Aug 27 U.S. Marine Osprey crash in Australia kills 3, critically injures 5 during training drills By Rod McGuirk, Associated Press A United States Marine Corps aircraft with 23 Marines aboard crashed on a north Australian island Sunday, killing at least three and critically injuring at least five during a multinational training exercise, officials said. Continue reading
Apr 11 WATCH: Blinken and Austin hold briefing after meeting with Filipino counterparts By Jim Gomez, Associated Press Secretary of State Blinken and Defense Secretary Austin held a news briefing as American and Filipino forces on Tuesday launched their largest combat exercises in decades in the Philippines and its waters across the disputed South China Sea. Continue reading
Mar 22 North Korea fires cruise missiles as South Korea, U.S. stage drills By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea has launched cruise missiles just days after it carried out what it called a simulated nuclear attack on South Korea to protest its military drills with the United States. Continue reading
Mar 19 North Korea launches another missile into sea as U.S.-South Korea drills continue By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea launched a short-range ballistic missile toward the sea on Sunday, its neighbors said, ramping up testing activities in response to ongoing U.S.-South Korean military drills that it views as an invasion rehearsal. Continue reading
Nov 05 U.S. bombers fly in military exercise with South Korea as North Korea fires more missiles By Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press North Korea added to its recent barrage of weapons demonstrations by launching four ballistic missiles into the sea on Saturday, as the United States sent two supersonic bombers streaking over South Korea in a dueling display of military might that… Continue reading
Nov 01 North Korea threatens to use nuclear weapons during South Korea, U.S. drills By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea has issued a veiled threat Tuesday to use nuclear weapons to get the U.S. and South Korea to "pay the most horrible price in history. Continue reading
Oct 08 North Korea launches 2 missiles toward sea after South Korea, U.S. hold naval drills By Hyung-Jin Kim, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters on Sunday, the latest of a recent barrage of weapons tests, a day after it warned the redeployment of a U.S. aircraft carrier near the Korean Peninsula was inflaming… Continue reading
Oct 06 North Korea flies warplanes near South Korean border after launching missiles By Hyung-Jin Kim, Kim Tong-Hyung, Associated Press Tensions have risen sharply on the Korean Peninsula as North Korea’s recent barrage of missile tests prompted South Korea, the United States and Japan to conduct joint drills in response. Continue reading