Category: Asia

The Kim Jong un regime may be preparing to test another missile in North Korea to coincide with President Donald Trump’s first major trip to Asia, Reuters reports. The information was briefed to South Korean officials by the South Korean intelligence organization, and their assessment was based on “the active movement of vehicles around the missile […]

The president of Uzbekistan on Wednesday extended his condolences to President Trump and promised his country’s assistance after an ­Uzbek immigrant driving a rental truck plowed down people on a Manhattan bike path Tuesday, killing eight and injuring 11. Sayfullo Saipov, 29, is the main suspect in what authorities are calling a terrorist attack, one that […]

With tensions between the United States and North Korea at an all time high the US Air Force sent the F-35A to South Korea for the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition(ADEX) 2017. “With this temporary duty, we gain an increased understanding of how other platforms and countries conduct maintenance and daily operations,” said Lt. Col. […]

With tensions between the United States and North Korea at an all time high the US Air Force sent the F-35A to South Korea for the Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) 2017. “With this temporary duty, we gain an increased understanding of how other platforms and countries conduct maintenance and daily operations,” said […]

Debate and discussion can be a healthy thing. This is especially true when it comes to the issue of extremism and radicalization in Central Asia, a region undercovered by major media outlets and difficult to access even by the researchers devoted to it. It is for that reason that a recent article published in The Diplomat that focuses on […]

I sat there in the cafe, drinking my too-foamy latte. The beans had been burnt, no surprise there. I added honey to override the crap taste. It was raining, as it was prone to do this time of year. The chill of the early November Autumn was working its way into the air. Just before, […]

The armed conflict between the government forces of the Philippines and the Abu Sayyaf and other Islamist militant groups during the siege of Marawi has drawn the interest of other Muslim-majority countries in the region. The other Muslim nations are looking for signs that extremist activity is on the rise in their own countries Isnilon […]

This is one flight you are glad you were not on! An AirAsia flight suffered what is thought to be an engine failure and it created a very wild ride for passengers with severe shaking of the aircraft. A passenger says an AirAsia X plane was shaking like a “washing machine” when it experienced a […]

This is one flight you are glad you were not on! An AirAsia flight suffered what is thought to be an engine failure and it created a very wild ride for passengers with severe shaking of the aircraft. A passenger says an AirAsia X plane was shaking like a “washing machine” when it experienced a […]

BEIJING — When President Trump withdrew from the ­Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal in January, critics said he was leaving a vacuum at the heart of the Asia-Pacific region, ceding the United States’ role as regional economic leader. On Sunday, China plans to show how it is filling that vacuum. At a major set-piece event in […]

The Chinese have launched the country’s second aircraft carrier, but the first to be manufactured domestically as they grow in power and look to project it more and more in the region. The unnamed carrier should be operational by 2020 and for now, will continue to be outfitted in the port city of Dalian. With […]

Read Part Two HERE Sergeant Major William Bowles said of this time, “In the 1st SFG (Okinawa) my company was assigned Korea as an area of operations. We taught and trained the South Korean units in unconventional warfare, guerrilla warfare, and in weapons employment. We also taught them parachuting and small unit tactics,” (Murphy). In […]