World Aug 20 North Korea fires barrage of missiles toward the sea after dismissing overture from Trump By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press
World Aug 19 North Korea shrugs off Trump's scaled-back drills with South Korea, saying it changes nothing The powerful sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made the comments Wednesday night in her country’s first reaction to Trump’s moves to drastically cut back the annual U.S.-South Korean military drills. By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press
World Aug 17 Watch 6:18 Trump lashes out at South Korea over its refusal to join Iran war Exercises between the American and South Korean militaries began as scheduled on Monday, even after President Trump demanded they be scaled back. Trump said the war games were unnecessarily provocative, and a challenge to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un,… By Nick Schifrin
World Apr 01 China launches large-scale military drills around Taiwan The Chinese military has announced large-scale drills around Taiwan as it again warned the self-ruled island against seeking formal independence. By Huizhong Wu, Johnson Lai, Associated Press
World Mar 10 North Korea fires ballistic missiles into sea after the U.S. and South Korea began military drills South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missile firings, North Korea’s fifth missile launch event this year, were detected from the North’s southwestern Hwanghae province. It called the weapons close-range but didn't say how far they flew. By Kim Tong-Hyung, Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press
Jun 22 U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in South Korea for drills amid elevated North Korean threat By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press A nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier arrived Saturday in South Korea for a three-way exercise involving Japan as they step up military training to cope with North Korean threats, which have escalated following a security pact with Russia. Continue reading
May 27 U.S. lawmakers pledge support for Taiwan and its new president amid China's military drills By Johnson Lai, Ken Moritsugu, Associated Press Taiwan's new foreign minister, Lin Chia-lung, noted the recent Chinese drills and called the American delegation's visit "an important gesture of solidarity" at a critical time. Continue reading
May 06 Russia threatens Britain with retaliation if involvement in Ukraine war deepens By Associated Press Russia on Monday threatened to strike British military facilities and said it would hold drills simulating the use of battlefield nuclear weapons amid sharply rising tensions over comments by senior Western officials. Continue reading
Dec 18 North Korea resumes weapons testing with launch of long-range missile By Hyung-Jin Kim, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press Monday's launch is the North's second weapons firing in less than a day. It comes as North Korea vows retaliatory steps against the U.S. and South Korea for their decision to boost their nuclear deterrence plans. Continue reading
Sep 12 Australian and Indonesian forces deploy battle tanks in combat drills amid Chinese concern By Fadlan Syam, Niniek Karmini, Associated Press Sunday's drills come as the U.S. administration has been strengthening an arc of military alliances in the Indo-Pacific to reassure allies alarmed by Beijing's increasingly provocative actions in the disputed South China Sea. Continue reading