Japanese Defence Minister Minoru Kihara met with visiting South Korean Defence Minister Shin Won-Sik and U.S. Secretary of Defence Lloyd Austin on Sunday (July 28) for trilateral talks and to sign a treaty to enhance security ties between the three countries.
Labelled as a 'gamechanger' in South Korea defence, the laser weapons are being developed by Hanwha Aerospace and are reportedly effective and cheap. These weapons are being deployed at a time of rising tensions between North and South Korea.
The missiles were reportedly launched 10 minutes apart in a northeastern direction from the town of Jangyon in southeastern North Korea. The reports said the first missile landed in the waters off the North's eastern city of Chongjin.
North Korea started flying balloons filled with manure, cigarette butts, waste batteries and vinyl in response to South Korea's propaganda leaflets flown over the border. South Korea retaliated with blasting loudspeaker broadcasts with K-Pop songs, weather forecasts and news.
On Sunday, Andrei Kartapolov, the head of the Russian lower house of parliament's defence committee, stated to state news agency RIA that the decision-making timeframe for using such weapons could be altered if threats escalate.
Satellite images showed multiple sections of the wall where barriers had been created, along with land clearing at the demilitarised zone. Tensions have been rising between the two Koreas, with the pace of Kim Jong Un's weapons tests and South's joint military drills with the US intensifying.
Putin signed at least a dozen deals with his Vietnamese counterpart and offered to supply fossil fuels including natural gas to Vietnam for the long term during a state visit that comes as Moscow is seeking to bolster ties in Asia.
President Vladimir Putin presented Kim with a Russian-built Aurus limousine which is often described as a "Russian Rolls Royce" as a gift. Later, Putin took Kim Jong Un on a test drive amid tight security.
North Korean and Russian flags were seen hanging side-by-side as the facade of the unfinished and vacant 101-story pyramid-shaped Ryugyong Hotel was seen brightly lit with a giant message reading "Welcome Putin".
Vietnam prepared on Wednesday to roll out the red carpet for Vladimir Putin in a visit seen as a publicity coup for the Russian president, who is accused of war crimes in Ukraine, while bringing benefits and risks for Hanoi's Communist leaders.
North Korea intends to further improve its strategic cooperation with Russia, the North’s leader Kim Jong Un said during a summit meeting with visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Putin arrived in North Korea on Wednesday for his first visit in 24 years, vowing to deepen trade and security ties with the reclusive nuclear-armed state and to support it against the United States.
South Korean military said as many as 20 to 30 soldiers breached the line by 20 metres inside the demilitarized zone and briefly moved back north after warning shots were fired by the South.
Military and economic ties between Russia and North Korea have increased significantly after Moscow's invasion of Ukraine in 2022. North Korea is believed to have supplied Russia with artillery munitions and ballistic missiles in exchange for sophisticated weapon systems and aid.
During their September meeting at Russia's main space launch site, Kim Jong Un invited the Russian president to visit North Korea at “a convenient time,” and Putin accepted.
The North Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff said soldiers returned to their territory after South Korea's military fired warning shots and issued warning broadcasts.
The conflict started when North Korea sent over 1,000 balloons filled with trash and manure in retaliation towards anti-Pyongyang propaganda leaflets flown in from Seoul. South Korea retaliated by blasting loudspeaker broadcasts including world news, criticism of Kim Jong Un and K-pop music.
The missile launch happened after hundreds of balloons carrying trash and excrement across the heavily fortified border to South Korea on Wednesday as a "gift". Tensions have increased between the two Koreas due to weapons tests by North and combined military exercises in the South.
North Korea flew hundreds of balloons carrying trash and manure toward South Korea in one of its most bizarre provocations against its rival in years, prompting the South’s military to mobilise chemical and explosive response teams to recover objects and debris in different parts of the country.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in that a North Korean rocket was launched in a southern direction off the Korean Peninsula’s west coast. It said four minutes after the launch, many fragments were spotted in the waters.
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