March 27 (UPI) — North Korea launched two short-range ballistic missiles into the sea between Korea and Japan on Monday, Seoul defense officials said, hours before the nuclear-powered USS Nimitz aircraft carrier conducted exercises with the South Korean navy. The South Korean military detected two missiles fired from the Chunghwa County area in North Hwanghae…
SEOUL, Jan 19 (Reuters) – The U.S. Department of Defense has asked its forces stationed in South Korea to provide equipment to help Ukraine in the war against Russia, the U.S. military said on Thursday, adding the move has “zero impact” on its operations in the Asian country. U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), which has some…
Greetings from Tyler, Around the world, leaders have taken note. Why else is there a war in Ukraine? Why are the Chinese maneuvering toward Taiwan, insisting that it’s sovereign territory? Why is little rocket man shooting rockets toward Japan and scaring the South Koreans half to death? Why is Iran acting up, making demands and…
South Korea’s Prime Minister is promising a “thorough investigation” into a horrifying Halloween stampede in Seoul that killed at least 154 people. Han Duck-soo assured the government will “do its best to make necessary improvements” to prevent another disaster from happening again. He and Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon paid tribute at a memorial altar for…
North Korea has fired two short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea, South Korea’s military has said. In a statement it said two launches had been detected from the North’s eastern coastal Tongchon area around mid-day on Friday. Tongchon is about 60km (37 miles) away from the inter-Korean border. The area was apparently closer to South…
WASHINGTON, April 8 (Yonhap) — The United States and South Korea continue to adjust their joint defense capabilities to meet ever increasing threats from North Korea’s advancing nuclear and ballistic missile capabilities, a Pentagon spokesperson said Friday. Department of Defense Press Secretary John Kirby also highlighted the importance of South Korea-U.S. joint training exercises. “All…
The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Agreement was signed yesterday, promising to set trading standards for 10 Southeast Asian countries plus China, Australia, New Zealand, South Korea, and Japan. The deal is a strategic, but mostly symbolic win for China. Illustration by Derek Zheng The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) announced yesterday that a massive free-trade…
Joern Pollex/Getty Images Global trade is marching on with or without the US. Next year, the world’s biggest free trade deal could be signed. The Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) would be made up of 15 countries. The US and India are not currently part of the deal, but China, Japan and other big Asian…
An employee of the virology department of the Charite hospital prepares a test for the new coronavirus in Berlin, Germany, Jan. 21, 2020. GENEVA – Experts meeting in emergency session at the World Health Organization will look at the spreading Coronavirus to see whether it constitutes a Public Health Emergency of International Concern and decide…
Left to right, first lady Melania Trump, U.S. President Donald Trump, Japan’s Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako are seen at the the welcoming ceremony at the Imperial Palace, in Tokyo, Japan, May 27, 2019. TOKYO — U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday became the first foreign leader to meet with Japan’s Emperor Naruhito, who ascended…