BAHRAIN – Brigadier General Shin Kyoung Soo, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army, deputy director general for policy, ROK Ministry of National Defense, visited the headquarters of Combined Maritime Forces (CMF), June 20. Brigadier General Shin Kyoung Soo, Republic of Korea (ROK) Army, deputy director general for policy, ROK Ministry of National Defense, center-left, visited the […]
Updated: 2012-06-23 02:32 ( Agencies / China Daily) The Republic of Korea and the United States staged their largest-ever live-fire drill on Friday amid lingering tensions on the Korean Peninsula. The one-day exercise in Pocheon, northeast of Seoul, involved some 2,000 troops along with jet fighters, tanks, Apache attack helicopters, missiles and multiple rocket launchers, […]
POCHEON, South Korea — Almost 62 years ago to the day, North Korean troops and firepower rolled south and, in less than two months, pushed South Korean and U.S. forces down to the southern port city of Busan, then called Pusan. On Friday, about 15 miles from the Demilitarized Zone, the militaries of South Korea […]
An imposing presence … Chinese Navy submarines and warships take part in an international fleet review. Photo: Reuters BEIJING: In a show of its resolve in a dispute over the South China Sea, China has sharply criticised Vietnam for passing a law that claims sovereignty over the Paracel and the Spratly islands, saying they are […]
MANILA, Philippines – China has set up a new “prefecture level” city called Sansha to administer three disputed islands in the West Philippine Sea (South China Sea), according to Chinese state-owned Xinhua news agency. The development has tightened China’s grip on islands that it calls its own in the West Philippine Sea, particularly the Spratlys. […]
BEIJING — Chinese fishing boats near the disputed Scarborough Shoal off the Philippine coast were heading back to port on Monday after Philippine vessels withdrew from the same area in an easing of tensions in the South China Sea, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said. The pullback, made necessary by the arrival of typhoon season, had […]
A report in The Liberty Times newspaper in Taipei claims that the Defense Ministry has deployed cruise missiles in positions capable of reaching key military installations along the southeast coast of the Chinese mainland. According to the news report, the Taiwanese-built “Hsiungfeng” (Brave Wind) IIE (HF-IIE) has a range of approximately 600 to 650 kilometers […]
BEIJING — In a show of its resolve in a dispute over the South China Sea, China sharply criticized Vietnam on Thursday for passing a law that claims sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands, saying they are the “indisputable” territory of China. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing summoned the Vietnamese ambassador, Nguyen Van Tho, […]
BEIJING — In a fresh show of its resolve in a dispute over the South China Sea, China sharply criticized Vietnam on Thursday for passing a law that claims sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands, saying they are the ‘‘indisputable’’ territory of China. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing summoned the Vietnamese ambassador, Nguyen Van […]
BEIJING — In a fresh show of its resolve in a dispute over the South China Sea, China sharply criticized Vietnam on Thursday for passing a law that claims sovereignty over the Paracel and Spratly Islands, saying they are the ‘‘indisputable’’ territory of China. The Foreign Ministry in Beijing summoned the Vietnamese ambassador, Nguyen Van […]