F-35s begin first overseas deployment in Japan
The United States Marine Corps announced on Aug. 22 that no fewer than 10 F-35B stealth fighter aircraft will be deployed in Japan starting January 2017, marking the first (more…)
Japan, S. Korea end bilateral tension with joint response to N. Korean missile threat
In a rare joint meeting between the leaders of South Korea and Japan, North Korea’s missile threat became the focal point of agreement. In their Aug. 8 meeting in (more…)
Seoul’s diplomatic offensive succeeds in isolating China on THAAD deployment
In a series of concentrated one-on-one meetings with leaders of key regional powers, President Park Geun-Hye of South Korea delivered a persistent and uncompromising message: Seoul is determined to (more…)
China sides with North Korea, boycotts Seoul’s key ‘Defense Dialogue’
For the first time, China has decided to boycott the Seoul Defense Dialogue, which began on Sept. 8. The Seoul Defense Dialogue is the highest ranking annual defense forum (more…)
Top North Korean Kim killed a lesser Kim for sleeping during meeting
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…)
Japan transfers $10 million to ‘Comfort Women’ fund
The Reconciliation and Healing Foundation, also known as “Comfort Women” fund, has confirmed that it received one billion Japanese yen, or nearly $10 million, from the Japanese government, theoretically (more…)
Putin to visit Japan in December
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe of Japan and President Vladimir Putin of Russia reached an agreement on a historic visit by Putin to Japan set to take place in December, (more…)
N. Korea SLBM test sabotages China’s position at rare trilateral meeting
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…)
S. Korean fighters chase Chinese combat aircraft that entered KADIZ
Without any prior notification, three Chinese military aircraft intruded South Korea’s Air Defense Identification Zone [KADIZ] on Aug. 18, only to be confronted and pursued by the scrambled intercepting (more…)