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DEFENCE & SECURITY
Yoon criticizes North Korea provocations, stresses military cooperation with Japan
North Korea has launched ballistic missiles 23 times and cruise missiles twice this year, with 11 missile launches since Yoon took office in May.
US remains open to dialogue with North Korea despite Kim’s remarks: NSC spokesperson
North Korea has fired more than 40 ballistic missiles this year alone, the largest number of it has launched in a single year.
Kim Jong-un vows to bolster nuclear combat capabilities with ‘all means possible,’ rejects dialogue
Leading a “field inspection” of the military drill conducted from Sept 25 to Sunday, Kim also said there is no need to speak with “enemies”.
Nuclear war unlikely despite Russia’s threats, says military strategy guru Edward Luttwak
He stressed: "Nuclear weapons were born too powerful to be useful."
UN Security Council fails to reach consensus on North Korea provocations with China, Russia backing North Korea
China and Russia said that Pyongyang was reacting to joint military exercises the US led with South Korea and Japan in the region.
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.
71％ favor Japan strengthening defense capabilities: Survey
In similar polling conducted both by telephone and mail since 2017, support for defense increases has remained in the 60-70% range.
Australia says nuclear submarine plan on track to be unveiled in early 2023
Australia, Britain and the US previously announced a security agreement known as Aukus, pledging to cooperate more closely on defence and research.
PLA praises joint military exercises in Russia
The joint drills were carried out from Aug 31 to Sept 7 and involved 14 countries.