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The Yasukuni shrine controversy tests Japan-South Korea trust and the US-led security network, with 2.46 million war dead and 14 Class-A criminals enshrined. The post Why Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine Offering Angers Seoul appeared first on The Rio Times.
Pyongyang test-fired two types of cruise missile from a submarine, its state news agency said on Thursday, after weeks of friction with Seoul over a landmine explosion along their border. The missiles were fired into the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on Wednesday without “any adverse impact on the security of neighbouring countries”, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. Relations between Pyongyang and Seoul have been further strained since the landmine blast on...
North Korea has fired an unidentified projectile off its east coast, Seoul’s military said on Monday. “North Korea fires unidentified projectile into the East Sea,” the Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a brief statement, referring to the body of water also known as the Sea of Japan. The launch follows Pyongyang’s test-firing of a ballistic missile earlier this month that it said incorporated artificial intelligence technology. That missile, fired on October 3, “is capable of changing its flight...
North Korea launched a ballistic missile Saturday morning from the Wonsan area on its east coast into the Sea of Japan, according to South Korea's military. The launch comes amid renewed tensions between Pyongyang and Seoul, with the latter demanding an apology for a blast that wounded three South Korean soldiers inside the Demilitarized Zone last month.