Published time: 19 Sep, 2017 21:36 A US carrier group led by the USS Ronald Reagan will join US-South Korean naval drills that will take place near the Korean Peninsula in October, Japanese media report, citing the South Korean Defense Ministry. On Monday, the ministry revealed its plans in a report it submitted to the […]
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Weapons of mass destruction will not be used on Korean peninsula – Putin
Russian president Vladimir Putin is confident that there will be no conflict with the use of weapons of mass destruction in North-East Asia, he said at the Eastern Economic Forum (EEF) in Vladivostok. “We hope it will not come to a conflict with the use of weapons of mass destruction in North-East Asia”, Russian president […]
BRICS summit kicks off in China amid tensions on Korean Peninsula
Published time: 4 Sep, 2017 11:00 The leaders of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa have arrived for a three-day summit in the Chinese city of Xiamen. The BRICS countries of developing economies seek greater say in global affairs. While the meetings have focused on economic links among BRICS members and global partners, the […]
S. Korea, U.S. discuss deploying aircraft carrier, strategic bombers to Korean Peninsula – Seoul
Published time: 4 Sep, 2017 06:25 Edited time: 4 Sep, 2017 07:18 South Korea and the U.S. are discussing deployment of an aircraft carrier and strategic bombers, South Korean Yonhap news agency reported, citing the country’s defense ministry. The agency added that Seoul had detected “indications” that Pyongyang is preparing a ballistic missile launch. Read […]
Peninsula On Edge
A powerful tremor was detected early Sunday in North Korea — a suspected nuclear weapons test — hours after the reclusive regime claimed to have developed a hydrogen bomb. The US Geological Survey recorded a 6.3 magnitude earthquake at a depth of 0.0 km, a strong indicator the event may have been a nuclear test […]
China says it will never allow war or chaos on its doorstep as tensions escalate on Korean Peninsula
Published time: 31 Aug, 2017 07:30 Edited time: 31 Aug, 2017 07:47 Beijing has stated it will not allow war or chaos on the Korean Peninsula, Reuters reports, as US B-1B bombers and South Korean fighter jets conduct a joint flight operation amid mounting tensions in the region. The statement was made by defense ministry […]
‘Korean peninsula on the brink’: US & N. Korean warmongering paradoxically identical – Zakharova
Published time: 14 Aug, 2017 23:25 Washington and Pyongyang are edging closer to conflict with their harsh rhetoric while paying little regard to the potential consequences of such confrontation, Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova has said in an interview with a Latvian radio station. “We [the Russian foreign ministry] have already said that the […]
‘Crimea always been Russia’: award winning filmmaker Kusturica says during Peninsula visit
Published time: 24 Jul, 2017 01:07 Crimea’s reunification with Russia is an “organic” process, Serbian movie director, Emir Kusturica, told journalists in Yalta, saying, that those living on the Peninsula do not need approval from abroad to build their lives as part of Russia. “There are forces in the world that divide but on the […]
S. Korea proposes ‘rare’ military talks with Pyongyang to ‘ease tensions’ on peninsula
Published time: 17 Jul, 2017 07:26 Seoul has proposed rare military talks to North Korea for as early as this week, saying that the negotiations may “ease tensions” and establish long-awaited peace on the Korean Peninsula, where the states are technically still at war with each other. “Talks and cooperation between the two Koreas to […]
US to conduct another THAAD test amid growing Korean Peninsula tensions
The US Missile Defense Agency (MDA) has confirmed that it will soon carry out another test of its THAAD system to examine the hardware’s effectiveness against potential ballistic threats, Reuters reports. A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) flight test will be conducted by the MDA from the Pacific Spaceport Complex Alaska “in early July,” […]