U.S. Defense Secretary Ash Carter announced in Washington on Oct. 19 the establishment of a much higher-level bilateral organization to guarantee America’s nuclear pledge to defend and protect South Korea. (more…)
China is using strategic camouflage in the South China Sea by constructing commercial facilities that can easily be converted for military use, the director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (more…)
At least two senior North Korean diplomats stationed in Beijing fled with their family members to the Japanese embassy to seek political asylum, according to South Korean newspaper reports (more…)
U.S Special Operations Command (SoCom) is pressing the Pentagon to specifically name Salafi jihadism “as the doctrine that inspires violent Muslim extremists,” a report said. SoCom called on Joint (more…)
Already fighting internal insurgencies, Iran is now investigating possible cyberattacks on its re-emerging energy sector. The recent incidents at major oil and gas facilities add to more headaches for (more…)
After a decade of delays, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is set for its first mission. The Marines will begin moving 16 F-35Bs to Iwakuni Air Station in Japan (more…)
China is set to purchase from Ukrainian firm Antonov a fleet of An-225 cargo jets, the longest and heaviest airplane ever built. Analysts say the recently announced $300 million (more…)
A senior North Korean official was executed by a firing squad for falling asleep during a board meeting with the top leader of the tyrannical state, the South Korean (more…)
Hours before a historic trilateral meeting in Tokyo on Aug. 24, North Korea defiantly launched a submarine-based ballistic missile, undermining China’s credibility at the negotiation table. The meeting was (more…)
