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by Thomas WATKINS Agence France Presse WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The Pentagon has pulled its invitation for China to join maritime exercises in the Pacific because of Beijing’s “continued militarization” of the South China Sea, an official said Wednesday, in the latest sign of US-China strains. China hit back at the decision, calling it “very non-constructive” and saying it was taken without due reflection. Personnel from more than two dozen countries train together and […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea, Japan and the United States held a joint naval exercise Monday aimed at countering missile threats from North Korean submarines, Seoul’s defense ministry said, amid mounting concerns over the hermit state’s weapons program. Pyongyang is on a quest to develop a long-range missile capable of hitting the US mainland with a nuclear warhead, and has so far staged five nuclear tests, two of them last year. The three-day […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea on Thursday kicked off a live-fire naval exercise near its disputed sea border with North Korea — a move likely to fan already elevated military tensions with Pyongyang. The three-day exercise in the Yellow Sea is aimed at practising responses to simulated incursions by North Korean vessels and aircraft, the South’s navy said in a statement. The manoeuvres will involve 20 naval ships, including an Aegis destroyer, as […]
BEIJING, China, July 24 (Eagle News) — The Chinese navy commenced a ten-day naval exercise near the disputed territories in the West Philippine Sea. The Chinese Ministry of Defense said that the exercise is part of the regular naval exercise and is not aimed to threaten the claimants of the disputed territories in the area. (Eagle News Service Jay Paul Carlos, Jericho Morales, MRFaith Bonalos)
