South Korea’s government has brushed aside US President Donald Trump’s suggestion that it should pay for a $1bn missile defence system the two allies are installing...
The US military has started installing a controversial missile defence system at a site in South Korea, amid high tensions over neighbouring North Korea’s nuclear and...
China has launched its first domestically made aircraft carrier, in a demonstration of the growing technical sophistication of its defence industries. The 50,000-tonne carrier was towed...
China’s President Xi Jinping has called for restraint when dealing with North Korea during a telephone call with President Donald Trump, according to Chinese state media....
Afghanistan’s army chief and defence minister have resigned following a Taliban attack on an army base over the weekend that killed more than a 100 people....
A Korean-American man has been detained by North Korean authorities at Pyongyang International Airport. The man has only been identified by his surname, Kim, and the...
North Korea offered the United States and its supercarrier, the USS Carl Vinson, a thinly veiled threat in an op-ed published in state-sponsored newspaper Rodong Sinmun....
Jakarta’s Christian governor may escape jail for alleged blasphemy after prosecutors recommended probation, a day after he lost an election to remain governor. The recommendation on...
The number of ISIL fighters killed after the United States’ army dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb was at least 90, Afghan officials said on Saturday, raising a...
North Korea will not stand by and watch the United States launch a preemptive strike, a Pyongyang foreign ministry official said Friday. In an interview with...
The U.S. Air Force dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb for the first time in combat on Thursday, targeting an underground Islamic State complex in a desolate...