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U.S.-S. Korea military exercise

U.S. and South Korean Navy and Marine Corps personnel take part in a joint exercise on a beach in Pohang on the Korean peninsula's east coast on Sept. 2, 2024.

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U.S.-S. Korea military exercise

U.S. and South Korean Navy and Marine Corps personnel take part in a joint exercise on a beach in Pohang on the Korean peninsula's east coast on Sept. 2, 2024.

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows The Republic of Korea Navy Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong (DDG 993), top, the U.S Navy Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) and the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force Murasame-class destroyer JS Ariake (DD 109) sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st C

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Sailors signal an F/A-18F Super Hornet from the “Black Knights” of Strike Fighter Squadron (VFA) 154, right, and an F/A-18E Super Hornet from the “Blue Blasters” of VFA-34 aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a trilateral exercise in the U.S. 7th Fleet area of responsibility. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Appre

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows An SH-60K Seahawk, assigned to the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, prepares to land on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) for a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adina Phebus via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy with aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 sail and fly in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows Aircraft assigned to Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 11 fly in formation during a trilateral exercise with ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 10, 2024 shows U.S. Sailors perform maintenance on an F/A-18F Super Hornet assigned to the “Black Knights” of Strike Fight Squadron (VFA) 154 on the flight deck aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71). A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Krescent Peters via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows The Republic of Korea Navy Sejong the Great-class guided-missile destroyer ROKS Seoae Ryu Seong-ryong (DDG 993), front, and the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Howard (DDG 83) sail alongside the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Adina Phebus via A

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US, Japan And South Korea Hold Drills In Disputed Sea

Handout photo dated April 11, 2024 shows ships assigned to the Theodore Roosevelt Carrier Strike Group, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and Republic of Korea Navy sail in formation during a trilateral exercise. A U.S. carrier strike group led by the USS Theodore Roosevelt has held a two-day joint exercise with its allies Japan and South Korea as U.S. President Joe Biden met for talks with leaders from Japan and the Philippines at the White House. The military and diplomatic maneuvers are meant to strengthen the partners’ solidarity in the face of what they see as China’s aggressive military actions in the region. A number of U.S. and South Korean guided missile destroyers and a Japanese warship joined the drills in the disputed East China Sea, where worries about China’s territorial claims are rising. U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Tommy Gooley via ABACAPRESS.COM

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Kim Jong Un's scheduled visit to Russia

VLADIVOSTOK, Russia, April 22 Kyodo - Russian Navy vessels are seen off Vladivostok on April 22, 2019. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is scheduled to inspect them later in the week.

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Photos from ferry sinking accident in S. Korea

JINDO, South Korea - Vessels of the South Korean navy continue searching for missing passengers who were aboard the sunken ferry Sewol off the island of Jindo in southwestern South Korea on April 19, 2014. The confirmed death toll from the sinking rose to 32 the same day after search teams located six bodies inside the ferry.

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Actress Awaji dies

TOKYO, Japan - Photo taken in 1964 shows Japanese actress Keiko Awaji. Awaji, known for her role as the girlfriend of a U.S. Navy airman in the 1954 Hollywood film "The Bridges at Toko-Ri" that depicts a Korean War bombing mission, died of esophageal cancer at a Tokyo hospital on Jan. 11, 2014, at age 80.

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Navy ship memorial

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye attends a memorial ceremony at the national cemetery in Daejeon on March 26, 2013, marking the third anniversary of the sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan, for which Seoul holds North Korea responsible.

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Navy ship memorial

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Park Geun Hye attends a memorial ceremony at the national cemetery in Daejeon on March 26, 2013, marking the third anniversary of the sinking of the South Korean navy ship Cheonan, for which Seoul holds North Korea responsible.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

TOKYO, Japan - File photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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S. Korea retrieves debris of N. Korean rocket

SEOUL, South Korea - Photo shows debris of North Korea's long-range rocket, which was launched on Dec. 12, 2012, unveiled to the media at Pyeongtaek naval base near Seoul on Dec. 14. South Korea's Navy retrieved the debris in waters off the country's west coast, a South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman said on Dec. 14.

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Lee urges North to halt provocations

SEOUL, South Korea - South Korean President Lee Myung Bak speaks during a ceremony held at the 2nd Navy Fleet in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, to mark a naval battle with North Korea 10 years ago on June 29, 2012. Lee urged North Korea to halt provocations and work for peace and mutual prosperity with the South.

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U.S.-S. Korea joint drill

SEOUL, South Korea - U.S. Navy personnel are seen on the U.S. aircraft-carrier George Washington during a U.S.-South Korean joint naval drill in the Yellow Sea on Nov. 30, 2010.

