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All posts tagged "military"

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  US restarts military exercise with South Korea, after pause

  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Friday that America’s annual military exercise with South Korea has resumed after being stopped as a result of escalating tensions and threats of war from Pyongyang. David Shear, the assistant secretary...

  • Posted August 21, 2015
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  US, S. Korea halt joint military exercises as tensions rise with N. Korea

  U.S. defense officials say America’s annual military exercise with South Korea has been halted as tensions with North Korea spike and Pyongyang issues threats of war. The officials say the U.S. is monitoring the situation, but hasn’t...

  • Posted August 21, 2015
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  N. Korea flexing muscles at border: source

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — North Korea’s military is ratcheting up its combat readiness posture along the border with front-line fortifications such as opening up its weapons portholes and intensifying artillery firing drills, a military source said Wednesday. “The...

  • Posted August 19, 2015
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  S. Korea’s military chief orders ‘powerful retaliation’ against N. Korean provocation

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — The military chief ordered front-line soldiers Tuesday to react with “powerful retaliation” to any recurrence of North Korean provocations at the border, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said. “If the enemy provokes again, do...

  • Posted August 18, 2015
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  PGA golfer Bae Sang-moon to join military after losing legal battle

  DAEGU/SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) — South Korean PGA Tour pro Bae Sang-moon, mired in a row over his conscription, said Wednesday he will soon join the armed forces, hours after losing his legal battle against the local...

  • Posted July 22, 2015
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  US prepared for N. Korea’s SLBM threat

  SEOUL, July 20 (Yonhap) — North Korea’s development of submarine-launched ballistic missiles is “very destabilizing” to the security of the Asia-Pacific region and the United States is fully prepared to respond to any contingency situation, the commander...

  • Posted July 20, 2015
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  N. Korea’s military provocations likely in Oct. including 4th nuclear test

  SEOUL, July 17 (Yonhap) — North Korea may launch military provocations in time with the founding anniversary of the country’s governing party in October, possibly including its fourth nuclear test, the Defense Ministry said Friday. “With the...

  • Posted July 17, 2015
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