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North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un says his country seeks to reach “equilibrium” of military force with the US, shortly after the UN Security Council strongly condemned Pyongyang’s latest missile launch over Japan. “Our final goal is to establish the equilibrium of real force with the US and make the US …

 The United States, South Korea, and Japan have reportedly started a three-day joint military exercise on the Korean Peninsula to simulate countering a North Korean submarine-launched missile attack. The exercise began off South Korea’s southern coast near Japan on Monday, the South’s Defense Ministry said. Several naval destroyers and helicopters …

The United States has deployed a battalion equipped to deal with nuclear, biological and chemical attacks in South Korea after North Korea threatened to attack the US with ‘nuclear weapons.’ Reports say about 250 soldiers from the US Army 23rd chemical battalion have returned to South Korea. The troops are …