US arms deal still up in the air after Hegseth visit to Vietnam
Despite U.S. interest in deeper military ties with Vietnam, the Nov. 2 visit by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth did not yield an arms sales announcement.
By Military Times Staff
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Army Korea’s move to longer duty tours to come in stages, general says
The new model will see soldiers accompanied by their families serving a three-year tour in Korea and unaccompanied troops serving two years.
By Hope Hodge Seck
Mattis: North Korea will need to build trust as peace agreement advances
Trump hails peace agreement, says 'maximum pressure' will be continued as talks move forward.
By Tara Copp, AP
Kim Jong Un makes history, crosses border to meet his rival
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made history Friday by crossing over the world’s most heavily armed border to greet South Korean President Moon Jae-in for talks on North Korea’s nuclear weapons.
Top 3 takeaways from Mattis on Capitol Hill
Geopolitical hot spots dominated Defense Secretary Jim Mattis’ appearance before the Senate Armed Services Committee, alongside Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Joe Dunford.
By Joe Gould
Trump says North Korea has made major nuclear concessions
President Donald Trump said Thursday that North Korea has made concessions to the U.S. in advance of a potential summit with Kim Jong Un in the coming months, while the U.S. hasn’t given up anything.
By Zeke Miller, The Associated Press
Why the head of Pacific Command will be the next US ambassador to South Korea instead of Australia
Australia’s prime minister said Wednesday that the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, Adm. Harry Harris, will not become Washington’s next ambassador to Australia and will be posted to South Korea instead.
Ahead of summits, US tones down war games with South Korea
This year, the exercises have been postponed, scaled back, probably shortened and certainly toned down. They have not, however, been canceled. Here’s why:
In big shift, Trump assesses Kim Jong Un as ‘very honorable’
President Donald Trump on Tuesday said Kim Jong Un wants a historic, high-stakes meeting as soon as possible and suggested the North Korean dictator has been “very open” and “very honorable,” a sharply different assessment of a leader he once denounced as “Little Rocket Man.”
By Jonathan Lemire, The Associated Press