South Korean military to upgrade joint command, control system
August 5, 2025 SEOUL – South Korea’s military will upgrade the Allied Korean Joint Command and Control System…
North Korea slams Japan’s fighter jet project with UK, Italy as revival of ‘wartime alliance’
July 22, 2025 SEOUL – North Korea on Monday denounced Japan’s joint next-generation fighter jet project with the…
‘Pragmatism’ in focus as South Korean President Lee Jae Myung skips NATO summit
June 24, 2025 SEOUL – President Lee Jae Myung’s decision not to attend the NATO summit in the…
Japan to provide defence equipment to 8 countries under OSA
June 23, 2025 TOKYO – The government has begun discussing the selection of eight countries in fiscal 2025…
Korean defence firms eye NATO boost as alliance raises military spending
June 11, 2025 SEOUL – The outlook for South Korean defense companies has grown brighter following recent remarks…
South Korea inks $18b nuclear export deal with Czech Republic
June 6, 2025 SEOUL – South Korea has clinched a landmark $18 billion contract with the Czech state…
Defence chiefs of Japan, U.S., Australia, Philippines express ‘serious concern’ about China’s ‘destabilising actions’
June 2, 2025 SINGAPORE – The defense chiefs of Japan, the United States, Australia and the Philippines expressed…
UK and New Zealand strengthen defence and trade ties in strategic partnership
image: ©Oleksii Liskonih | iStock The UK and New Zealand hope to strengthen their defence and economic relationship.…
Japan PM Ishiba, NATO Secretary General Rutte agree to boost security cooperation during talks in Tokyo
April 11, 2025 TOKYO – Japan and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization have agreed to strengthen their cooperation…
Nobel-winning group representing Japan’s atomic bomb survivors calls for abolition of nuclear weapons
March 5, 2025 NEW YORK – Jiro Hamasumi of Nihon Hidankyo (Japan Confederation of A- and H-Bomb Sufferers…
Japan, US to communicate on possible use of nuclear weapons
December 30, 2024 TOKYO – Japan and the United States will communicate regarding Washington’s possible use of nuclear…
Japan, Italy, U.K. launch body to manage next-generation jet project
December 13, 2024 TOKYO – The international body through which Japan, Britain and Italy will manage a joint…