President Donald Trump is facing his biggest foreign policy challenge yet after North Korea fired a ballistic missile salvo in a supposed training run for an attack on US bases in Japan. Pyongyang blasted at least four missiles across the ocean toward its eastern neighbor on Monday, and three of the rockets splashed down into … Read more
China said Tuesday it would “resolutely” defend its security interests as the US began deploying the THAAD missile-defence system in South Korea that Beijing fears will undermine its own military capabilities. “We are firmly opposed to the deployment of THAAD in the Republic of Korea by the US and the ROK,” foreign ministry spokesman Geng … Read more
Nuclear-armed North Korea said Tuesday its missile launches were training for a strike on US bases in Japan, as global condemnation of the regime swelled. Three of the four missiles fired Monday came down provocatively close to US ally Japan, in waters that are part of its exclusive economic zone, representing a challenge to US … Read more
The US military has begun deploying an anti-ballistic missile defense system to South Korea, following a string of missile tests by North Korea, the US Pacific Command said Monday. The announcement came after nuclear-armed North Korea on Monday launched four missiles which it said was part of training for a strike on US bases in … Read more
Dozens of people holding Chairman Mao posters protested in China’s Jilin province on Sunday, calling for a boycott of South Korean goods as part of a backlash against the country’s Lotte Group. The retail giant has faced growing opposition in China since signing a deal to provide land for a US missile-defence system Tuesday. The … Read more
South Korea’s Lotte Group faces an escalating backlash in China after providing land for a US missile-defence system, amid growing concern that the row will mushroom into wider Chinese retaliation against Seoul. South Korea’s fifth-largest company, Lotte signed a deal Tuesday to provide land for the US system, which was prompted by threats from North … Read more
South Korean retail giant Lotte on Tuesday signed a deal to provide a golf course to host a controversial US missile defence system loathed by Beijing, Seoul’s defence ministry said. Food- and retail-focussed Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-biggest company, has come under growing pressure from China, a crucial market, over the proposal. The plan by … Read more
South Korean retail giant Lotte agreed Monday to provide land to host a controversial US missile defence system loathed by Beijing, Seoul’s defence ministry said. Food- and retail-focussed Lotte Group, South Korea’s fifth-biggest company, has come under growing pressure over the deal from China, a crucial market. The plan by Washington and Seoul to install … Read more
US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Thursday pledged that Washington would use the full range of its arsenal, including nuclear weapons, to defend allies Japan and South Korea against North Korea if needed. “The United States remains steadfast in its defence commitments to its allies, the Republic of Korea and Japan, including the commitment … Read more
The US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an “effective and overwhelming” response. Mr Mattis spoke in South Korea, where he had been reaffirming US support,before flying to Tokyo. He also reconfirmed plans to deploy a US missile defence system in South Korea … Read more
The US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said any use of nuclear weapons by North Korea would be met with an “effective and overwhelming” response. Mr Mattis spoke in South Korea, where he had been reaffirming US support, before flying to Tokyo. He also reconfirmed plans to deploy a US missile defence system in South … Read more
Scores of South Korean civic group activists gathered in front of the defense ministry’s headquarters on Wednesday, shouting for the embattled president to stop pushing for the U. S. missile shield deployment in their soil and the military intelligence pact with Japan. A private association aiming to prevent the deployment of Terminal High Altitude Area … Read more