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news N. Korean threat persists amid continued pursuit of weapons: USFK commander (ATTN: CHANGES dateline; ADDS more comments on missile defense, background info in paras 2, 15-19, photo) By Byun Duk-kun SEOUL/WASHINGTON, March 11 (Yonhap) -- North Korea continues to pose a serious threat to the United States and its ally South Korea as Pyongyang pursues a nuclear arsenal and other weapons of mass destruction, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has said. Gen. Robert Abrams also said Wednesday that the U.S. troops in Korea stand ready to defend South Korea from any threat, noting that th...

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ADVERTISEMENT “The secretary is planning to have a conversation with Sen. Manchin today. I’m not going to …talk about the details of conversations between the secretary and individual members of Congress,” Defense Department spokesman John Kirby told reporters at the Pentagon. Kirby said he did not know of “any other discussions” Austin might have with other members of Congress. Politico first reported that the administration was seeking Manchin’s support, with the White House directing Austin to reach out to the West Virginia Democrat.   Manchin has not publicly commented on ...

S.Korea-US kick off joint military drills By IANS|   Updated: 8th March 2021 3:34 pm IST Seoul, March 8 : The combined forces of South Korea and the US kicked off their joint annual military exercises in a scaled-back manner in view of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Monday. The Combined Command Post Training (CCPT), or the annually-held computer-simulated command post exercise in springtime, was scheduled to last until March 18, reports Xinhua news agency. No field manoeuvers will be staged this year amid the continued pandemic. Tough antivirus meas...

Seoul [South Korea], March 7 (ANI): South Korea and the United States will stage a major springtime combined military exercise starting this week in a scaled-back manner amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Sunday.