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Tag: US Forces Korea

Posted inNorth-South Korea

After Kim’s missile test, South Korea-US drills kick off

by Andrew Salmon April 18, 2022April 22, 2022

SEOUL – Spring has arrived in Korea, meaning clear skies, seasonal blossoms, cool breezes – and military tensions. South Korea and the United States kicked off nine-day military drills on Monday, one day after North Korea conducted its 13th missile test this year. Meanwhile, joint Japanese-US naval drills have sparked a Russian response in the […]

Posted inNorth-South Korea

Korea peace talk brings UN alliance into play

by Andrew Salmon November 18, 2021November 23, 2021
Posted inNorth-South Korea

US-South Korea drills drop gauntlet on Pyongyang

by Andrew Salmon August 9, 2021August 13, 2021
Posted inJapan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, South Korea, United States, World

US brass parachutes into Japan-Korea conflagration

by Andrew Salmon November 13, 2019February 18, 2020
Posted inNortheast Asia, South Korea, United States, World

Fortress America rises in South Korea

by Andrew Salmon April 22, 2019February 18, 2020
South Korean soldiers stand guard as their comrades conduct landmine clearing operations inside of the Demilitarized Zone dividing the two Koreas in Cheorwon, south of the DMZ. The two Koreas on October 1 started to remove landmines along a section of their heavily fortified border as part of a summit deal to ease military tensions, Seoul said. Photo: AFP/Song Kyong-Seok
Posted inAT Finance, Israel, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Korea, World

North-South military deal has alarm bells ringing

by Andrew Salmon October 12, 2018February 18, 2020
A South Korean train on the Imjingang railroad bridge near Imjingang Station in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. Photo: AFP/Seung-il Ryu
Posted inAT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Asia, South Korea, World

US-led UN Command stops South Korean train entering North

by Andrew Salmon August 31, 2018February 18, 2020
General Vincent Brooks, the senior US soldier in Korea, briefs foreign correspondents in Seoul. Photo: Andrew Salmon/Asia Times
Posted inAfghanistan, AT Finance, Iraq, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, Vietnam, World

US commander says South Korea not ready to lead alliance in war

by Andrew Salmon August 22, 2018February 18, 2020
US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (L) with South Korea's Defense Minister Song Young-moo before their meeting in Seoul on June 28, 2018. Photo: AFP/Chung Sung-Jun
Posted inAT Finance, Beijing, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Shanghai, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

US-South Korea alliance in spotlight amid shifting landscape

by Andrew Salmon June 28, 2018February 18, 2020
Image of US President Donald Trump, China's leader Xi Jinping and North Korea's Kim Jong-un. Photo: Getty Image
Posted inAT Finance, China, Hong Kong, Iran, Iraq, Japan, Middle East, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, United Kingdom, World

Trump-Kim deal on denuclearization could be on hold indefinitely

by Ken Moak June 21, 2018
South Korean troops carry out drills on the Seoul-controlled rocky islands, known as Dokdo in Korea and Takeshima in Japan, on October 25, 2013. Photo: AFP/South Korean Navy
Posted inAT Finance, China, Japan, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Singapore, South Asia, South Korea, World

As South Korea, US, halt military drills, Seoul takes aim at Tokyo

by Andrew Salmon June 19, 2018February 18, 2020
Kim Jong-un and Donald Trump shake hands across the table during morning talks at their summit in Singapore. Photo: Pool/ Kevin Lim/ Straits Times
Posted inAT Finance, China, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, World

The Singapore summit: Trump plays the beta dog

by Richard A. Bitzinger June 15, 2018
The Korean War Memorial in Washington. Photo: AFP/Mandel Ngan
Posted inBeijing, China, Germany, North Korea, Northeast Asia, Russia, South Korea, World

To sweeten summit pill, Moon offers Kim a peace treaty. So what?

by Andrew Salmon April 19, 2018February 18, 2020

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