Driven by their common perception that North Korea and China posed growing threats to their nations’ security, U.S. President Joe Biden, South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol, and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida agreed at last August’s summit at Camp David to elevate trilateral military ties to an unprecedented level. They have been demonstrating this commitment everyday since, some say to the detriment of stabilizing relations with Pyongyang and Beijing.In recent years, North Korea has...
China says it firmly opposes foreign military alliances targeting it and stoking bloc confrontation.
Junior officers from the Republic of Korea Army and Japan Ground Self Defense Force visited Camp Humphreys, South Korea, as part of the annual Trilateral Junior Officer Exchange Symposium.
SEOUL >> North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervised salvo launches of the country’s “super-large” multiple rocket launchers that simulated a nuclear counterattack against enemy targets, state media said today, adding to tests and threats that have raised tensions in the region.
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South Korea said on Saturday it will consult with Naver, after media reported that the domestic internet company was under pressure from Japan to divest from a venture, adding that its companies should not face discrimination. The South Korean foreign ministry was asked to respond to a Kyodo news agency
Drill ‘clear warning signal’ to US and South Korea for staging aerial wargame with 100 aircraft
The U.S. last week acknowledged Japan and South Korea's "serious concerns" over the recent sharp depreciation in their currencies.
South Korea’s liberal opposition parties scored a decisive victory in the recent National Assembly elections, routing the ruling conservative party of President Yoon Suk Yeol. Read More
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The accelerating slide in the value of Japan’s currency could ultimately be bad news for people in Japan who are heavily reliant on importsThe value of Japan’s currency has tumbled so much, that its value is back to where it was in 1990, shortly after Japan’s famous “bubble economy” burst. For a moment on Monday it was trading at 160 yen to US$1. A few years ago, it was closer to 100 yen to US$1.The yen’s accelerating slide could ultimately be bad news for people in Japan. A weaker yen squeezes...
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