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Source: Associated Press SEOUL, South Korea – North Korean state media said Monday that Pyongyang had carried through with a threat to cancel the 60-year-old armistice that ended the Korean War, as it and South Korea staged dueling war games amid threatening rhetoric that has risen to the highest level since North Korea rained artillery shells on a South Korean island in 2010. Enraged over Read More …
Source: UPI.com PYONGYANG, North Korea, March 5 (UPI) — North Korea, citing what it called U.S.-led moves to punish it for its recent nuclear testing, threatened Tuesday to nullify the Korean war truce. The threat came as the United States and China introduced new sanctions against North Korea at the United Nations. U.S. Ambassador Susan Rice told reporters the sanctions will be among “the toughest” Read More …
By Jack Kim and Louis Charbonneau REUTERS (Reuters) – South Korea’s military said it will strike back at North Korea and target its top leadership if Pyongyang launches a threatened attack in response to what it says are “hostile” drills between U.S. and South Korean forces. One of North Korea’s top generals, in a rare appearance on state television on Tuesday, said Pyongyang had torn Read More …
By ERIC TALMADGE Associated Press ANDERSEN AIR FORCE BASE, Guam (AP) — Fighter jets from the U.S. and two key allies roared into western Pacific skies Thursday in the combat phase of annual exercises that have gained importance as the region responds to the rise of China and other potential threats. The Cope North drills — which could soon swell in participants — are aimed Read More …
SOURCE: RT.COM Japan has launched naval drills with the US in spite of heightened tensions with China over a territorial dispute. The exercise was initially planned to simulate an island re-occupation, but was scrapped for naval operations to avoid agitating China. The 11-day drills are aimed at boosting the defense of Japan’s southwestern island territories and will involve more than 37,000 Japanese personnel and 10,000 Read More …
ASSOCIATED PRESS MANILA, Philippines November 4, 2012 (AP) Australia and the Philippines will discuss greater security cooperation and visits by Australian forces for exercises with Filipino troops under a newly approved pact, Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin said Sunday. The Status of Visiting Forces Agreement, ratified by the Philippine Senate in July, allows Australian troops to hold combat exercises with Filipino forces in the Philippines. It Read More …
By Florante S. Solmerin Manila Standard Today The USS George Washington, one of the US Navy’s largest aircraft carriers, is set to arrive on Oct. 24 in the country for a “goodwill visit,” and will enter the Philippines’ 200-nautical mile Exclusive Economic Zone via the South China Sea. The 104,200-ton carrier is expected to pass through the Panatag Shoal, which is situated 124 miles off Read More …
SKETCHES By Ana Marie Pamintuan The Philippine Star SEOUL – Last Sunday South Korea’s side of the Demilitarized Zone was packed with tourists. It was the eve of the 62nd anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. There was some tension here after Korean forces undertook their biggest single-day live-fire military exercises with the United States last week, followed by a major three-day naval Read More …