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☆ U.S. holds drills with allies off Korean Peninsula, Pyongyang vows to bolster navy
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-29 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

South Korean Navy's destroyer Yulgok Yi I, , U.S. Navy's USS Benfold and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force's JS Atago sail in formation during a joint naval exercise in international waters on April 17, 2023 at an undisclosed location. SEOUL — The United States, South Korea and Japan staged joint naval missile defense drills off the Korean Peninsula on Tuesday, as North Korea accused Washington and its allies of creating "the most unstable waters with the danger of a nuclear war." The three nations staged exercises in international waters off South Korea's southern Jeju island to improve their ability to detect and track targets, and share information in the event of provocation by Pyongyang, South Korea's military said. The drills come as North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has called for "radically" modernizing the weapons and equipment of its naval forces, criticizing an increased presence of U.S. strategic assets in the region. In a speech to mark Navy Day, Kim said the "gang bosses" of the United States, Japan and South Korea announced regular joint military exercises, news agency KCNA reported, apparently referring to their Aug. 18 summit at Camp David, Maryland.

Persons: Yulgok Yi I, Force's, Kim Jong, Kim, KCNA Organizations: Japan, Self, Atago, South Korea Locations: Korean, U.S, Benfold, SEOUL, United States, South Korea, Japan, North Korea, Washington, Jeju, Pyongyang, South, Camp David , Maryland

☆ This massive, crumbling shipwreck-turned-military station has become the latest flashpoint in tense US-China relations. Take a look inside.
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-10 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

The Philippine Coast Guard said the ship was carrying supplies to a Filipino military outpost. A massive, crumbling shipwreck that was repurposed by the Philippines and turned into a garrison in the South China Sea. Troops stationed aboard the Sierra Madre, take part in a flag retreat, March 29, 2014. Loresto told The Times that he preferred combat over being stationed on the Sierra Madre. Although the US has no territorial claims in the South China Sea, it has carried out regular naval operations in the region.

Persons: Matthew Miller, Thomas Shoal, Ritchie, Erik De Castro, Joey Loresto, Loresto, Jay Tarriela Organizations: Service, State Department, US State Department, Coast Guard, Philippine Coast Guard, Reuters, US Naval Magazine, LST, Troops, New York Times, Times, Embassy, China Coast Guard, US Navy Locations: Philippines, South China, China, Wall, Silicon, Philippine, Sierra, Spratly, Madre, Harnett County, Vietnam, Sierra Madre, United States

☆ Ted Cruz is getting really worked up about the 'Barbie' movie and accusing it of feeding young girls 'Chinese communist propaganda'
▼ + stars: | 2023-07-17 | by ( Kwan Wei Kevin Tan | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Ted Cruz slammed the "Barbie" movie for its depiction of a disputed region in the South China Sea. "This is Chinese communist propaganda," Cruz told The Daily Signal on Sunday. "This is Chinese communist propaganda in which the Chinese are asserting sovereignty over the entirety of the South China Sea. This is not the first time the Texas Republican has weighed in on the "Barbie" movie. China has built 20 outposts in the Paracel Islands, a group of small islands and reefs in the South China Sea.

Persons: Ted Cruz, Cruz, Sen, Barbie, it's, " Cruz, hasn't Organizations: Daily, Service, Texas Republican, Twitter, Chinese Communist Party, Hollywood, Hague, US, US Navy, China, South China, Warner Bros Locations: South China, Vietnam, Philippines, Wall, Silicon, Texas, Asia, China, Paracel, South, United States, Barbie

☆ South Korea, US, Japan to hold missile defence drills to counter North Korea
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Hyonhee Shin | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

SEOUL, April 17 (Reuters) - South Korea, the United States and Japan will stage joint naval missile defence exercises on Monday as they push for greater security cooperation to better counter North Korea's evolving missile threats, Seoul's navy said. Monday's drills will be held in international waters between Korea and Japan, bringing together South Korea's 7,600-ton Aegis destroyer Yulgok Yi I, U.S. guided-missile destroyer USS Benfold, and Japan's Atago destroyer, also equipped with Aegis radar systems. The three countries would focus on mastering response procedures from detection to tracking to information sharing by creating a virtual target under the scenario of a North Korean ballistic missile provocation, the South Korean navy said. South Korean and U.S. air forces are separately set to begin their drills on Monday for a 12-day run. South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol has pledged to move the ties beyond the past and visited Tokyo in March for the first time in 12 years as the country's leader.

☆ The U.S. Navy’s Stranded Lieutenant
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-09 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

Japan’s new defense strategy warns that Asia is facing the most challenging security environment since World War II. So it’s worth asking for Tokyo’s help in mending a growing rift by returning a U.S. Navy lieutenant locked up in a Japanese prison. Lt. Ridge Alkonis, assigned to the guided-missile destroyer the USS Benfold in Yokosuka, was driving his family back from a trip to Mt. Lt. Alkonis is a Mormon and doesn’t drink, and his wife and young children were in the car in broad daylight. Jonathan Franks , a spokesman for the family, says a Navy neurologist said that Lt. Alkonis had suffered acute mountain sickness.

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