U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth visited the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas on Monday as he began a two-day visit to ally South Korea for security talks.Hegseth and South Korean Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back received a briefing from military officials at Observation Post Ouellette,

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s visit to the heavily fortified DMZ came ahead of talks expected to involve Washington’s goal of reshaping the role of U.S. troops in Korea.

After months of uncertainty over U.S. aid, the defense secretary pledged that Washington would keep funding programs that help address the wounds of the Vietnam War.

N. Korea fired multiple artillery rockets earlier this week, coinciding with a joint visit by the defense chiefs of S. Korea and the U.S. to the DMZ

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is on a two-day trip to South Korea. He visited Panmunjom on the border with the North on Monday.

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth reiterated the claim that those being targeted by the United States in military strikes are "the al Qaeda of the Western Hemisphere."

Defense secretary praises U.S.-China relations but says better communications needed to “deconflict and deescalate any problems that arise.”

This latest move by the Department of Defense comes as Congress has become increasingly frustrated with the lack of transparency from the Pentagon on U.S. military operations such as cartel