US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin met his counterpart in Seoul on Tuesday, pledging to beef up joint drills and security cooperation as South Korea seeks nuclear reassurances in the face of growing North Korean threats. Seoul is eager to convince its increasingly nervous public of America’s so-called extended deterrence commitments, …
Read More »Russia offering ‘Korea-style‘ peace deal – Kyiv
Russia wants to impose a truce that would split Ukrainian lands, similar to how the Korean Peninsula is divided today, Aleksey Danilov, head of Ukraine’s National Security and Defense Council, has said, as quoted by the country’s media. His statement came after Moscow reiterated that peace negotiations are possible if …
Read More »North Korean drone entered no-fly zone over presidential office – South Korea
South Korea says a North Korean drone intruded into the no-fly zone over the presidential office in the capital, Seoul, last month. On Thursday, South Korea’s military said that a North Korean drone had entered the no-fly zone over the presidential office in Seoul during a rare incursion last month. …
Read More »South Korea, US Discuss Possible Joint Nuclear Drills
Seoul and Washington are discussing joint nuclear exercises amid flaring tensions with Pyongyang, SK’s President Yoon Suk-yeol has said. Yoon’s comments, made in an interview published Monday, follow similar ones where he called for “war preparation” with an “overwhelming” capability. On Sunday North Korean state media reported that leader Kim …
Read More »North Korea orders new ICBM and larger nuclear arsenal
Pyongyang needs “overwhelming military power” to protect its sovereignty, Kim Jong-un says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has called for the country to develop a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and boost its nuclear arsenal amid rising tensions on the Korean Peninsula, state-run media reported. Pyongyang requires “overwhelming military power” …
Read More »First-ever case of deadly brain-eating amoeba reported by South Korea
The parasite has killed a man who recently came back from Thailand, the health authorities say The first ever case of Naegleria fowleri, often referred to as a ‘brain-eating amoeba’, has been recorded in South Korea, the Korea Disease Control and Prevention Agency (KDCA) said on Monday. The single-celled organism …
Read More »‘Tit-for-tat’ warning: North Korea fires shells into buffer zone with South
South Korea says the North has fired a barrage of artillery shells into a maritime buffer zone. Pyongyang says it was a warning against Seoul’s “provocative actions.” The South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a statement that about 130 artillery rounds were simultaneously fired from two separate sites, …
Read More »‘Faithful US Dog’: Kim’s Sister Slams Seoul for Proposing New Sanctions on Pyongyang
Kim Yo-jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, accused the South Korean government of being a “faithful dog” of the United States for mulling sanctions on Pyongyang for recently conducting a series of test missile launches. “As soon as the US spoke of ‘independent sanctions’ against the Democratic …
Read More »Korean ICBM CAN Reach ‘Entire US’, Says Japan
The latest missile launched fell into Japanese waters and flew around 6,000km, according to South Korean and Japanese estimates, but has the capacity to go much further – approx. 15,000km – which “could cover the entire mainland United States,” the Japanese Defense Minister said. The US scrambled to “all necessary …
Read More »North Korea fires 4 ballistic missiles as U.S., Seoul end drills
North Korea fired four short-range ballistic missiles into the western sea on Saturday, South Korea’s military said, as Seoul and Washington ended a high-profile six-day military exercise. North Korea has launched a series of missiles this week, including a possible failed intercontinental ballistic missile, drawing condemnation from the United States, …
Read More »In pictures: Halloween stampede in Seoul leaves over 150 dead
In pictures: Halloween stampede in Seoul leaves over 150 dead
Read More »South Korea sanctions Pyongyang
The first unilateral restrictions in five years come in response to the North’s recent missile tests South Korea has sanctioned North Korea over its recent flurry of missile tests, the first such move in almost five years, the nation’s Foreign Ministry announced on Friday. “We strongly condemn North Korea’s latest …
Read More »South Korea pushes nuke-sharing talks with US – media
The Chosun Ilbo newspaper claims Seoul wants Washington to station its aircraft carriers or submarines in the region South Korea is pushing the US for the creation of a nuclear weapons-sharing scheme, the newspaper Chosun Ilbo has claimed. According to the outlet, Seoul would like to see American aircraft carriers …
Read More »North Korea outlines position on talks with US
Kim Jong-un says Pyongyang has “nothing to talk about with enemies” The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) does not see any point in engaging in talks with the US and South Korea, the country’s leader, Kim Jong-un, has said. In a report released by the North Korean state news …
Read More »North Korea fires two ballistic missiles, 7th launch in two weeks
North Korea fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday, authorities in neighbouring countries said, the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days that added to widespread alarm in Washington and its allies in Tokyo and Seoul. Officials in the South Korean capital have said the uptick in the North’s …
Read More »North Korea fires ballistic missiles hours after Kamala Harris leaves Seoul
North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles in less than a week in the wake of a visit by US Vice President Kamala Harris to the troubled Korean Peninsula. The South Korean military said it had detected the launch of “two short-range ballistic missiles from the Sunchon area in South …
Read More »Japan, US, South Korea to conduct joint naval drills amid tensions with North
Japan, the United States, and South Korea are set to hold joint naval drills in the Sea of Japan, as tensions continue to rise on the Korean Peninsula. Japan’s Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) announced in a statement on Thursday that the trilateral anti-submarine warfare exercise would be conducted on September …
Read More »South Korea updates war plans over North Korea ‘threats’
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol has ordered an update of his country’s wartime operational plans to counter alleged threats from North Korea. On Thursday and the fourth day of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) military drills between South Korea and the United States, Yoon ordered the update to address Pyongyang’s …
Read More »Self-healing cars? New car coating repairs scratches in 30 minutes using sunlight
A transparent protective coating material that can heal itself in 30 minutes when exposed to sunlight might just be the solution to car scratches, scientists say.
Read More »Russia, China hold military drill in E Asia amid Biden visit
Chinese and Russian fighter jets carried out joint flights near Japan on Tuesday during the last day of Joe Biden’s visit to the region. South Korea’s military said it intercepts fighter jets after at least four Chinese and four Russian warplanes entered its air defense zone on Tuesday. The Russian …
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