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N. Korea tested tactical ballistic missile with new navigation tech
Kyodo News, Published on 18/05/2024
» North Korea said Saturday it test-fired a tactical ballistic missile equipped with a new autonomous navigation system, with the drill overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, according to the country's official news agency.
Quake death toll in Japan rises to 78
Kyodo News, Published on 04/01/2024
» KYODO - Search and rescue operations continued in Ishikawa Prefecture in central Japan after it was struck by a powerful earthquake on New Year's Day, with the death toll rising to 78 and more than 50 people still unaccounted for as of Thursday morning.
Kim Jong Un inspects satellite photos of "major target regions"
Kyodo News, Published on 25/11/2023
» KYODO - North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un has inspected pictures of "major target regions" in South Korea and the state of Hawaii of the United States taken by its recently launched military spy satellite, its official news agency said on Saturday
Chinese naval ship pays goodwill visit in Manila
Kyodo News, Published on 14/06/2023
» A Chinese naval training ship arrived in Manila on Wednesday for a "goodwill visit," China's ambassador to the Philippines said, making its final stop in a tour of Southeast Asian countries amid high tensions over the South China Sea, which Beijing largely claims as its territory.
Tuna fetches ¥36m at New Year auction in Tokyo
Kyodo News, Published on 05/01/2023
» TOKYO: A bluefin tuna fetched 36.04 million yen (US$273,000) on Thursday at the New Year's auction at Tokyo's Toyosu fish market, more than double the top price last year, as the restaurant and food industries look to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic.
North Korea 'readying' sub launch of ballistic missile
Kyodo News, Published on 24/09/2022
» South Korea has detected signs that North Korea is preparing to launch a ballistic missile from a submarine, the South Korean presidential office said Saturday.
Tour boat with 26 aboard loses contact off Hokkaido
Kyodo News, Published on 23/04/2022
» A tourist boat with 26 crew and passengers including two children went missing on Saturday while on a tour around the scenic Shiretoko Peninsula on Japan’s northernmost main island of Hokkaido, the Japan Coast Guard said.
Malaysia bars Russian tanker from docking amid sanctions
Kyodo News, Published on 01/03/2022
» Malaysia refused entry of a Russian-flagged oil tanker named on a United States sanctions list to a port along the Straits of Malacca, the Transport Ministry said on Tuesday, following economic sanctions that United States and its allies imposed on Russia for its invasion of Ukraine.
Chinese project in Cambodia raises alarms of military build-up
Kyodo News, Published on 12/08/2019
» While Cambodia welcomes an ongoing influx of Chinese tourists, investment and development, the world at large increasingly suspects that China is launching a military build-up in the country for stronger Chinese influence in Southeast Asia.
Kim oversees launch of new type of rocket
Kyodo News, Published on 01/08/2019
» BEIJING/BANGKOK: North Korea confirmed Thursday that it fired projectiles the previous day, with state-run media reporting that leader Kim Jong Un oversaw the test firing of a "newly developed large-caliber multiple launch guided rocket system."