Allies fire 4 missiles into East Sea in response to North Korea’s provocation
South Korea and the US fired a total of four ground-to-ground missiles into the East Sea, a day after North Korea's missile launches.
South Korea and the US fired a total of four ground-to-ground missiles into the East Sea, a day after North Korea's missile launches.
In similar polling conducted both by telephone and mail since 2017, support for defense increases has remained in the 60-70% range.
Australia, Britain and the US previously announced a security agreement known as Aukus, pledging to cooperate more closely on defence and research.
The joint drills were carried out from Aug 31 to Sept 7 and involved 14 countries.
The hackers gained access to China's telecommunications networks and made inquiries about a number of people with sensitive backgrounds.
North Korea repeatedly clarified that it no longer seeks to discuss Korean Peninsula affairs with the Yoon Suk-yeol government.
The naval exercises will be reportedly staged at the end of this month, although the exact date and scale of the exercises have yet to be announced.
South Korea and China have been at odds over Seoul’s deployment of the US-made anti-missile system since 2017.
South Korea and the US also reaffirmed that North Korea’s “nuclear test would be met with a strong and resolute whole-of-government response.”
The defence ministers of both countries also confirmed that they would deepen discussions at the ministerial level.