North Korea

North Korea says border systems on standby to shoot in the middle of drones conflict

North Korea's artillery near the border with South Korea have actually been bought to be prepared to fire in the middle of frictions over drones that Pyongyang states are being flown over the frontier, state media mentioned the government as saying on Sunday. Some defectors and activists in South Korea fly aid parcels into the North and drop leaflets criticising leader Kim Jong Un. North Korea has actually blamed the South Korean military for the practice. It has also been drifting balloons with garbage into the South in reprisal. North Korean state news firm KCNA estimated the defence ministry's representative

Environment

Philippines, South Korea enhance defence cooperation, upgrades ties to tactical partnership

Japan, US face shared challenge from low-cost China steel, Japan PM confident states

Japan and the United States should avoid conflict about the steel industry and work together amidst competitors from China, the world's top steelmaker, leading prime ministerial candidate Shinjiro Koizumi stated on Saturday. Sources informed Reuters on Friday that a powerful U.S. national security panel reviewing Nippon Steel's $14.9 billion quote for U.S. Steel faces a Sept. 23 due date to suggest whether the White Home must obstruct the offer. Koizumi, Japan's previous environment minister, stated at a. debate on Saturday that Japan and the U.S. must not confront. each other when it comes to the steel industry however to face.

Environment

South Korea says prepared to use flood relief to North Korea

South Korea summons Russian ambassador over pact with North Korea

South Korea's foreign ministry stated it had actually summoned the Russian ambassador in demonstration of a pact in between Russia and North Korea checked in Pyongyang this week, as a witness saw him enter the ministry structure on Friday afternoon. First vice foreign minister Kim Hong-kyun communicated Seoul's stance on the pact and military cooperation between Russia and North Korea to Georgy Zinoviev, the top Russian envoy to Seoul, Seoul's foreign ministry said. Kim informed Zinoviev that Russia's military support for North Korea damages South Korea's security and would undoubtedly have a unfavorable impact on relations between Seoul and Moscow.

Oil & Gas Exploration

New North Korea-Russia pact requires instant military aid if attacked

North Korea and Russia have consented to supply instant military help if either faces armed aggressiveness, according to the full text of a landmark pact released on Thursday by Pyongyang after a visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin. South Korea responded by assembling an emergency situation conference of its nationwide security council and stated it would now think about sending arms to Ukraine, which it had actually formerly dismissed. Hours after Putin left for Vietnam, North Korea's state media released the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership, which in result revives a defunct shared defence agreement from the 1960s. The arrangement,

Putin says Russia is eager to partner with Vietnam in energy and security