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North Korean submarine ballistic missile test fails

Kuwait City - Arab Today

North Korea fired a submarine-launched ballistic missile off its east coast on Saturday, but the missile failed in its initial flight stage, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, according to the Seoul-based Yonhap News Agency. The missile was fired from waters southeast of the coastal port city of Sinpo at around 11:30 a.m. (0230 MT), the military said.Read more

DPRK said to have launched ballistic missile

Washington - Arab Today

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) have launched a ballistic missile, the United States and the Republic of Korea (ROK) said. Assessments from both the U.S. Defense Department and the ROK's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) showed that the missile was launched at 1:17 p.m. EDT Tuesday, or 3:17 a.m. Seoul time Wednesday (1817 GMT). There was no officialRead more

Chairman JCS attends 2017 Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference in Canada

Rawalpindi - Arab Today

Chairman Joint Chief of Staff (JCS) Committee, General Zubair Mahmood Hayat attended 2017 Pacific Chiefs of Defence Conference at Victoria, Canada. According to an Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) statement issued here on Thursday, the Conference titled: “The Future Security Environment, Challenges, Complexity and Cooperation” was held from September 4-6. The Conference was attended by Chiefs of Defence Staff ofRead more

North Korea fires short-range missiles

Seoul - BNA

North Korea has today fired three short-range missiles into the East Sea, , South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The projectiles were fired between 7 and 7:40 a.m. from a site in its eastern border town of Wonsan. They were presumed to have landed in waters off its east coast after flying some 210 kilometers, South Korean NewsRead more

Defense minister calls for new paradigm in combat posture

SEOUL - Arab Today

South Korea's defense chief on Monday reaffirmed his push for a sweeping reform of the country's armed forces for a "new war paradigm." Inspecting the operation of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), Defense Minister Song Young-moo cited grave security conditions on the peninsula. "The current security situation on the Korean Peninsula is serious enough to be called 'theRead more

South Korea confirms DPRK's development of new missile

Seoul - ArabToday

South Korea's military confirmed on Monday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s development of a new road-mobile intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM), based on a technology of submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). An unnamed official of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) held a separate press briefing, saying what was test-fired by the DPRK was a new solid fuel-poweredRead more

South Korea, US military heads reaffirm joint defense posture

Seoul - ArabToday

Military chiefs of South Korea and the United States reaffirmed the two allies' defense posture against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK)'s nuclear and missile threats, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) of South Korea said Wednesday. The JCS said in a press release that Gen. Lee Sun-jin, the chairman of the JCS, had a telephone dialogue earlier inRead more

South Korea, US Hold Joint Amphibious Drill amid North Korean Threats

Seoul - Arab Today

Marines from South Korea and the United States kicked off an amphibious landing operation along the eastern coast, a military official said Monday, the latest in a series of military drills meant to demonstrate the resolve of the allies to counter Pyongyang's evolving threat. The weeklong exercise involves some 2,600 Marines from South Korea and 130 counterparts from theRead more

Uganda Defense Chief to Visit south Korea for Bolster Military Ties

Seoul - Arab Today

Uganda's defense chief Edward Katumba Wamala will visit South Korea this week to discuss ways to bolster military ties between the two countries, military officials said Wednesday. The chief of Uganda's defense forces, will meet with Defense Minister Han Min-koo and Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Lee Sun-jin during his stay in Seoul from Thursday to Sunday, theRead more

DPRK's 5th nuke test suspected after artificial tremor detected

Seoul - XINHUA

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) appeared to have conducted its fifth nuclear test after an artificial earthquake was detected at a site where its fourth nuclear test was carried out earlier this year, Yonhap news agency reported on Friday. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) was quoted as saying that artificial earthquake waves of magnitude 5.0 wereRead more