Why China’s loss could be South Korea’s gain as Southeast Asia seeks new weapons suppliers
South China Sea disputes, affordability and political trust help Seoul gain foothold in Southeast Asian arms market, analysts say China has been a major arms supplier to Southeast Asia, but ...
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Geonomics, Not Geopolitics is Driving Pakistan’s Courting of Bangladesh
It is part of Islamabad’s effort to enhance and diversify economic relations in its immediate neighborhood, focusing on trade ...
US Sends New Army Spy Plane to Western Pacific Front Line
The U.S. Air Force deploys several variants of the RC-135 spy plane at Kadena Air Base, a U.S. military hub on Japan's Okinawa Island. Open-source flight tracking data showed that they were flying ...
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Philippines wins its first Asian Winter Games medal, a curling gold
The Philippines curling team has been rocking it in Harbin, China, claiming the tropical country’s first Asian Winter Games ...
Trump wants peace. Ukrainians fear what that might look like
I last visited this area in 2023, when Ukraine launched a much-anticipated counter-offensive. At the time, Ukrainians dared ...
How South Korea's Constitutional Court is deciding on the president's future
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is putting up a desperate fight for his political life at Seoul's Constitutional Court after being impeached and arrested for his short-lived imposition of martial ...
South Korea can negotiate with US on tariffs, acting president says
South Korea's Acting President Choi Sang-mok said on Thursday the country should be able to negotiate with the administration of President Donald Trump on tariffs as its investment in the United ...
Seoul says North Korea is destroying facility that hosted reunions of war-separated families
North Korea is demolishing a South Korea-built property that had been used to host reunions of families separated during the 1950-53 Korean War, the South's government said Thursday, as it continues ...
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USAF’s 8th Fighter Wing F-16s Execute First Agile Combat Employment in South Korea
Beverly Pack 25-1 tested the Wolf Pack’s ability to deploy Airmen, equipment, and aircraft to a simulated forward operating ...
North Korea warns of "armed force conflict" after nuclear-powered U.S. submarine docks in South Korea
The nuclear-powered USS Alexandria is a 360-foot fast-attack submarine equipped with Tomahawk missiles and MK48 torpedoes.
North Korea says US nuclear submarine at South Korea port posing grave threat, KCNA reports
North Korea's defence ministry said on Tuesday the United States is again posing a grave security threat by sending a nuclear submarine to a South Korean port and its military forces are ready to take ...
North Korea’s Kim slams US-South Korea-Japan partnership and vows to boost his nuclear program
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has said an elevated U.S. security partnership with South Korea and Japan poses a grave threat to his country and vowed to further bolster his nuclear weapons program.