All posts tagged "missile"

  • South Korea's Special Representative for Korean Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Hwang Joon-kook, center, U.S. State Department’s Special Representative for North Korea Policy Sung Kim, right, and Japanese Foreign Ministry’s Director-General for Asian and Oceanian Affairs Junichi Ihara pose for the media before their meeting about North Korea in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, May 27, 2015. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
    Envoys from S. Korea, US, Japan discuss N.Korean nuke threat

    SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The top nuclear envoys from South Korea, the United States and Japan agreed Wednesday on the need to increase pressure on North Korea and urged the country to engage in serious negotiations...

    • Posted May 27, 2015
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    N. Korea launches 2nd day of firing drills

    SEOUL, May 14 (Yonhap) — North Korea carried out a firing drill near the tensely patrolled western maritime border with the South for a second consecutive day on Thursday, raising tension on the peninsula following its new...

    • Posted May 14, 2015
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  • Protesters struggle with police officers as they march toward the Defense Ministry during a rally against the visit by U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, April 10, 2015. Protesters opposed a possible deployment of a Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system on Korea Peninsula. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
    Chinese media warns against US missile-defense system in Korea

    BEIJING, April 10 (Yonhap) — A Chinese state-run newspaper warned Friday that bilateral ties between Seoul and Beijing would be “shattered” if an advanced U.S. missile-defense system is deployed in South Korea. The Global Times made the...

    • Posted April 10, 2015
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  • Joint Chiefs Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2015, before the House Armed Services Committee hearing on President Obama's use of military force proposal against IS and the Defense Department's budget. (AP Photo/Molly Riley)
    US military chief to discuss integrated missile defense during S. Korea visit

    WASHINGTON, March 24 (Yonhap) — U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey said Tuesday that building an integrated air and missile defense system will be a key topic of discussions when he meets with South...

    • Posted March 25, 2015
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  • Director of National Intelligence James Clapper (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
    N. Korea taking steps to deploy missile capable of reaching US territory says US intelligence chief

    WASHINGTON, Feb. 26 (Yonhap) — The United States believes North Korea has already taken steps toward deploying the KN-08 road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile, feared to be capable of reaching American territory, the U.S. intelligence chief said Thursday....

    • Posted February 27, 2015
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  • More than 50 out of North Korea's around 70 submarines had previously been detected away from their bases for operations after the country threatened an "all-out war" against South Korea. (Yonhap)
    N. Korean sub equipped to fire missiles

    WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent satellite imagery appears to show that a North Korean submarine is being equipped to fire missiles, posing a potential new threat to its neighbors, a U.S. research institute said Thursday. The finding published...

    • Posted January 8, 2015
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