China knew it might not be able to stop Seoul deploying a US anti-missile system and was prepared to counter with its own anti-radar equipment, a retired PLA general said on Monday. The comments by Wang Hongguang came as a South Korean court’s decision to uphold the impeachment of Park Geun-hye, the country’s former president, […]
U.S. Rejects China’s Proposal to Halt North Korea Nuclear Weapons…
Washington has rejected China’s proposal that North Korea could halt its nuclear weapons programme if the United States and South Korea suspended military activities in the region. US State Department acting spokesman Mark Toner said it was like comparing “apples and oranges”, but admitted that Washington had to seek a fresh approach to the North […]
Trump Sends B-52 Nuclear Bombers to South Korea…
President Trump is sending nuclear bombers to the Korean peninsula as tensions in the region reach breaking point. North Korea and the US have been teetering on the brink of war for months after Kim Jong-un carried out a series of controversial missile launches. Earlier this week, trigger-happy Kim pushed his luck once more when […]
Mattis: U.S. Will Defend Japanese Islands And Deploy Missile Defense In South Korea…
Chinese officials reacted with disgust when Defense Secretary James Mattis announced Saturday the United States would defend Japan-controlled islands claimed by China and deploy missile defense in South Korea. Mattis, according to The New York Times, told Japanese officials Saturday morning that the U.S. defense responsibilities of Japan expanded to the debated rocky station posts […]
North Korea at the Top of the Agenda as Mattis Heads to Seoul…
Plans to deploy an American antimissile battery to South Korea and the growing North Korean threat will be at the top of James Mattis’s agenda this week when the new defense secretary visits South Korea and Japan on his first foreign trip. Mattis, a retired Marine general nicknamed “Mad Dog,” will meet with Han Min-koo, […]
Moscow Warns of ‘Dangerous Consequences’ as U.S. Moves to Place Missile Defense System in S. Korea…
“From the very beginning of the discussion of this issue we have consistently and invariably pointed at the most dangerous consequences of such a decision…
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