How Kazakhstan’s diplomacy can help North Korea’s denuclearization
Eugene Lee – The Korea Times On 28-31 of August in Astana, Kazakhstan one unique, if not historic, event has taken a place. Kazakhstan celebrated its 25th anniversary of denuclearization. With a big number of dignitaries and government officials from all over the world gathered in a very symbolically named building, the Palace of Independence, […]
Misrepresentation of East Sea
A recent report by Rep. Lee Yang-soo, a member of the National Assembly Agriculture, Food, Rural Affairs, Oceans and Fisheries Committee, showed that some state agencies use incorrect names to represent the East Sea and Dokdo on their websites. The report by the ruling Saenuri Party lawmaker found that websites of eight organizations affiliated with […]
Moscow and Baku are linked by mutual arms supply
The volume of Russian-Azerbaijani mutual supplies of military-industrial complex products over the past seven years has quadrupled, the director general of the production association ‘Sharq’ of the Azerbaijani Ministry of Defence Industry, Ilgar Nazarov, said at the ADEX-2016 exhibition. “The figure is growing rapidly for the last three or four years. In comparison with 2009, […]
Russia’s Rostec may sell 25% stake in Kalashnikov to private investors
Rostec is viewing an opportunity of increasing the stake of private investors in Russia’s largest small arms maker Kalashnikov Concern by 25%, Chief Executive Officer of the Russian state-owned corporation Sergey Chemezov said on September 26, TASS reports. “This issue is at the discussion stage. We will make final decision by the end of the […]
Next US president and N. Korea
Tong Kim – The Korea Times South Korea and the United States have failed miserably to stop North Korea from developing a nuclear weapon and the delivery system for it, particularly during the past seven years and eight months under the Barack Obama presidency and the two conservative South Korean presidents ― Lee Myung-bak and […]
Rushing to North Korea’s aid
Donald Kirk – The Korea Times North Korea is truly a schizophrenic state. All in a day we hear about the need for generous foreign donors to come to the rescue of thousands of victims of flooding in the hard-scrabble northeast where life is tough in the best of times. Then, in the next breath, […]
THAAD and anti-Chinese sentiment
Sah Dong-seok – The Korea Times Anti-American sentiment was once a hot-button issue in Korea. Koreans’ antipathy against the United States flared up amid allegations that their traditional ally has supported military dictatorship for decades. Arguments that the U.S. turned a blind eye to the military’s massacre of civilians in the southwestern city of Gwangju in […]
Russia to deploy S-400 air defense missile systems in Leningrad region
Two regiments of the S-400 air defense missile systems will be delivered to the Air Force and Air Defense unit deployed in the Leningrad region in the near future, the head of Russia’s Western Military Command’s press service Igor Muginov told journalists on September 21, TASS reports. “At this time, military servicemen are preparing to […]
Chinese, Russian fleets conduct weapon use during joint drill
Sept. 16, 2016. Chinese and Russian fleets conducted joint operation exercise off Guangdong Province in the South China Sea during the “Joint Sea 2016” drill on Friday. The drill, starting on Sept. 12, will run until Sept. 19, consisting of three phases: preparation at port, exercise at sea and summary. (Xinhua/Zha Chunming)
2,000 troops taking part in Peace Mission-2016 drills in Kyrgyzstan
About 2,000 troops are taking part in the Peace Mission-2016 joint anti-terror drills of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) member-countries, which got underway in Kyrgyzstan on September 15, Ruslan Mukambetov, chief of the command and staff exercises, has said, TASS reports. “The need to conduct such exercises is dictated by modern realities,” he said. “They […]
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