Russia’s official stance on North Korea has been similar to that of China’s, in that both express a desire for peace on the peninsula. However, the two trading partners for North Korea have slow-walked U.N. sanctions against the communist regime and stymied U.S. efforts to penalize Pyongyang for its weapons program.

The facility features a six-chair simulator that enables sailors to learn and improve their skills in tracking enemy vessels.

The III Marine Expeditionary Force, headquartered on Okinawa, Japan, plans to hold a ball this year “unless otherwise directed by higher headquarters or local COVID-19 conditions prove prohibitive,” spokesman said.

The National Police Agency recently told Justice Party lawmaker Jang Hye-young that police have investigated nearly 30,000 cases of crime related to hidden cameras over the past five years.

The drill, part of the larger Active Shield exercise, meant processing more than 3,000 people for a simulated evacuation at a control center set up at a gym on the installation.

Japan's new Prime Minister Fumio Kishida dissolved the lower house of parliament Thursday, paving the way for elections that will be the country's first of the pandemic.

In a climate of ascendant nationalism tinged with anti-American sentiment, it’s easy to see why “The Battle at Lake Changjin,” better known to Americans as the Battle of the Chosin Reservoir, is a hit in China. The film has capitalized on demand for gory action movies that celebrate the Chinese Communist Party’s rise.

A Washington man who accepted a plea for his part in mailing packages of LSD, ecstasy, and cannabis at least once a week to dealers in Hawaii catering to active duty military members rescheduled his sentencing hearing Tuesday, postponing the court's judgment until next month.

Active-duty sailors who are not fully vaccinated against the coronavirus after Nov. 28 without a pending or approved exemption request will be forced out of the Navy for failing to obey a lawful order, according to the statement. For Navy Reserve sailors, the deadline is Dec. 28.

Air travelers from the U.S., U.K, China, Germany and Singapore will be exempted from quarantine on arrival starting Nov. 1, Taweesilp Visanuyothin, a spokesman for the Center for COVID-19 Situation Administration, said at a briefing on Thursday.