Japan's Defense Ministry said Tuesday that joint military drills scheduled between Japan and the United States had been canceled due to a budget standoff that the U.S. Congress has yet to resolve.
A series of joint military drills between the U.S. Marine Corps and Japan's Self-Defense Forces using the MV-22 Osprey transport aircraft started on Tuesday morning at an SDF training field in the western Japanese prefecture of Shiga, the country's Kyodo News Agency reported.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) reopened the Kaesong industrial complex on Monday morning after it suspended for five months amid political tensions in the peninsular, the Yonhap news agency reported.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed to fully reopen the Kaesong industrial complex next Monday after agreeing on several institutional tools to help prevent future shutdowns and develop the factory park in a progressive manner, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Wednesday.
South Korea's Unification Ministry in charge of inter-Korean relations on Monday called for active response from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in the upcoming joint committee meeting to reopen the Kaesong industrial complex.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) agreed to hold the second meeting of the joint committee on Sept. 10 to discuss reopening of the Kaesong industrial complex, Seoul's Unification Ministry said Tuesday.
South Korea and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday began the first meeting of joint management committee for the Kaesong industrial complex.
The National Election Committee (NEC) said on Sunday that it would form an ad-hoc committee to look into alleged fraud and ballot-rigging during the national election on July 28 without participation of the opposition party.
China and Russia will hold two joint military drills in the coming two months, military officials from both countries said here Monday.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday proposed holding talks with South Korea on issues including the normalization of the operation in the Kaesong Industrial Zone (KIZ) and the resumption of tour of Mt. Kumgang, the official KCNA news agency reported.
Japan and India on Wednesday vowed to further promote their strategic and global partnership by enhancing bilateral cooperation in a great number of areas.