U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan was an “impudent interference” in China’s internal affairs, according to a statement from the North Korean Foreign Ministry.
Around 500 U.S. and South Korean troops were treated recently to a meal of Korean food specially prepared by a celebrity chef at their dining facility.
Okinawa prefecture, where the bulk of more than 50,000 U.S. troops in Japan are located, continues to report relatively high COVID-19 numbers, while the U.S. military in South Korea reported a third week of increasing cases.
Liberal politicians in South Korea have denounced the conservative presidential front-runner for suggesting that an additional U.S.-made missile defense system be deployed in the country.