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Japan orders military to shoot down North Korean satellite if necessary
Apr 22, 2023 13:06Japanese Defense Minister Yasukazu Hamada has ordered the military to prepare to shoot down a North Korean satellite should it fall within Japan's territory after Pyongyang said this week it was ready to launch its first military spy satellite.
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Russia slams S Korean suggestion to arm Kiev as 'anti-Russia' move
Apr 20, 2023 11:00Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has reacted strongly to South Korea's suggestion that it may start arming Ukraine's government, slamming the idea as "an openly hostile anti-Russian move."
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N Korea’s Kim orders launch of 1st surveillance satellite
Apr 19, 2023 08:23North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has ordered the launch of the country’s first military reconnaissance satellite as a deterrence measure against persisting US-led war games near its waters.
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North Korea: US-South Korea drills driving tensions to 'brink of nuclear war'
Apr 06, 2023 09:03North Korea says joint military drills by the United States and South Korea are pushing tensions on the Korean Peninsula to the "brink of a nuclear war," vowing to respond with "offensive action."
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US stokes nuclear tension with carrier drills
Apr 01, 2023 13:10The strike group of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier conducted military exercises off the Korean Peninsula this week.
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Iranian Navy 86th flotilla docks at Port of Cape Town in South Africa
Mar 31, 2023 14:03The Iranian Navy’s 86th flotilla of warships has docked at the Port of Cape Town in South Africa in line with the Islamic Republic's efforts to expand its naval presence in international waters.
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North Korea: Expanding nuclear arsenal aimed at defending country, regional peace
Mar 28, 2023 08:18The North Korean leader says Pyongyang's policy of expanding its nuclear arsenal is solely aimed at defending the country as well as regional peace and stability.
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China forces US warship out of South China Sea again
Mar 24, 2023 11:06China's ministry of defense has announced that it once again had to monitor and expel a US Navy destroyer USS Milius, which had illegally entered China’s territorial waters of the Paracel Islands in the South China Sea.
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North Korea fires multiple missiles as US, South Korea plan largest drill
Mar 22, 2023 11:26North Korea has fired cruise missiles off its east coast as the United States and South Korea plan to hold their largest joint military drills in the region in June.
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S Korea, Japan mending ties amid tensions on Korean Peninsula
Mar 18, 2023 12:08South Korea will fully implement a key military intelligence-sharing pact with Japan, a defense ministry official said on Saturday, as the two countries are seeking to mend ties.