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South Korea, US hold air drills involving strategic bomber
The bomber was redeployed to the Korean Peninsula about a month after its last deployment here amid tensions caused by Pyongyang's provocative moves, such as its unveiling of the Hwasan-31 tactical nuclear warhead last week, reports Yonhap News Agency. The South Korean Air Force mobilized its F-35A radar-evading fighters for the drills, while the US side deployed F-35B and F-16 fighters.
South Korea, US, Japan hold maritime drills involving aircraft carrier
The two-day anti-submarine and search-and-rescue exercise, featuring the USS Nimitz carrier, got under way in the international waters south of the southern island of Jeju, reports Yonhap News Agency. The joint maneuvers followed Pyongyang's provocative acts, such as its unveiling of the Hwasan-31 tactical nuclear warhead last week and the test of the underwater nuclear attack drone Haeil days earlier.
US aircraft carrier in South Korea amid Pyongyang's saber-rattling
The USS Nimitz carrier docked at ROK Fleet Command in the city, 325 km southeast of Seoul, after its strike group trained with the South Korean Navy in the international waters south of the southern island of Jeju the previous day, reports Yonhap News Agency. Its presence here is expected to send a warning to Pyongyang, which has been ratcheting up tensions through missile launches and repeated threats to use nuclear weapons in a contingency, observers said.
Yoon calls for full disclosure of N.Korean human rights violations
"The reality of the appalling human rights violations against the North Korean people must be fully revealed to the international community," he said during a Cabinet meeting. Under the North Korean Human Rights Act passed in 2016, the Unification Minister is required to submit an annual report to the National Assembly on the reclusive.
S.Korea co-sponsors UN draft resolution on Pyongyang human rights after 5-yr hiatus
According to the source, Seoul participated as a co-sponsor in the draft resolution to be adopted at the 52nd regular session of the UN Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which runs from February 27 to April 4, reports Yonhap News Agency. The draft resolution, led by Sweden and the European Union, urged the North.
South Korea, US set for 'largest-ever' live-fire drills
Just 23,179 babies were born in January this year, sinking 6 per cent from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It marked the lowest number for any January since the statistics agency started compiling monthly data in 1981. The number of babies born in South Korea has been falling on-year for 86 consecutive months.
Childbirths in South Korea plunge to new low
Just 23,179 babies were born in January this year, sinking 6 per cent from a year earlier, according to the data from Statistics Korea. It marked the lowest number for any January since the statistics agency started compiling monthly data in 1981, reports Yonhap News Agency. The number of babies born in South Korea has been.
Japan's Kishida doing final fine-tuning to invite Yoon to G-7 summit: Report
Yoon is expected to be one of the leaders to be invited to the gathering, together with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and Indonesian President Joko Widodo, the Yomiuri Shimbun reported. Japanese Foreign Minister Yoshimasa Hayashi is also considering inviting Ukraine President.
US B-1B strategic bomber returns to S.Korea as N.Korea fires missile
The drills took place in skies over the Korean Peninsula as part of the Freedom Shield exercise that has been under way since March 13, and also involved F-35A stealth fighter jets of South Korea and US F-16 fighters, the Ministry said. A B-1B bomber was previously deployed to the peninsula on March 3, Yonhap news agency reported.
North Korea fires missile ahead of South Korea-Japan summit
South Korean's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at 7.10 a.m., and the missile, fired at a lofted angle, flew some 1,000 km before hitting the waters, reports Yonhap NewsAgency. A month earlier, the North test-fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
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