WASHINGTON—The United States imposed sanctions on Tuesday on more than a dozen people and entities in China, Hong Kong, and Iran, including Iran’s defense attache in Beijing, over accusations they helped procure parts and technology for key actors in Iran’s ballistic missile development. Earlier on Tuesday, the official IRNA news agency reported the Iranian regime…

North Korea on Saturday fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed in waters within Japan’s exclusive economic zone, according to Japanese and South Korean officials, after Pyongyang warned that upcoming U.S.-South Korea military drills would lead to a strong response. Japan government spokesman Hirokazu Matsuno told reporters on Feb. 18 that North Korea “fired one ICBM-class…

Commentary The U.S. nuclear umbrella in Asia is failing. North Korea on Jan. 1 announced plans to “exponentially increase” its nuclear arsenal, including small-yield tactical nuclear weapons for the targeting of South Korea and intercontinental ballistic missile production for the targeting of the United States. The rogue country is walking its talk. On Jan. 1, it…

North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles off its east coast on Saturday, according to the South Korean military, which criticized Pyongyang for amping up launches in 2022 amid speculation that it could be preparing another nuclear test. Maj. Gen. Lee Seung-O, South Korea’s director of operations at the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), said…

TOKYO—The ballistic missile North Korea launched last week appears to be the same model as the submarine-launched missile Pyongyang tested last October, Japanese Defence Minister Nobuo Kishi said on Tuesday. North Korea fired a ballistic missile from a submarine on Saturday, days before the inauguration of new South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President…

News Analysis With rising global instability, caused primarily by the belligerence of the new China-Russia axis, these and other countries keep surprising America with their quest for new nuclear weapons and delivery systems, including the hypersonic variety. The chief of U.S. Strategic Command, Adm. Charles Richard, believes that China’s “breathtaking expansion” of its nuclear arsenal…

South Korea’s defense ministry is reportedly seeking the deployment of U.S. strategic assets amid heightening tensions with North Korea. The two allies have agreed to reactivate a Trump-era consultation mechanism to further discuss the deterrence measures. On April 4, South Korea and the United States have agreed to reactivate the Extended Deterrence Strategy and Consultation Group (EDSCG) to…

The United States on March 30 announced new sanctions on a number of entities it says are involved in efforts to obtain materials for Iran’s ballistic missile programme. In a statement, the U.S. Treasury Department said the sanctions target an Iran-based procurement agent, Mohammad Ali Hosseini, and his network of companies: Iran-based Jestar Sanat Delijan, Sina Composite Delijan Company,…

North Korea fired a “suspected ballistic missile” toward the sea of Japan on March 24, the Japanese prime minister’s office said in a statement. Prime Minister Fumio Kishida’s office announced the suspected ballistic missile launch by North Korea at around 2:40 p.m. local time. He later delivered instructions to “dedicate maximum effort to gather and analyze information, and provide…

In its latest move that could ramp up tension on the Korean Peninsula, North Korea on Sunday morning fired four projectiles into the Yellow Sea, South Korean military officials said. The four shots were fired from an unspecified location in western North Korea and fell into the sea off the nation’s west coast during a…