SEOUL : South Korea and a US strike force led by the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz kicked off Monday a joint naval drill slammed by North Korea as a "wanton" provocation and rehearsal for war.The two-day exercise began with the departure of the 97,000-tonne Nimitz, one of the world's ...

BUSAN, South Korea : A US naval strike group led by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz arrived off South Korea Saturday for drills, following joint exercises that infuriated North Korea.The Nimitz Strike Group includes 64 aircraft as well as cruisers and destroyers, said the group’s commander, ...

SEOUL North Korea appears to be gearing up for a major military exercise, a report said on Sunday, amid tensions over an expected missile test and South Korea’s pullout from a joint industrial complex.Preparations are under way near the North’s western port of Nampo for a combined ...

SEOUL (AFP) - North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un oversaw a live fire military drill using drones and cruise missile interceptors, state media said Wednesday, amid heightened tensions on the Korean peninsula. The official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said Kim had personally guided the exercise ...

WASHINGTON - In a first, the Mars rover Curiosity has penetrated a rock on the Red Planet and collected a sample from its interior, the US space agency announced. Using a drill at the end of its robotic arm, Curiosity bore a hole 0.6 inches (1.6 centimeters) wide and 2.5 inches (6.4 centimeters) ...

South Korea will hold a live-fire drill in an area shelled by North Korea as early as Saturday, the military said today. The announcement came as a US politician, Bill Richardson, arrived in Pyongyang at the invitation of North Korea. He has previously acted as a go-between and said he hoped to ...

China said on Tuesday it was concerned about reports that a U.S. aircraft carrier may join a military exercise with South Korea amid a tense standoff with North Korea over the sinking of a warship from the South. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Qin Gang said he had seen the reports about the ...