Russia on Monday started the construction of a high-tech command and control center to oversee the military.
South Korea on Monday urged the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to immediately halt slandering in a response to Pyongyang's latest peace overture.
DPRK called for ending hostilities between the two sides of the Korean Peninsula on Thursday
The United States on Thursday renewed its call for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK) to abandon its nuclear program after Pyongyang's fresh appeal for ending hostilities on the Korean Peninsula.
Kim stressed that trust between the two Koreas should be demonstrated by real action, not by words.
South Korea's defense ministry said on Thursday that joint military drills between Seoul and Washington will be conducted as scheduled despite demand from the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) to cancel it.
China's armed forces have been told to choose domestic brand cars when procuring military vehicles, according to a circular published on Monday.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who died on Saturday at the age of 85, was laid to rest in his ranch in southern Israel on Monday.
Indonesia will continue to beef up its air force by purchasing more modern warplanes to replace its ageing F-5 Tiger E/F multirole fighter jets that have been serving for more than 30 years.
Egypt's Prosecutor General Hesham Barakat referred Wednesday deposed President Mohamed Morsi and other leading Muslim Brotherhood figures to the criminal court over charges of "espionage," state-run MENA news agency reported.
Led by nationalist Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, the Japanese government approved its first national security strategy Tuesday. Based on it, new defense program guidelines and a mid-term defense buildup plan were adopted.
The U.S. government on Tuesday slapped sanctions on three companies and one person in Myanmar in its latest effort to choke off alleged arms trade between the Southeast Asian nation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) is feared to conduct provocations against South Korea in early 2014, Seoul said Tuesday, noting that internal disorder within the DPRK can be escalated following the execution of Jang Song-Thaek, uncle of leader Kim Jong Un.
The powerful Thai military has announced its unequivocal support for the February 2 snap parliamentary elections called by Prime Minister Yingluck Shinawatra amid threats of the political opposition to boycott it.
Former Brazilian president Juscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira had been assassinated by agents of the military dictatorship that ruled from 1964 to 1984, the Sao Paulo Truth Commission revealed Tuesday.
Nearly three years after the downfall of ex-ruler Hosni Mubarak, Egypt still struggles to find a way out of chaos, as negotiations remain almost a mission impossible in the deeply polarized nation.
Thailand's massive anti-government protests might possibly end up in a fresh military coup shortly, according to noted scholar Pavin Chachavalpongpun at Kyoto University's Center for Southeast Asian Studies.
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