Sourced: Korea Joongang Daily Washington asked Seoul to share the cost of rotationally deploying U.S. strategic assets around the Korean Peninsula, an official with South Korea’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, stoking local fears about a higher financial burden as the Donald Trump administration is pushing allies to pay more for their defense. The official,… Continue reading U.S ASKS KOREA TO SHARE COST OF STRATEGIC WEAPONS
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U.S MILITARY QUIETLY PREPARES FOR A LAST RESORT : WAR WITH NORTH KOREA
Sourced : New York Times By Helene Cooper, Eric Schmitt, Thomas Gibbos-Neff, and John Ismay Across the military, officers and troops are quietly preparing for a war they hope will not come. At Fort Bragg in North Carolina last month, a mix of 48 Apache gunships and Chinook cargo helicopters took off in an exercise… Continue reading U.S MILITARY QUIETLY PREPARES FOR A LAST RESORT : WAR WITH NORTH KOREA
SOUTH KOREA COULD SOON OPERATE F-35B STEALTH FIGHTER JETS FROM ITS NEW AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIP
Sourced : IBT Times By India Ashok South Korea’s military is reportedly considering to operate F-35B stealth fighter jets from its new amphibious warship, which is slated to be deployed in 2020. Seoul is reportedly looking into whether the new assault ship, which is a 14,000-tonne Dokdo-class vessel, will be able to carry the short-takeoff… Continue reading SOUTH KOREA COULD SOON OPERATE F-35B STEALTH FIGHTER JETS FROM ITS NEW AMPHIBIOUS WARSHIP
CHINA’S STEALTH JET MAY HAVE DONE FLYOVER OF SOUTH KOREA (Video)
Sourced : Asia Times Has China’s fifth-generation fighter the J-20 just accomplished a top-secret reconnaissance of the ongoing war game Vigilant Ace between the United States and South Korea, totally undetected by either military? According to Chinese news portal Sina, yes. Evidence? The People’s Liberation Army Air Force (PLAAF) said on its Weibo account on… Continue reading CHINA’S STEALTH JET MAY HAVE DONE FLYOVER OF SOUTH KOREA (Video)
SOUTH AND NORTH KOREAN ASOLDIERS AVOID EXCHANGING FIRE IN TENSE DEFECTOR INCIDENT AT DMZ
Sourced : Asia Times South and North Korean soldiers avoided shooting at each other in a dangerous incident at the Joint Security Area in Panmunjom on Monday involving a defecting North Korean soldier who was wounded by northern bullets as he was crossing to the South. The incident took place at the demilitarized zone (DMZ)… Continue reading SOUTH AND NORTH KOREAN ASOLDIERS AVOID EXCHANGING FIRE IN TENSE DEFECTOR INCIDENT AT DMZ
COULD SOUTH KOREA ABANDON ITS STRAINED ALLIANCE WITH US?
Sourced : Asia Times By Andrew Salmon In the blissful afterglow of US President Donald Trump’s gaff-free state visit to South Korea – where he appeared to upgrade his personal relationship with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and delivered a powerful, well-received speech at the National Assembly – few are questioning the Korea-US alliance’s future.… Continue reading COULD SOUTH KOREA ABANDON ITS STRAINED ALLIANCE WITH US?
SAUDI-QATAR’S TRUE BATTLEGROUND IS ASIA
Sourced : Bloomberg By David Fickling Forget the Strait of Hormuz. The real place to watch the simmering diplomatic battle between Saudi Arabia and Qatar is 5,500 kilometers to the southeast, in the Strait of Malacca between Malaysia and Indonesia. That’s because the petroleum market’s center of gravity, along with that of the global economy, is in… Continue reading SAUDI-QATAR’S TRUE BATTLEGROUND IS ASIA
U.S STARTS DEPLOYING THAAD MISSILE BATTERY IN SOUTH KOREA
Sourced : Washington Post By Anna Fifield The United States military started installing a controversial anti-missile defense system in South Korea overnight Tuesday, triggering protests and sparking criticism that it was rushing to get the battery in place before the likely election of a president who opposes it. The sudden and unannounced move came only… Continue reading U.S STARTS DEPLOYING THAAD MISSILE BATTERY IN SOUTH KOREA
KIM JONG UN’S ROCKETS ARE GETTING AN IMPORTANT BOOST – FROM CHINA
Sourced : The Washington Post By Joby Warrick When North Korea launched its Kwangmyongsong-4 satellite into space in February last year, officials heralded the event as a birthday gift for dead leader Kim Jong Il. But the day also brought an unexpected prize for the country’s adversaries: priceless intelligence in the form of rocket parts… Continue reading KIM JONG UN’S ROCKETS ARE GETTING AN IMPORTANT BOOST – FROM CHINA
U.S THAAD ANTI-MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM ARRIVES IN SOUTH KOREA
Sourced : Korean Times By Jun Ji-hye Seoul and Washington have started the controversial deployment of a U.S. anti-missile defense system here, with two missile launchers and other equipment arriving here Monday night. The first batch of equipment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) battery landed at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 70… Continue reading U.S THAAD ANTI-MISSILE DEFENCE SYSTEM ARRIVES IN SOUTH KOREA