South Korea

South Koreans protest against US missile base

Apr 24, 2023 14:04

South Koreans have been protesting against a US missile base south of the capital, Seoul. They want the base, and US troops, gone as tensions grow with the North on the Korean Peninsula.
China lodges complaint with South Korea over Taiwan remarks

Apr 24, 2023 07:31

China has lodged a complaint with South Korea over “erroneous” remarks made by the country’s president about Chinese Taipei (Taiwan).
Japan orders military to shoot down North Korean satellite if necessary

Apr 22, 2023 13:06

Japanese 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.
Russia slams S Korean suggestion to arm Kiev as 'anti-Russia' move

Apr 20, 2023 11:00

Russian 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."
N Korea’s Kim orders launch of 1st surveillance satellite

Apr 19, 2023 08:23

North 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.
North Korea: US-South Korea drills driving tensions to 'brink of nuclear war'

Apr 06, 2023 09:03

North 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."
US stokes nuclear tension with carrier drills

Apr 01, 2023 13:10

The strike group of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier conducted military exercises off the Korean Peninsula this week.
Iranian Navy 86th flotilla docks at Port of Cape Town in South Africa

Mar 31, 2023 14:03

The 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.
North Korea: Expanding nuclear arsenal aimed at defending country, regional peace

Mar 28, 2023 08:18

The 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.
China forces US warship out of South China Sea again

Mar 24, 2023 11:06

China'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.