Yongsan Garrison in Seoul to be vacated this year
Seoul: The U.S. Forces Korea will end all services at a major military base in the heart of Seoul within this year to prepare the return of the land to the South Korean government, military officials said Saturday. The U.S. military has been moving its bases from around the country to a refurbished garrison […]
Kyrgyzstan celebrates Independence Day among tributes to heroes, stress on unity, cohesion
Bishkek: Kyrgyzstan on Saturday celebrated its Independence Day with great fanfare and among rich tributes to the country’s heroes and a strong emphasis on unity and cohesion.d “The modern generation has a great deal of happiness for living and working in an independent country that has gained sovereignty 28 years ago,” President Sooronbay Jeenbekov […]
Kazakhstan’s ratification makes ban of nuclear weapons one step closer
New York: Kazakhstan, the country where the Soviet atomic bomb was first tested 70 years ago, has become the 26th state to deposit the ratification instrument to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) with the United Nations Secretariat. The ceremony, on the International Day against Nuclear Tests, was attended by representatives […]
Baku says reports about delivering Israeli drones to Azerbaijan to attack Iraq, Iran are false
Baku: Azerbaijan has reiterated its rejection of claims that it had received drones from Israel to be used in attacks on Iraqi and Iranian targets. “We note with regret that completely unfounded information on the delivery of Israeli drones to Azerbaijan with the aim of attacking Iraq and Iran continues to be distributed by some […]
U.S. flies spy plane over Seoul
Seoul: A U.S. reconnaissance plane flew over Seoul and surrounding regions Thursday, an aviation tracker said, on an apparent mission to collect intelligence regarding North Korea. The plane, believed to be an RC-135V, was detected in the skies above South Korea’s capital city and Gyeonggi Province, Aircraft Spots posted on Twitter. The flight came […]
Pakistan carries out successful night-training launch of ballistic missile
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Pakistan has successfully carried out night-training launch of surface-to-surface ballistic missile ‘Ghaznavi’, Director-General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Major General Asif Ghafoor said on Thursday. The ballistic missile is capable of delivering multiple types of warheads up to 290km, the military’s media spokesperson wrote on Twitter. The DG […]
Pakistan considering complete closure of its airspace to India
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: Prime Minister Imran Khan is considering shutting down Pakistani airspace and land routes for India, Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry has said. The federal minister said this in a post to his 2.4 million followers on Twitter after attending a meeting of the federal cabinet chaired […]
China’s Gen. Xu Qiliang visits Pakistan, meets Army Chief
By Nasir Aijaz AsiaN Correspondent Islamabad: China’s General Xu Qiliang, the vice-chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), visited the Pakistan Army’s General Headquarters with a high-level delegation on Monday and held a one-on-one meeting with Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa. According to the Inter-Services Public Relations, the meeting was followed […]
South Korea’s defense minister vows staunch readiness
Seoul: Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo vowed Monday to maintain a staunch readiness posture for North Korean provocations as Pyongyang has ratcheted up tensions with projectile launches even after South Korea and the United States ended joint exercises. “North Korea has heightened military tensions by firing a series of short-range projectiles and making verbal attacks […]
South Korean Navy launches Dokdo defense drills
Seoul: The South Korean armed forces launched a two-day military exercise to defend the easternmost islets of Dokdo on Sunday, in a show of its staunch defense stance against Japan’s repeated sovereignty over the cluster of rocks in the East Sea. The Navy announced that the drill involves Navy, Air Force and Army forces, such […]
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