The Chinese military on Thursday gave details of an accident involving a motorcade of armored vehicles, dismissing some internet users' accusations against the People's Liberation Army.
On August 2, Japanese government approved this year's version of defense white paper, which described the security environment surrounding the country "increasingly severe". It highlighted "more tangible" and "acute" challenges and destabilizing factors.
Japan's government approved a defense white paper on Tuesday, with a large portion of the document focusing on China's normal and legal maritime activities in the East and South China Seas.
The Chinese Ministry of Defense announced Thursday that China and Russia will launch a joint military drill in the South China Sea in September, a move observers say shows the two countries have formed a "semi-alliance" in the face of an increasingly assertive US.
President Xi Jinping told the People's Liberation Army on Wednesday to improve its ground force's mobility and joint operations capability.
Turkey on Wednesday deepened a crackdown on suspected followers of a U.S.-based cleric it blames for a failed coup, dismissing nearly 1,700 military personnel and shutting 131 media outlets, moves that may spark more concern among its Western allies.
A Chinese military court on Monday sentenced Guo Boxiong, former vice chairman of the Central Military Commission (CMC), to life in prison for accepting bribes.
Less than three weeks away from a hotly awaited constitutional referendum, Thailand’s military government is scrambling to drum up support, broadcasting songs and television programmes in a vigorous public relations campaign.
China is eyeing more efficient and coordinated integration of military and civilian development as a new document aims to make the two complementary.
The first and second bodies pulled from the shallow grave in northern Myanmar didn’t belong to Aik Chin’s missing son. Nor, he prayed, did the third, whose face was unrecognisable from a severe beating.
The launch of Japan’s first dedicated military communications satellite will be delayed by two years after a mishap with a blue tarpaulin damaged sensitive antennas during transportation to Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, two government sources said.
The international community has shown great concern over a coup attempt in Turkey and urged for the non-employment of violence and a speedy return to civilian rule.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Monday denounced the United States for making the situation on the Korean Peninsula "extremely tense" through a series of moves, and vowed to take stronger countermeasures to defend the country.
The military on Monday claimed to have killed around 40 members of the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG) in skirmishes in the southern Philippines since last week as part of the military's efforts to end the terrorist group.
General Tian Xiusi, 66, former political commissar in the People's Liberation Army Air Force, has been placed under investigation on suspicion of serious violations of discipline.
For nearly 30 years, Aung San Suu Kyi starred as arguably the world’s most prominent and revered political prisoner, a courageous champion of human rights and democracy in her military-ruled nation.
According to the Japan News, senior officials of the Japanese and U.S. governments agreed on Tuesday to effectively narrow the range of personnel who make up the civilian component of the U.S. military under the Japan-U.S. Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
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