Mr. Kirk, based in Seoul and Washington, has been covering Asia for decades for…
Defense chiefs from the two nations managed to smile and shake hands without attempting to hash out the bitter differences that appear to be going from bad to worse.
The U.S. and Chinese defense ministers are likely to deliver dueling speeches at the gathering, as Chinese saber-rattling at Taiwan unnerves the Pacific.
The South Korean spy agency, in a closed-door briefing for legislators, says it is ‘closely watching the possibility that Kim, reported to be fond of whiskey and cognac, was ‘falling into a vicious circle of depending more on alcohol and nicotine and suffering worsening insomnia.’
The South’s panicked reaction reflects escalating tensions on the Korean peninsula.
The report finds that 2.7 million North Koreans are slaves, many of whom are ‘forced to work by the state’ under threat of being sent to a prison camp for hard labor.
The American Space Force unit, headquartered at Osan Air Base south of Seoul, is counting on South Korean satellites to complement Washington’s own satellites monitoring the North’s nuclear and missile program.
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