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Biden and Kishida Discuss Japan ‘Stepping up’ Security

President Joe Biden and Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida were holding wide-ranging talks at the White House on Friday as Japan looks to build security cooperation with allies in a time of provocative Chinese and North Korean military action. The two administrations were also ready to seal an agreement to…

Asharq Al-Awsat

US and Japan's new defense strategy sends stark warning to China

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will welcome Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida at the White House on Friday, a meeting intended to signal a more confrontational approach to China as Tokyo's defense turns south toward the Taiwan Strait.

Los Angeles Times

Explainer-Why Japan is seeking military ties beyond its U.S. ally

Before meeting President Joe Biden in Washington D.C., Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida visited Italy, France, Britain and Canada, in part to forge security ties that could help it fend off China, North Korea and Russia.

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U.N. chief says onus on North Korea to return to talks

U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Thursday that the onus is on North Korea to return to denuclearization talks, a rebuttal of Chinese calls for the United States to show Pyongyang more flexibility.

Reuters

Donald Trump ‘considered using nuclear weapon on North Korea and blaming another country’, book claims

The allegations have reportedly been made in a new version of a book by a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist

Evening Standard

The AP Interview: Korean leader cites North's serious threat

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol says the spike in North Korean missile tests, growing nuclear ambitions and other provocative acts pose a “serious threat” that could spark a wider conflict

The Independent UK

US, Japan poised to agree on shift in Marine unit on Okinawa

Top national security officials from the United States and Japan are expected to agree to changes in the joint defense posture this week as the two nations confront rising threats from North Korea and increasing aggressiveness from China

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North Korea: record number of missile tests in 2022 has raised fears of nuclear confrontation with the South

North Korea began 2023 as it had ended 2022 – with some characteristic sabre-rattling in the form of missile tests. Having launched more missiles in 2022 than in any other year, on the morning of January 1 this year, North Korea tested a large new multiple launch rocket system that,…

The Conversation

The Korean Peninsula: Why 2023 Will Not Be Like 2017

With Pyongyang provoking with purpose, the temperament of the White House will determine whether there will be a a repeat of the 2017 days of “fire and fury.”

The News Lens

Kim Jong Un’s vow of ‘exponential’ bomb output looks overblown

Kim Jong Un rang in the new year the way he likes best — with a fresh threat to dramatically expand North Korea’s nuclear arsenal. This one is almost certain to fizzle.

Tribune News Service

Kim Jong-un executes North Korean minister who called Donald Trump a liar

Ri Yong-ho, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs of North Korea from 2016 to 2020, has been reportedly executed by Kim Jong-un. The high-profile minister once called Donald Trump a 'Lying King'

Daily Mirror

N Korea’s Kim reveals daughter in hint at extending family rule

Kim Jong Un, who turns 39 on Sunday, is the third generation of his family to successively rule North Korea since 1948.

Al Jazeera

Seoul: Kim's daughter reveal hints at prolonged family rule

South Korea's spy agency says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s disclosure of his daughter in recent public events was likely an attempt to show his people that one of his children would one day inherit his power

The Independent UK

N Korea drone entered S Korea’s presidential no-fly zone: Army

The drone was among five North Korean unmanned aerial vehicles that crossed into South Korea’s airspace on December 26.

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South Korea's Yoon warns of ending military pact after North drone intrusion

South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said on Wednesday he would consider suspending a 2018 inter-Korean military pact if the North violates its airspace again, his office said, amid tension over a recent intrusion by North Korean drones.

Reuters

U.S. and South Korea coordinating potential responses to North Korea provocation -White House

The U.S. and South Korea are planning for a coordinated response to a range of scenarios, including nuclear use by North Korea, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday.

France 24

Will tensions between North and South Korea get even worse?

South Korea called for joint nuclear exercises with the US on Monday, following another round of North Korean ballistic missile tests that capped a record-breaking 2022. Will tensions between the two Koreas escalate to the breaking point in 2023?

Asharq Al-Awsat

South Korea: Talks with US on Management of Nukes Underway

South Korea reconfirmed Tuesday that Seoul and Washington are discussing its involvement in US nuclear asset management in the face of intensifying North Korean nuclear threats, after President Joe Biden denied that the allies were discussing joint nuclear exercises. The purported difference came after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un…

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The Independent UK

South Korea: Talks with US on management of nukes underway

South Korea has reconfirmed that Seoul and Washington are discussing discussing South Korea being involved in U.S. nuclear asset management to cope with intensifying North Korean nuclear threats

Daily Mirror

US denies plans for 'nuclear training' with South Korea amid threat from North

US President Joe Biden gave a blunt "no" after being questioned if the country was planning to hold nuclear exercises with South Korea as reportedly suggested by its leader Yoon Suk-yeol

Al Jazeera

Biden denies US in talks on nuclear exercises with South Korea

S Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol said Seoul and Washington were in talks on exercises involving US nuclear assets.

Reuters

South Korea, U.S. in talks over nuclear planning, tabletop exercise

South Korea and the United States are discussing launching a tabletop exercise and engaging in joint planning to counter North Korea's increasing nuclear threats, officials from both sides said on Tuesday.

Tribune News Service

US in talks with Seoul on deterring North Korea from using nukes

The U.S. is in discussions with South Korea on ways to deter Kim Jong Un’s regime from using nuclear weapons, according to a spokesperson for the National Security Council.

Reuters

North Korea's Kim sacks No. 2 military official

North Korea has sacked Pak Jong Chon, the second most powerful military official after leader Kim Jong Un, state media reported.

Al Jazeera

S Korea, US discussing joint nuclear exercises, says Yoon

President says US assurances of ‘extended deterrence’ no longer enough in face of North Korea’s nuclear capabilities.

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