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May 18, 2013
The United States and Japan have reduced the alert levels for their destroyers in a further sign that the military threat from North Korea is ebbing away.
April 20, 2013
Although North Korea continues to have ballistic missiles ready to launch, the reclusive nation indicated it was open to dialogue with close ally China and may be toning down...
April 09, 2013
With Pyongyang putting in jeopardy the “last bastion of the relationship between the two Koreas,” its neighbors are scrambling--but struggling--to determine the true...
April 09, 2013
Japan, the United States and South Korea will deploy seven radar-equipped ships in the Sea of Japan to monitor, and possibly destroy, any ballistic missiles launched by North...
April 09, 2013
The Defense Ministry has decided to permanently base surface-to-air Patriot Advanced Capability-3 (PAC-3) missiles in Okinawa to intercept any ballistic missiles headed toward...
April 08, 2013
As tensions continue to mount on the Korean Peninsula, the Abe administration has quietly issued an order to shoot down any ballistic missile launched by North Korea that puts...
February 16, 2013
Despite much-vaunted U.S. intelligence technology, North Korea managed to almost completely conceal preparations for its missile launch last December.
January 15, 2013
Prime Minister Shinzo Abe announced three conditions that must be met to resolve the issue of Japanese abducted by North Korea, which has so far shown little interest in...
January 13, 2013
Pyongyang is eager to hold talks with the Japanese administration of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who made a name for himself by taking a tough stance against North Korea, a U.S. ...
January 04, 2013
SEOUL--North Korea will defy international condemnation and launch additional long-range rockets, building on the technical success of one in December, state media said.
December 14, 2012
SEOUL--South Korea on Dec. 14 recovered debris from the long-range ballistic missile launched by North Korea to put a satellite in orbit.
December 11, 2012
SEOUL--In what must amount to a major embarrassment, North Korea has announced it is extending the window for an imminent and widely condemned plan to launch a rocket this...
November 15, 2012
NEW YORK--North Korea violated a United Nations Security Council resolution by shipping ballistic missile-related items to war-torn Syria in May, according to sources citing a...
October 06, 2012
SEOUL -- South Korea and the United States have reached an agreement on extending the range of Seoul's ballistic missiles to counter the threat from North Korea, local media...
June 13, 2012
When North Korea held an elaborate parade to show off its military might, it inadvertently provided further damning evidence against its only ally.
June 13, 2012
Japanese government sources have confirmed that a Chinese company exported four large vehicles capable of transporting and launching ballistic missiles to North Korea last...
April 12, 2012
Kim Jong Un, North Korea’s new leader, has been named as first secretary of the ruling Workers’ Party, the institution that North Korea’s constitution states should guide ...
March 30, 2012
The Cabinet has ordered the Self-Defense Forces to destroy any North Korean ballistic missile falling toward Japanese territory, despite doubts that interception would be...
March 27, 2012
Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka issued an order to the Self-Defense Forces on March 27 to prepare for a planned launch of a long-range ballistic missile by North Korea.
March 23, 2012
Tokyo has briefed Washington and will hold discussions with Okinawa Prefecture on setting up a two-stage defense system to shoot down a possible North Korean long-range missile ...
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