Stay informed with SOFREP’s Evening Brief, covering the top defense and global affairs stories for Thursday, June 19, 2025.

The U.S. and its allies—both of which host American forces—have conducted military exercises around the Korean Peninsula, ...

South Korea's nominee for spy agency director said on Thursday he believed the United States would strike North Korea with ...

The nation's President Lee Jae-myung and Japan's Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba agreed to step up cooperation in their first in-person talks, in an early indication of the direction of future relations ...

President Lee Jae-myung’s softer North Korea strategy, echoing past failed efforts, is unlikely to succeed. Pyongyang seeks ...

Prime Minister Shigeru Ishiba and South Korean President Lee Jae-Myung agreed on Tuesday to develop stable bilateral ...

On Wednesday, Russia's TASS news agency quoted Shoigu as saying North Korea would send a "division of builders, two military brigades [of] 5,000 people", as well as 1,000 deminers to help with the ...

The two leaders agreed to beef up cooperation with US to respond to geopolitical risks. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.

North Korea will send military builders and sappers to help restore Russia's western Kursk region after Ukraine's incursion, Russian news agencies cited Moscow's security chief as saying on ...

North Korea will send thousands of military construction workers and sappers to Russia's Kursk region to help rebuild it ...

Russia's top presidential security adviser Sergei Shoigu was expected to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong Un after arriving in Pyongyang "on special instructions" from President ...

President Lee Jae-myung met with Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canada on Monday and agreed to bolster ...