent one of its most powerful naval task groups into the Sea of Japan in what appears to be a direct strategic signal after Tokyo deployed new long-range missiles capable of…

A February 18, 2026 aerial standoff between USFK F-16 fighter jets and Chinese military aircraft over international airspace in the Yellow Sea highlights intensifying ADIZ friction,…