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'U.S. to deploy all strategic assets to deter N. Korea,' say U.S. military leaders Top U.S. military leaders announced on Tuesday that they would put strain on North Korea provocations and defend South Korea by deploying all strategic assets and military capabilities. U.S. Pacific Command Adm. Harry Harris, Gen. John Hyten, commander of U.S. Strategic Command, and Lt. Gen. Samuel Greaves of the U.S. Missile Defense Agency arrived in Seoul on Tuesday. The group of U.S. military leaders held a press conference for domestic and foreign journalists at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province on the day, and...

Kim turns on Britain! Furious North Korea calls UK soldiers "mercenaries" for joining huge American-led military drill Forces from the UK and Australia are helping 70,000 American and South Korean troops prepare for a nuclear strike - but they have been labelled "war maniacs" North Korea despot Kim Jong-un has labelled British Army soldiers nothing more than "mercenaries" after they took part in US-led military drills. Dramatic images yesterday showed armed forces playing out a mock terror drill in South Korea - brandishing guns and wearing biohazard suits. It's since emerged that soldiers from the UK and Australia are helping...

Report: U.S. scales back deployment to Korea for drills By Elizabeth Shim Contact the Author | Aug. 18, 2017 Aug. 18 (UPI) -- Strategic assets of the U.S. military, including an aircraft carrier and a nuclear-powered submarine, may not be deployed during the upcoming joint exercises on the Korean peninsula. South Korean television network SBS reported Friday the United States canceled plans to deploy the strategic assets during the drill set to begin next week, and the move is taking place a week after tensions spiked between Washington and Pyongyang. The United States and South Korea originally planned to deploy...

N. Korea behind recent mine explosion in DMZ: Defense Ministry 2015/08/10 10:30 SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is believed to have masterminded the bloody explosion of land mines in the demilitarized zone last week, the Defense Ministry said Monday, in the latest military provocation by the North, happening just weeks before a scheduled joint military exercise between South Korea and the U.S. The mine blasts took place on the morning of Aug. 4 on the southern side of the DMZ near the city of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, while eight South Korean Army troops carried out a regular scouting...