Tags
China’s new hypersonic misisle can destroy any Indian - US military target even before their response
3 Jan, 2018
China’s new “hypersonic” ballistic missiles will not only challenge the defences of the US but also be able to more accurately hit military targets in Japan and India, a media report said today, PTI has reported. The report in the South China Morning Post comes after Tokyo-based ...
South Korea’s Moon, China’s Xi to talk North Korea, trade in Beijing summit
12 Dec, 2017
SEOUL: Reining in North Korea’s nuclear ambitions will top South Korean President Moon Jae-in’s agenda in Beijing during a visit this week aimed at breaking the ice after a furious row with China over Seoul’s deployment of a US anti-missile system.While both Seoul and Beijing share the goal ...
Vladimir Putin hits at US over Anti Missile Defence System near Russian borders
1 Jun, 2017
Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday that elements of a US anti-missile system in Alaska and South Korea were a challenge to Russia and that Moscow had no choice but to build up its own forces in response.Putin, speaking at an economic forum in St Petersburg, said Russia could not ...
North Korea put on notice by US Vice President Mike Pence
17 Apr, 2017
SEOUL: US Vice President Mike Pence put North Korea on notice on Monday (April 17), warning that recent US strikes in Syria and Afghanistan showed that the resolve of President Donald Trump should not be tested.Pence and South Korean acting president Hwang Kyo Ahn, speaking a day after a failed ...
UN Security Council meets close door on North Korea missile tests
7 Sep, 2016
UNITED NATIONS: (APP) The UN Security Council met Tuesday behind closed doors to try to hammer out a response to North Korea over its test-firing of three mid-range missiles.The envoys from France and Japan both urged that a strong message be sent to Pyongyang as they entered the meeting."We want a ...
US mainland within direct striking range of North Korea missiles: Kim
25 Aug, 2016
SEOUL (APP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un declared a submarine-launched missile test the "greatest success", state media said Thursday, as the UN weighed a condemnation of the launch which appears to advance Pyongyang's nuclear strike capability.The US mainland and the Pacific are now "within ...
North Korea calls South Korea's leader 'psychopath'
17 Aug, 2016
SEOUL (APP) - North Korea on Wednesday labelled South Korean President Park Geun-Hye a "psychopath" after she made a speech slamming Pyongyang's nuclear ambitions and defending the deployment of a US anti-missile system.In her televised address on Monday, Park had stressed that deploying the ...
China - South Korea at odds over THAAD missile deployment
15 Aug, 2016
SEOUL: (APP) South Korea's president Monday defended the proposed deployment of a US anti-missile system as an act of self-defence against North Korea, as hundreds of residents shaved their heads in protest at the plan.Tensions have been running high on the divided Korean peninsula since the North ...
Japan orders military to be ready to destroy North Korea incoming missiles
9 Aug, 2016
TOKYO: (APP) Japan's newly appointed defence minister on Monday ordered the nation's military to be ready to destroy any missiles fired by North Korea that threaten the country, local media reported.Tomomi Inada issued the order, public broadcaster NHK said, without mentioning any indication that ...
South Korea hits back at China over THAAD missile deployment criticism
7 Aug, 2016
SEOUL, Aug 7, (APP/AFP) - South Korea on Sundayrejected China's criticism over the planned deployment in the South of a US anti-missile system, saying Beijing's failure to curb its ally North Korea had created the situation.Seoul's decision to deploy the powerful US system, to counter a ...
