The United States has held air exercises with South Korea and Japan involving strategic bombers, a day after North Korea fired a Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the exercises on Sunday demonstrated the allies’ “overwhelming” defence capabilities and readiness. Al Jazeera’s Harry Fawcett reports. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ SouthKorea #USMilitary #SouthKoreaUSAirExercises #SouthKoreaUSMilitaryDrills #NorthKorea #DPRK
“That would put the continental United States within range.” North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile, claiming to demonstrate its nuclear counterattack capabilities as a warning to the US and South Korea. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for an “exponential” increase in the production of nuclear warheads and ordered the development of a new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to counter the United States and South Korea. Kim’s statement was released on state media on Sunday, hours after North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile off its east coast in a rare late-night New Year’s Day weapons test. During his comments at a key meeting of the ruling Worker’s Party, Kim accused Washington and Seoul of carrying out a “plot to isolate and stifle” North Korea, calling it “unparalleled in human history”, according to the official Korean Central News Agency […]
North and South Korea have engaged in an exchange of missiles in the latest escalation of tensions. North Korea fired more than 17 from nine locations on Wednesday morning. The North also fired a hundred artillery shells near to the border, while South Korea fired missiles of its own. Al Jazeera’s @Rob McBride reports from Seoul, South Korea. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ @AljazeeraEnglish #aljazeeraenglish #BreakingNews #AlJazeeraLive #aljazeeraenglish #newsfeed #news #aljazera #latestnews #latestwhatsappstatus #northkorea #korea #southkorea #missile #conflict #seol
North Korea has said its recent barrage of missile launches were “tactical nuclear” drills personally overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, and a response to joint United States-South Korea naval exercises. North Korea carried out its seventh launch in two weeks when it fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday morning. Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #aljazeeraenglish #BreakingNews #AlJazeeraLive #Russia #UkraineWar #VladimirPutin #aljazeeraenglish #afghanistan #newsfeed #news #aljazera #latestnews #latestwhatsappstatus #northkorea #missile #japan #nuclear #nuclearpower #weapons #unitedstates #us #southkorea
A military hardware exhibition in South Korea’s capital has been showing off the latest in drone technology. South Korea, a US ally which enjoys good ties with NATO, has emerged as the eighth-largest arms exporter in the world. But the war in Ukraine has also helped drive demand for this high-tech powerhouse’s products as European security fears increase. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from Seoul, South Korea. Subscribe to our channel http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ @AljazeeraEnglish #Aljazeeraenglish #News #SouthKorea #Drone #US #Ukraine #UkrwaineWar #Exports
South Korea’s capital Seoul will start phasing out basement apartments – after three people died in the flats during flooding this week. The tiny dwellings are usually rented out to people on low incomes. Clean-up and recovery efforts accelerated in South Korea’s greater capital region on Wednesday as skies cleared after two days of record-breaking rainfall that unleashed flash floods, damaged thousands of buildings and roads and killed at least 10 people. Al Jazeera’s Rob McBride reports from the capital, Seoul. Subscribe Subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/AJSubscribe Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera Check our website: http://www.aljazeera.com/ Check out our Instagram page: https://www.instagram.com/aljazeeraenglish/ #SouthKorea #SouthKoreaFloods #SeoulFloods
The US has imposed new sanctions on North Korea after Pyongyang launched its largest ever intercontinental ballistic missile. Kim Jong Un says he is preparing for a long-standing confrontation with the US and expanding its nuclear war deterrent. Al Jazeera’s @Florence Looi reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #NorthKorea #UnitedStates #ICBM
North Korea has carried out what neighbouring states say is its first launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) since 2017. It has been criticised by the governments of South Korea and Japan. Al Jazeera’s @Victoria Gatenby reports. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #AlJazeeraEnglish #NorthKorea #ICBM
As the world slowly begins to reopen after COVID-19 related lockdowns, the Asia-Pacific region is witnessing an intensifying arms race. One of Asia’s biggest markets for arms dealers and their clients, the militaries shopping for the latest technology and weapons, kicks off this week in South Korea. At the Seoul ADEX trade show, leaders in defence ministries and officials from 28 countries will look to strike deals as the world starts to move on after the pandemic. This rising interest in weaponry comes at a crucial time for the Asia Pacific region. North Korea just last week put on a show of its latest weapons systems – pledging to build […]
