Missile defense

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North Korea Launches Multiple Missiles

North Korea launched a series of what appeared to be "surface-to-ship" missiles on Thursday, South Korea's defence...

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S. Korea To Freeze New THAAD Deployment Pending Probe

South Korea will suspend any further deployment of a controversial US missile defence system until an environmental...

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Japan Holds Evacuation Drills As N.Korea Missile Fears Grow

Hundreds of residents of a small Japanese coastal town took part in an evacuation drill Sunday as fears grow that a...

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Mattis Arrives In Singapore As N. Korea Tensions Swirl

Pentagon chief Jim Mattis arrived in Singapore on Friday ahead of a key defence summit where longstanding US allies...

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As NKorea Threat Grows, US Plans Next Anti-ICBM Test In 2018

The US military will follow up its experimental shoot-down of an intercontinental ballistic missile by firing two...

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North Korea Warns of ICBM Launch

North Korea warned on Wednesday that it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time,...

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S. Korea Military ‘hid Missile Launchers From President’

South Korean military officials deliberately withheld information from the president about the arrival of new launchers...

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US Military To Test Anti-ICBM System In Landmark Trial

The US military is due Tuesday to fire an interceptor rocket at an intercontinental ballistic missile in a...

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S.Korea’s Moon Orders Probe Into Undisclosed US Missile Launchers

South Korea's new President Moon Jae-In Tuesday ordered an investigation into why his office was kept in the dark about...

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US Military To Test Anti-ICBM System

The US military will try to intercept an intercontinental ballistic missile in a test of a defense system that comes...

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Chinese Rappers Rap South Korea Over THAAD

Sporting baseball caps, baggy pants and sneakers, a crew of young Chinese men strut down a long empty hallway toward an...

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China’s Xi Calls For S. Korea Ties To Get Back On Track

Chinese President Xi Jinping told a South Korean envoy on Friday he was willing to put relations back on a "normal...

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China Urges S.Korea To ‘remove Obstacles’ To Good Ties

China's foreign minister urged South Korea's new government on Thursday to remove "obstacles" to good relations amid...

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Xi, Moon Agree Denuclearising North Korea ‘common Goal’

Chinese leader Xi Jinping and new South Korean president Moon Jae-In agreed on Thursday that denuclearising North Korea...

International

South Korea’s Moon Jae-In Willing To Visit North Korea

Moon Jae-in, South Korea's new president, has declared his willingness to visit the nuclear-armed North, moments after...

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China Says It Tested New Missile Near Korean Peninsula

Chinese defense chiefs say the country's military has successfully tested a new kind of guided missile near the Korean...

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China Says It Tested New Missile In Northeastern Sea

China has recently tested a new type of guided missile in a northeastern sea near the Korean peninsula, the defence...

News

US Anti-Missile System Operational In South Korea

The US military says its controversial Thaad missile defence system is now operational in South Korea. The system can...

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China Demands ‘immediate’ Halt As THAAD Goes Online In South Korea

China has demanded an 'immediate' halt to the deployment of a controversial US missile system in South Korea just hours...