A prototype of the Active Electronically Scanning Array (AESA) radar locally developed in South Korea for the country’s upcoming future fighter jet was unveiled at a joint ceremony held by Agency for Defense Development, Hanwha Systems, and Defense Acquisition Program Administration. A new radar is the core gadget for Korea’s […]
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A new report submitted on Monday by an independent, 15-member panel of experts on the United Nations Security Council Sanctions Committee on North Korea claims that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is violating sanctions and is likely developing miniature nuclear devices that attach to ballistic missile warheads. North […]
Pyongyang has highly likely developed nuclear warheads capable of fitting ballistic missiles in its arsenal, and is making other progress in its weapons program, according to a report submitted to the UN Security Council. The “confidential” UN report, obtained by Reuters on Monday, notes that several unidentified countries had assessed […]
South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development has reportedly conducted a new test of the latest ballistic missile, known as the Hyunmoo-4. Some sources reported that the Agency for Defense Development conducted test-firing of Hyunmoo-series missile systems with 800km range drawing by the recent airspace restriction notice. The new Hyunmoo-4 ballistic missile is […]
The US Ambassador to Seoul shaved off his mustache on Monday after a lengthy wrestle with local media, which resented its Japanese colonial-era look. However, the diplomat denied that it was public opinion that forced his shave. Having facial hair can be a factor of irritation in international relations, as […]
A man who crossed into North Korea and put the city of Kaesong on high alert because he had symptoms resembling coronavirus is unlikely to have been a transmitter of the deadly contagion, Seoul’s health officials have claimed. The man in question – who fled from the North three years […]
North Korea just announced its first case of COVID-19, casting blame most conveniently on a defector who had fled to South Korea and then re-defected back to the North, supposedly bringing the bug with him. That’s the spin that North Korea’s state media, KCNA, is putting on the case after […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/13/1079928654_0:204:3072:1932_1200x675_80_0_0_5244ccd6d4facb9fb913ba1ad5d4937d.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007251079984361-north-korea-reports-first-suspected-coronavirus-case/ MOSCOW(Sputnik) – North Korea has announced that the first, suspected, coronavirus case has been registered in the country, the individual illegally crossed the border with South Korea earlier this month, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reports. The Political Bureau of the […]
South Korea’s Transport Ministry has told local carriers to carry out emergency inspections of Boeing 737s shortly after the US Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) revealed that the jets could be at risk of dual-engine failure. In an emergency order released on Saturday, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport (MOLIT) […]
SpaceX is targeting Monday, July 20 for the launch of a South Korean military communications satellite, ANASIS-II. Liftoff of the Falcon 9 Block 5 rocket is scheduled within a window from 5:00 PM to 8:55 PM EDT (21:00 to 00:55 UTC). The launch will take place from SLC-40 at the […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/07e4/07/13/1079926536_0:216:3072:1944_1200x675_80_0_0_4fd997f668e0231f20f79fd606150205.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/asia/202007191079926575-north-korea-holds-large-scale-military-meeting-addressing-potential-threat/ SEOUL (Sputnik) – North Korean leader Kim Jong Un held a large-scale meeting of the Central Military Commission of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, discussing “deterrence” measures, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported. The meeting was held […]
On Monday, the British government imposed sanctions against two North Korean ministries that London suspects of being involved in forced labour, torture, and murder in the DPRK’s prison camps. Pyongyang has slammed the UK for slapping sanctions against North Korea, accusing Britain of meddling in the Communist nation’s domestic affairs. […]
Seoul, South Korea’s Mayor found dead. Longest serving Seoul mayor, Park Won-soon, was found dead this morning near a mountain in the northern part of the city. A former employee of Park reported a sexual harassment case against him hours before the he disappeared. SFGate reported: Advertisement – story continues […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/103304/53/1033045372_16:223:4494:2742_1200x675_80_0_0_38338fc540d15eaf3b15d0130ad05899.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007081079824896-secretary-of-defence-us-deterred-in-past-year-aggressive-activities-by-n-korea-iran-russia-china/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – The US Department of Defense has in the past year deterred aggressive activities by North Korea, Iran, Russia and China, Secretary of Defence Mark Esper said in a Message to the Force on Accomplishments in Implementation of the National Defence […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107981/35/1079813513_0:0:3090:1739_1200x675_80_0_0_5bedd394a9765bf1c76a4762b7ead445.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007081079824691-us-defence-secretary-japanese-australia-ministers-urge-north-korea-to-return-to-negotiations/ WASHINGTON (Sputnik) – US Defence Secretary Mark Esper and Japanese and Australian defence ministers Taro Kono and Linda Reynolds urged North Korea to return to the negotiating table on denuclearization, according to their joint statement circulated by the Pentagon. “Australian Minister for Defence […]
https://cdn1.img.sputniknews.com/img/107981/35/1079813513_0:0:3090:1739_1200x675_80_0_0_5bedd394a9765bf1c76a4762b7ead445.jpg Sputnik International https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png Sputnik https://cdn2.img.sputniknews.com/i/logo.png https://sputniknews.com/world/202007061079813445-north-korea-says-does-not-intend-to-hold-talks-with-us—state-media/ North Korea earlier rejected the possibility of restarting negotiations with the United States and accused Washington of embracing a “hostile policy” toward Pyongyang and disregarding agreements made at past summits. The DPRK said on Monday it does not intend to hold negotiations with […]
United States Forces Korea said one of its helicopters landed near Han River Park in South Korea on Thursday shortly after takeoff from Yongsan Garrison. UH-60 Blackhawk helicopter made a precautionary landing shortly after take-off, according to a recent service news release. “There were no reported injuries to those onboard […]
North Korea does not need to engage in talks with the United States, as a meeting would be nothing more than a “tool for grappling” with Washington’s “political crisis,” a senior Pyongyang diplomat said. First Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Choe Son-hui said negotiations between Pyongyang and Washington would not […]
South Korean defense contractor Hanwha Defense is currently developing a new vehicle-mounted futuristic weapon system. The new system, called the Laser System for Explosive Disposal or LSED, is designed to neutralize surface landmines and unexploded ordnance. LSED will use a solid-state heat capacity laser beam to heat target ordnance to […]
_________FARSPompeo Slipped Note to Bolton Saying Trump ‘Full of S***’ During North Korea Summit TEHRAN (FNA)- US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo jeered at President Donald Trump behind his back, slipping John Bolton a note reading “He is so full of s**t” when the American delegation met with North Korean […]
South Korea’s Defense Project Promotion Committee approved on 26 June plans to acquire more airborne early warning and control (AEW&C) aircraft from overseas as part of efforts to beef up its aerial surveillance capabilities, the arms procurement agency said. In a statement presented by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), […]
US President Donald Trump paid the opposition Democrats a backhanded compliment, saying in a speech that they were tougher to deal with and “far more unreasonable” than the governments of North Korea, China or Russia. The Democrats in the USA are much tougher to deal with than any of these […]
Pyongyang says it has halted plans for military action against South Korea, and has reportedly dismantled loudspeakers recently set up along the inter-Korean border amid a major spike in tensions over defector literature. At a meeting on Wednesday, “the Workers’ Party of Korea evaluated the recent developments and suspended the plans […]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has suspended anti-South Korea military plans, according to a report by Yonhap, a South Korean news agency. During a preliminary meeting of the Central Military Commission, Kim “suspended the military action plans against the south,” according to the Korean Central News Agency (KNCA). Earlier […]