South Korea aims laser arms at North Korea’s drones
In response to escalating tensions and recent North Korean drone incursions, South Korea announced this month its plans to deploy laser weapons to counter drone infiltrations.
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Ukraine needs shells. South Korea has millions. Will a Nato summit deal deliver?
“The types of weapons South Korea can provide Ukraine are the ones that can make breakthroughs in the current stalemate on the front lines,” said Park Won-gon, a professor at South Korea’s Ewha Womans University, specialising in international relations.
South Korea's Yoon to discuss Pyongyang's 'distinct threat' to Europe at Nato summit
SEOUL — South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said he would discuss with Nato leaders the distinct threat North Korea poses to Europe by deepening military ties with Russia, warning that Moscow must choose between the two Koreas where its true interests lie.
Over 10,000 fliers grounded by North Korea’s trash balloon blitz
The North’s balloons briefly forced a three-hour halt to flights in and out of South Korea’s Incheon airport on June 26, and the multiple balloon launches over the past month have required other flights to delay take-offs or landings, or even to divert.
South Korea to hit North’s drones with cheap, invisible ‘StarWars’ laser weapons
South Korea will deploy laser weapons to shoot down North Korean drones this year, becoming the world’s first country to deploy and operate such weapons in the military, the country’s arms procurement agency said on Thursday.
NATO de facto fueling Indo-Pacific’s re-militarization
The Indo-Pacific is being rapidly re-militarized as bilateral defense agreements spring up across much of the region.
North Korea dispatch military training delegation to Russia
SEOUL -- The People's Army of North Korea has sent an elite military training delegation to Russia, the Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday, the first announcement of a military exchange involving Pyongyang since the two countries concluded a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership in June.