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Australia’s Kyle Chalmers claims silver at world swimming championships
Updated July 25, 2019 22:02:20 Australia’s Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers has fallen just short of claiming gold at the world swimming titles after finishing second to American Caeleb Dressel in the men’s 100 metres freestyle final in Gwangju, South Korea. Chalmers came home strongly in the second lap to produce a personal best time of …
North Korea fires at least two unidentified projectiles | World news
North Korea has fired at least two unidentified projectiles early on Thursday from an area near Wonsan, on North Korea’s eastern coast, according to South Korea’s joint chiefs of staff. The projectiles flew about 430km (267 miles), the joint chiefs of staff said, but did not elaborate further. This would be the first launching of …
US assesses North Korea has launched at least one short range projectile
The South Korean military told CNN that North Korea fired two unidentified projectiles from the Wonson area towards the East Sea, also known as the Sea of Japan, on Thursday morning — Wednesday afternoon in the US — and that the flight distance was approximately 430 kilometers. The two unidentified projectiles were launched at 5:34 …
South Korea fires warning shots at Russian military aircraft
In a statement, South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the Russian military aircraft twice violated South Korean airspace off the country’s eastern coast on Tuesday morning. The South Korean military said they flew above an island claimed by both South Korea and Japan, first at 9.09 a.m. local time and then again at …
South Korea says it fired warning shots at Russia warplanes
South Korean defense officials on Tuesday said Seoul launched fighter jets in response to “multiple” Russian military planes that entered into the country’s airspace. A country official said this is the first time a Russian military aircraft made the violation and the responding fighters were forced to fire warning shots at the planes. GET THE …
BREAKING: South Korea Fires Warning Shots As Russian, Chinese Military Planes Enter Airspace
South Korea has reportedly fired warning shots after Russian military planes violated the nation’s airspace on Tuesday, according to South Korea’s Defense Ministry. The Associated Press reported that, according to South Korea’s Defense Ministry, “multiple Russian military planes violated the South Korean airspace off its east coast” and “Chinese military planes also intruded into South …
Alek Sigley: North Korea accuses Australian of ‘spying’
Image copyright AFP/Getty Images Image caption Alex Sigley in transit in Beijing after his release from North Korea this week North Korea says an Australian student who had been detained for several days before being released had been “spying” for news outlets. Alek Sigley, 29, was reported missing in late June, but was freed on …
Ivanka Trump’s North Korea Photobombs Perplex White House Officials
When Donald Trump and his advisers crossed over from South Korea into the heavily fortified demilitarized zone between North and South Korea over the weekend, the cameras were ready. Images of the president greeting North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un as “my friend” in a last-minute meet-up streamed across televisions worldwide. Trump wasn’t alone. After …
‘Unidentified’ object reported over DMZ, South Korea says
South Korea’s military say it has detected an “unidentified object” flying near the border with North Korea. The South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff says its radar found “the traces of flight by an unidentified object” on Monday over the central portion of the Demilitarized Zone that bisects the two Koreas. It gave no further details. …
Harry Kazianis: Trump’s unconventional North Korea strategy — is it worthy of a Nobel Prize?
In Washington, D.C.-area Asia circles last week, the rumor mill was buzzing with the news of a possible media event at the Demilitarized Zone that separates the two Koreas during President Trump’s visit to South Korea. The other part of that rumor, that Trump would have a third summit, or at least a short meeting, …
