Missile defense
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
North Korea Warns of ICBM Launch
North Korea warned on Wednesday that it was prepared to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) at any time,...
S. Korea Military ‘hid Missile Launchers From President’
South Korean military officials deliberately withheld information from the president about the arrival of new launchers...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...