The Quad summit move agenda forward
While the US has been keen to gather the Quad to support Ukraine, India remains lukewarm to this.
Defence & Security
Kim Jong Un tightens discipline, calls for officials to root out ‘unrevolutionary acts’
At the fifth enlarged plenary meeting of the party’s eighth Central Committee, the North Korean leader had called for stronger self-defense measures to tackle “very serious”…
Japan, US, South Korea to conduct joint missile search drills
In a joint statement released after their meeting, the three defense chiefs “strongly condemned” North Korea’s “repeated unlawful ballistic missile launches.”
Japan will coordinate with Asean to tackle after-effects of Ukraine war
Describing the Russian invasion as an unacceptable unilateral attempt to change the status quo by force, he noted that it had jeopardised the foundation of international order,…
Two Koreas clash over North’s nuclear development at UN
North Korean Ambassador to the UN Kim Song defended the country’s weapons tests, citing the UN Charter that stipulates “every state has inherent rights of individual or…
Seoul, Tokyo, Washington announce joint commitment to curb threats from Pyongyang
The International Atomic Energy Agency also said that North Korea is “readying their nuclear test site,” raising concerns that a nuclear test may be imminent.
Japan scrambled aircraft 4.5 times more this May than last
The Defense Ministry said that the number was inflated by responses to China’s exercises of fighter jets and helicopters with the Liaoning aircraft carrier in the Pacific.
Senior US official warns North Korea of ‘swift and forceful response’ to nuclear test
If North Korea carries out the nuclear test, it would be the seventh coming after the last one in September 2017, and fifth since Kim Jong-un took power in 2011.
US, IAEA warn of nuclear test by North Korea
Commercial satellite images show that North Korea has been restoring access to the yet unused South Portal tunnel of the Punggyeri nuclear testing site.
North Korea demonstrates capability to fire missiles in succession from multiple sites
Firing multiple missiles toward targets almost simultaneously is known as a saturation attack, making it more difficult for Japan, the United States and South Korea to jointly…