Yoojin Lee

6 days ago | stripes.com | David Choi |Yoojin Lee

North Korea launches short-range ballistic missiles off its eastern coast, in this photo issued by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on May 9, 2025. (KCNA) North Korea launched a series of short-range ballistic missiles Thursday during a nuclear counterstrike drill overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, in what state media said was a response to recent nuclear exercises by the United States and South Korea.

2 weeks ago | stripes.com | Joseph Ditzler |Yoojin Lee

Senior Airman Christopher Collins marshals a B-1B Lancer at Misawa Air Base, Japan, April 18, 2025.

3 weeks ago | stripes.com | David Choi |Yoojin Lee

South Korean army K9A1 self-propelled howitzers fire live rounds at the Story Live Fire Complex in Paju, South Korea, April 21, 2025. (South Korean army) The South Korean military resumed artillery practice this week at a firing range in Paju, the first such drill at the range near the northern border since the two Koreas suspended a deconfliction agreement last year.

3 weeks ago | stripes.com | David Choi |Yoojin Lee

South Korean soldiers keep watch during a Freedom Shield drill in Dongducheon, South Korea, on March 13, 2025. (Jameson Harris/U.S. Army) The Trump administration will face credibility issues if it attempts, following the imposition of a 10% tariff on South Korea, to renegotiate the cost of stationing U.S. troops there, according to policy experts.

3 weeks ago | stripes.com | David Choi |Yoojin Lee

A-10 Thunderbolt IIs taxi at Osan Air Base, South Korea, in October 2021. (Kevyn Allen/U.S. Air Force) Two Chinese citizens arrested Monday on suspicion of filming aircraft at a U.S. military base in South Korea were cleared of wrongdoing and released hours later, according to the Gyeonggi Nambu Provincial Police Station.