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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The influential sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said Sunday that a planned military exercise between Seoul and Washington would “becloud” relations, state-run media reported. The warning comes amid a surprise thaw on the Korean peninsula, prompted by a series of personal letters between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in. The two sides on Tuesday restored cross-border communications that were severed more than a year ago, announcing […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The United States and South Korea announced Tuesday that their annual joint military drills would go ahead next month, with no significant downsize in scale despite an ongoing diplomatic thaw with North Korea. The large-scale exercises involving tens of thousands of ground troops are a perennial source of tension between the two Koreas, with Pyongyang condemning them as provocative rehearsals for an invasion of the North. With talks underway to […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea and the United States will scale down and shorten annual joint military exercises in light of a diplomatic thaw with Pyongyang, a report said Friday. The Key Resolve and Foal Eagle drills held every spring regularly infuriate the nuclear-armed North, which usually condemns them as preparations for invasion and responds with provocations of its own, ratcheting tensions higher. But the two Koreas and the US are in the […]
TOKYO., Japan (AFP) — Japan stressed Friday that a decision by the US and South Korea to delay a huge military drill was not tantamount to an easing of the pressure on North Korea. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said Tokyo, Washington, and Seoul remained committed to applying maximum pressure on the secretive regime. The three allies “have confirmed a shared policy to further increase pressure against North Korea,” Suga told a regular press briefing. […]
by Jim Mannion Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — Tensions were on the rise Sunday ahead of the largest ever US-South Korea air exercise, with Pyongyang calling it an “all-out provocation” that could lead to nuclear conflict as a US lawmaker warned of a growing likelihood of “preemptive war” on the divided peninsula. The five-day Vigilant Ace drill — involving some 230 aircraft including F-22 Raptor stealth jet fighters — begins Monday, five […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korea’s military conducted a joint drill with two United States supersonic B-1B Lancer bombers on Tuesday (June 20) as part of a scheduled exercise. At an earlier briefing, a South Korean air force official told reporters the drill will also involve two South Korean F-15K fighter jets. Photos released by the US Department of Defense on Tuesday shows B-1B lancers flying a 10-hour mission from Andersen Air Force Base, […]
SOUTH China Sea, July 22 (Eagle News) — Chinese navy’s South China Sea Fleet recently conducted a landing drill to hone its combat capacity. The drill involved a landing brigade, Marine Corps, amphibious forces and navy helicopter units. The landing formation, namely the “red” side, successfully broke rival army blockades, and transported troops to a landing area after one-day and two-night voyage. The drill also featured a combined command system. It aimed to test the […]
South Korean marines fired artillery shells across a disputed sea border in response to North Korea’s firing their own artillery shells during a live military drill.
