According to foreign media reports, the Freedom Shield (FS) joint military exercise held by the ROK and the US militaries has begun on March 13 and is expected to conclude on March 23, the longest exercise ever in the history of the ROK-US military exercises. T
2023-03-20 18:03:50Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met with South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol here on Thursday. The two leaders agreed to normalize bilateral relations that had been strained over the wartime labor and other historical issues, and resume the shuttle diplomacy of regular leader visits.
2023-03-20 09:25:30The increase in defense spending of European countries may only be a stress reaction under the Russia-Ukraine conflict. Although temporarily tied to the US chariot and cannot move, these countries may not unconditionally cater to the US' hegemonic considerations for long.
2023-03-18 18:37:53On March 15, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Wang Wenbin stated that China is gravely concerned about the IAEA Director General's latest statement in relation to the AUKUS nuclear submarine cooperation and firmly opposed to the US, the UK and Australia's coercing the IAEA Secretariat into endorsement on the safeguards issues.
2023-03-18 17:08:13The three countries should not proceed with this cooperation, and the International Atomic Energy Agency Secretariat should not consult with the three countries on the so-called safeguards arrangement for their nuclear submarine cooperation until consensus is reached by all parties.
2023-03-15 08:41:14Just look at what America is exporting: weapons to kill, crises of all kinds (the fallout from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank is still brewing), and the most destructive of all is geopolitical malice, which America uses to spiritually control Australia.
2023-03-15 08:29:25Mired in the battle of narratives, the truth behind the attack on the Nord Stream pipelines may never be fully known, but it is important that we do not simply accept official narratives without question, and that we remain vigilant in our pursuit of the truth.
2023-03-10 08:56:50A joint strategy document was delivered after the Japan-United States Security Consultative Committee (2+2) meeting in Washington on Jan 12, 2023. It was based on three defense documents issued by the Japanese Cabinet in December 2022, namely the National Security Strategy, the National Defense Program Guidelines and the Mid-Term Defense Program.
2023-03-10 08:46:44The military conflict between Russia and Ukraine is still ongoing, while the ceasefire and peace talks are far away. Expanding arms production, increasing military spending, and providing military assistance to Ukraine will have long-term consequences over Germany's economic and social development.
2023-03-07 08:42:41In short, Scholz's visit to the U.S. showed the unity and close relationship between both sides and responded to the outside doubts about the contradictions between Germany and the U.S. on some issues. However, this does not mean that the differences between both sides on many issues do not exist.
2023-03-06 09:05:31The US knows that the two sides need a round table for talks but it still sends them arms. It claims it wants to help Ukraine win, but actually it just wants to fight Russia by proxy, in the process saving US soldiers' lives.
2023-02-23 23:37:56By steadily arming Ukraine, Western countries are fueling the prolongation of the Ukraine crisis, from which the United States has primarily benefited, said a former Turkish diplomat and foreign policy analyst.
2023-02-21 23:24:05To improve its independent defense capabilities and reduce its security dependence on the US, the EU has accelerated the integration of national defense technologies and industrial bases, and vigorously promoted the construction of common defense in recent years.
2023-02-20 17:13:21An F-35B fighter crashed in a vertical landing at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base in Fort Worth, Texas on December 15, 2022, one of many such accidents for the F-35 family. In January last year, an American F-35C fighter fell into the sea after crashing on the carrier deck; nine months later, an F-35A crashed on the runway. All the three types of F-35 fighters had major accidents over a period of more than a year.
2023-02-17 18:10:01The Philippine President Ferdinand Romualdez Marcos made an official visit to Japan from February 8 to 12, and met with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida on February 9, according to Japanese media reports. The two sides will actively promote economic, trade and defense cooperation.
2023-02-15 17:41:35The intensive high-level meetings epitomize the two countries’ closer engagements in recent years, behind which is the continual evolution of the US-Japan alliance and its function and nature, which is exerting a deep impact on the security situation of Northeast Asia or even the entire Asian Pacific region, generating a string of consequences that have put the international community on high alert.
