South Korea announces its solution to a wartime labor compensation dispute with Japan as momentum builds on both sides toward mending bilateral ties that have soured over the longstanding issue.
The United States and South Korea will revive a massive springtime joint military exercise this month, the allies said Friday, returning to a scale not seen in five years in response to North Korean nuclear threats.
South Korea and the United States conducted a tabletop exercise in Washington to simulate a response to a North Korean nuclear attack, the militaries of both countries announced Friday.
The 2022 paper revived the description of the North Korean regime and military as "our enemy," last used in its 2016 edition, citing Pyongyang's ongoing weapons development, cyber and military provocations and its recent portrayal of the South as an "enemy." "As North Korea continues to pose military threats without giving up nuclear weapons, its regime and military, which are the main agents of the execution, are our enemies," the document said.
China has been accused of not putting enough effort into the denuclearization of North Korea, but recent developments should be enough for Beijing to take a more active role in the process