Military Drills

Formosan black bear punching Winnie the Pooh: The Taiwan air force badge going viral amid tensions with China

A patch worn by Taiwanese air force pilots is creating a big buzz. It shows a red-eyed Formosan black bear roaring as it holds a Taiwan flag in one paw with the other paw punching Winnie the Pooh. The fictional bear is often used to mock China’s Xi Jinping

Shandong, J-16s and more: China's military might on display during drills around Taiwan

China is brandishing a wide array of military equipment and weapons as it conducts drills around Taiwan intended to intimidate the self-ruled island. Here is a rundown of Beijing's arsenal

Explained: Key questions around China's military drills around Taiwan answered

The Chinese military has deployed ships, fighter jets and missiles in the sea around Taiwan to send a ‘serious warning against independence separatist forces’ after a US visit by Taipei's president Tsai Ing-wen

United States, South Korea launch biggest joint military drills begin after North Korea submarine missile test

North Korea's missile tests Sunday signal the country likely will conduct provocative weapons testing activities during the US-South Korean drills that are to run for 11 days

UN should urge halt to joint US-South Korea military drills, says North Korea

The drills and rhetoric from the allies have pushed tensions to an 'extremely dangerous level', vice foreign minister Kim Son Gyong said in a statement carried by the official KCNA

North Korea fires unspecified ballistic missile: Seoul military 

The development came a day after North Korea threatened to take “unprecedentedly constant, strong responses” if South Korea and the United States go ahead with planned military drills.

North Korea threatens unprecedented action over allied military drills

"The North's foreign ministry also said it would consider additional military action if the U.N. Security Council, under the influence of the United States, continues to pressure Pyongyang.

United States, South Korea stage air drills despite North Korean complaints

Last year, North Korea conducted a record number of ballistic missile tests, which are banned by UN Security Council resolutions. It was also observed reopening its shuttered nuclear weapons test site, raising expectations of a nuclear test for the first time since 2017

Explained: Why China is conducting record military incursions into Taiwan

The military activity, which included at least 71 Chinese aircraft, came just days after President Joe Biden's latest move to increase US support for Taiwan. Beijing has slammed the effort as an attempt to meddle in its domestic affairs

Explained: How the killing of a 15-year-old Iraqi girl by US troops exposes the Western media’s double standards

Zainab Essam Majed al-Khazali was killed by a stray bullet when US troops were conducting military drills in Baghdad. The mainstream media has kept mum on the issue, with some Twitter users saying that if the crime had been committed by 'a non-American country, the world would have gone mad'