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QUEZON CITY, Philippines (Eagle News) – The rising tensions in the Korean Peninsula, with the accompanying nuclear stand-off, is causing concern for the members of the Association of South East Asian Nations. ASEAN leaders have condemned North Korea’s plan to develop weapons of mass destruction. The organization appealed to North Korea to follow the provisions of the resolution issued by the United Nation Security Council. In a draft joint statement, the ASEAN Plus Three members […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — Three US aircraft carrier strike groups exercised together in waters off the east coast of South Korea on Sunday (November 12) in a rare show of force as President Donald Trump visits Asia with warnings about the nuclear threat from North Korea. The drill included the USS Nimitz, the Ronald Reagan, the Theodore Roosevelt and their accompanying warships, the first time three U.S. aircraft carrier strike groups have exercised together […]
United States President Donald Trump will prioritize issues in the Korean peninsula, especially North Korea’s nuclear threat, in his visit to China. President Trump will meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping. China is hoping that the US can provide a guide to solve the Korean peninsula problem. President Donald Trump will visit Japan, South Korea, China, Vietnam and the Philippines from Nov. 5 to Nov. 14 — his first official visit to Asia as the […]
Kyoko Hasegawa Agence France Presse TOKYO, Japan (AFP) — Nagasaki must be the last place to suffer an atomic bombing, its mayor said Wednesday, marking 72 years since the devastating American nuclear attack on the Japanese city with a passionate call for denuclearization. The anniversary comes as tensions over North Korea’s rogue weapons program and increasingly bellicose rhetoric from United States president Donald Trump rattle the region and put nuclear threats in the spotlight. “A […]
WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) — The United States Central Intelligence Agency said Wednesday it had formed a special unit dedicated to assessing North Korea’s nuclear weapons threat. The CIA created its first single country-focused mission center, pulling together resources from a range of units to collect and analyze information on Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons and long-range ballistic missile technology that could extend its military threat across the Pacific. The move comes as North Korea appears poised […]
SEOUL , South Korea (AFP) — South Korea, Japan and the United States will hold their first anti-missile drills together next month to guard against threats from nuclear-armed North Korea, a Seoul official said Monday. The drill will be held in the waters near Hawaii on June 28, said an official at the Seoul’s defense ministry, ahead of the US-led Rim of the Pacific naval exercises. “The training will involve detecting and tracing an imaginary […]
HIROSHIMA, Japan (Reuters) – US Secretary of State, John Kerry, called for renewed efforts to end nuclear threats on Monday (April 11) after becoming the first U.S. secretary of state to pay respects at Hiroshima’s memorial to victims of the 1945 U.S. nuclear attack. Kerry described the museum as a “gut-wrenching” reminder of the need to work for a world free of nuclear weapons. “We came here and drew from the experience of touring in […]
