On Wednesday, days after threatening to shoot down US spy aircraft it said were invading its airspace, North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile into the oceans between the Korean peninsula and Japan. The missile was launched at around 10 a.m. from a location close to Pyongyang and flew a distance of around 1,000 miles […]
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On Tuesday, 6th June, as South Korea claimed to have sent out fighter jets in response to aircraft flying close to its airspace, China and Russia conducted combined air force patrols over the Sea of Japan and the East China Sea. According to an annual military cooperation plan between China and Russia, Beijing and Moscow
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After North Korea informed Japan of a satellite launch between May 31 and June 11, Japan placed its ballistic missile defenses on alert and issued a warning that it would shoot down any missile that attacked its territory. North Korea claims to have finished building its first military surveillance satellite, and its leader, Kim Jong
As part of an aggressive push by the country to take the lead in crucial technologies, Samsung Electronics said on March 15 that it wants to invest 300 trillion Korean won ($228 billion) in a new semiconductor facility in South Korea, which the government claims will be the world’s largest. A Samsung representative told CNBC
In addition to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), Samsung is establishing a new semiconductor plant to increase its manufacturing footprint in the US. A progress report on the work completed to build a new semiconductor plant in Taylor, Texas, has now been provided by the South Korean company. Samsung stated in 2021 that it would
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On Monday, the United States and South Korea started one of their biggest joint military air drills, with hundreds of jets from both sides simulating attacks around the clock which will last for more than a week. The U.S. Air Force said in a statement last week that the operation, codenamed Vigilant Storm, will go
Defense Minister Mariusz Baszczak has confirmed that Poland will purchase 288 South Korean K239 Chunmoo multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) from Hanwha Defense. The South Korean military began using the K239 Chunmoo MLRS, a multi-caliber launch rocket system manufactured by Hanwha Defense, in 2015. It is a piece of the new generation of artillery that can
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On the 4th October North Korea launched an intermediate range ballistic missile over northern Japan for the first time in five years. That has prompted the government to urge people to shelter from falling debris, in an apparent escalation of recent weapon tests by Kim Jong-un’s regime. On Tuesday morning, the government of Japan activated
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The search for substitutes for crucial Japanese ingredients that are subject to export restrictions is coming to a dead end for South Korean chipmakers, raising the possibility of operational disruption in the months to come. In light of the escalating diplomatic row over payments for forced labor committed during World War II, Japan is now
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