2023-02-10 19:34:25NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg started his visit to South Korea and Japan on Sunday, but the "gifts" he brings with him aren't good. During his trip to South Korea, he mainly discussed issues related to North Korea. He said that the visit demonstrated "the increased importance of the partnership between NATO and the Republic of Korea."
2023-01-31 10:44:10Data released by the US State Department on January 25 showed that US arms sales to other countries and regions had a year-over-year increase of nearly 50 percent in Fiscal Year 2022. One important reason is the escalation of the Ukraine crisis. Many analysts pointed out that the conflict between Russia and Ukraine is a tragedy for the world, but American arms dealers have made big fortune out of this crisis.
2023-01-30 16:45:14The past year of 2022 has seen an eventful world shrouded in dark clouds of conflicts, with joint military exercises being staged one after another across the world against the background of the yearlong Russia-Ukraine conflict. As confrontation is growing in intensity, military exercises have become more tech-oriented - new technologies are tested, new equipment keeps emerging, and new forces are coming to the fore.
2023-01-29 17:56:48Japan and South Korea should have been beneficiaries of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region and regional integration. However, they have turned into destroyers of peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region amidst the populist agitation of domestic conservative politicians.
2023-01-29 17:55:27The recent "two plus two" meeting between American and Japanese foreign and defense ministers once again had China in its crosshairs. Not only did the two countries agree to expand their military cooperation targeting China as an imaginary enemy, but they also vowed to keep a close eye on China’s ongoing and accelerating nuclear weapon development.
2023-01-28 18:23:41The Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Blaz in Guam, the first newly constructed Marine Corps base in 70 years by the US, has been officially activated on January 26, according to several US media reports. Those reports analyzed that this is a specific move to implement measures to enhance strength against the so-called "great-power competition", especially to boost military intervention capabilities in the Asia-Pacific region.
2023-01-28 17:53:33In 2022, the US issued a new-version National Security Strategy (NSS), in which the Asia-Pacific region is viewed as a major area for frontier deployment. The US aims to have frontier deployment featuring "multi-functions, higher flexibility and tenacity" in Japan, while working hand in hand with Japan to promote multilateral military cooperation with other countries.
2023-01-20 17:30:48Japan has several reasons for piling all these advanced weapon systems on the super destroyer – this will help it acquire the aggressive capabilities of attacking the military bases and commanding units of other countries, something it has dreamed of for a long time, and will also significantly augment the capability of its maritime, land and air platforms to carry out strikes in coordination.
2023-01-19 23:31:28For NATO desiring to extend its tentacles into the Asia-Pacific region and India eager to obtain a bigger say in regional affairs, an increased interaction may be a relatively reasonable stopgap for both. But if such cooperation goes further, New Delhi will have to encounter severe backlash from its people and face greater losses of diplomatic and strategic autonomy.
2023-01-27 22:06:02Europe has been pushed to the front line of confrontation with Russia while the US is watching the show at a safe distance. The US passed on the cost of confrontation with Russia to Europe, which is to pass on the risks and contradictions to Europe. Under such circumstances, Europe should really evaluate the decision of signing a joint declaration of cooperation with NATO and further concentrate European defense dominance in the hands of the US based on its own real interests.
2023-01-18 17:41:23Against the backdrop of the China-India tension in recent years, Japan has a mind to cozy up to India that also sees China as a rival. In addition to hyping up the “China threat theory”, now it has put forth the so-called “regional threat theory” and turned its back on the four political documents and the four-principle consensus reached with China, said Lyu Yaodong.
2023-01-17 21:08:08However, the US can no longer form a monopoly on information technology. Many countries including some major countries in Asia and some developed European countries are vigorously developing AI and unmanned combat platforms.
2023-01-16 17:55:09NATO and the EU signed a joint declaration on cooperation on January 10, saying that China's growing assertiveness and policies presented challenges that they need to address. For the EU, which seeks security and development, strengthening its ties with NATO is only a fruitless approach that may drag itself into the vortex of more conflicts and confrontation.
2023-01-12 18:32:16If Europe wants to enjoy true security, it should work on a balanced, effective and sustainable regional security architecture rather than join the confrontational bloc pulled together by the US to achieve its own selfish goals.
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