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Yeongpyeong Island after joint drill begins

YEONGPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - A South Korean Navy vessel is seen off Yeongpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea on Nov. 29, 2010. A U.S.-South Korean military exercise began in the Yellow Sea on Nov. 28 after North Korea's artillery attack on the island on Nov. 23.

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Pyongyang after artillery attack on S. Korean island

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Chinese tourists visit the U.S. Navy intelligence ship Pueblo, which North Korea seized in 1968 and has opened to visitors at a riverside berth in Pyongyang, on Nov. 26, 2010, guided by a North Korean military personnel.

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Pyongyang after artillery attack on S. Korean island

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A North Korean soldier armed with an automatic rifle (R) stands guard near the U.S. Navy intelligence ship Pueblo, which the North seized in 1968 and has opened to visitors at a riverside berth in Pyongyang, on Nov. 26, 2010.

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N. Koreans start talking about future leader Kim Jong Un

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A Korean People's Army officer poses in front of the U.S. Navy intelligence ship Pueblo, seized by North Korea in 1968, in Pyongyang on Oct. 13, 2010. The 26-year-old said she was studying words of guidance every week by Kim Jong Un, the youngest son of leader Kim Jong Il and the country's leader-in-waiting.

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S. Korean antisubmarine drill in Yellow Sea

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean Navy patrol ship engages in an antisubmarine drill in the Yellow Sea on Aug. 5, 2010. The ship took part in the exercise following the deadly sinking of a South Korean naval ship Seoul claims was sunk by North Korea. (Pool photo)

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S. Korean antisubmarine drill in Yellow Sea

SEOUL, South Korea - The South Korean Navy's transport ship Dokdo sails in the Yellow Sea on Aug. 5, 2010. The ship took part in an antisubmarine drill following the deadly sinking of a South Korean naval ship Seoul claims was sunk by North Korea. (Pool photo)

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U.S.-S. Korea joint drill in Sea of Japan

SEOUL, South Korea - A South Korean Navy vessel (top) sails near the U.S. aircraft carrier George Washington (foreground) during a joint exercise in the Sea of Japan on July 26, 2010. The two countries held the drill following North Korea's deadly sinking of a South Korean naval ship.

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N. Koreans turn anger at U.S., S. Korea over ship into resolve

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A museum guide of the U.S. Navy vessel Pueblo, captured by North Korea in 1968 and now made public in Pyongyang as a museum ship, criticizes the government of South Korean President Lee Myung Bak on June 1, 2010.

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Seoul asks U.S. to help in finding cause of ship sinking

YELLOW SEA, South Korea - A crane (L) preparing to raise a sunken South Korean Navy corvette near the western sea border with North Korea in the Yellow Sea is seen on April 5, 2010. Seoul asked the United States the same day to help determine the cause of the sinking of the vessel late last month.

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U.S. Navy commander reassures Japan 'safe' from N. Korean rocket

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Outgoing U.S. Naval Forces Japan Commander Rear Adm. James Kelly speaks at a press conference at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 30. Kelly reassured the Japanese that their country is safe from potential threats that might be posed by the rocket North Korea plans to launch early next month.

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High court dismisses S. Koreans' claims over ship loss

OSAKA, Japan - South Korean plaintiffs enter the Osaka High Court on May 30 to hear a ruling on their claim for an apology and 2.8 billion yen in compensation from the Japanese government over the sinking of a Japanese navy transport ship in 1945. The court overturned a lower court ruling and rejected their claims. The ship, the Ukishima Maru, exploded and sank, killing 524 Korean forced laborers on board being returned home from Japan after World War II.

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U.S. flattop Kitty Hawk leaves Yokosuka to monitor N. Korea

YOKOSUKA, Japan - The U.S. aircraft carrier Kitty Hawk leaves its home port at the U.S. Navy base in Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, on Jan. 23 to monitor the Korean Peninsula, Navy officials said.They said the 83,960-ton Kitty Hawk is expected to stand by in waters near Japan, given increasing tensions in North and South Korea following Pyongyang's announcement of its withdrawal from an international nuclear accord, and will not head for Iraq.

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Court turns down S. Korean's pension request

OSAKA, Japan - Kang Pu Jung (L), a 79-year-old South Korean living in Kosai, Shiga Prefecture, meets the press in Osaka on Oct. 15 after his request for pension payment from the Japanese government was turned down by the Osaka High Court. ''I am really angry,'' he said of the ruling, which said pension recipients must hold Japanese nationality. Kang, who was injured while serving for the Imperial Japanese Navy, was a Japanese national under Japan's 1910-1945 colonial rule of the Korean Peninsula but automatically became a South Korean national after the war.

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S. Korean destroyer makes 1st port call to Japan

SASEBO, Japan - King Kwanggaeto (front), a 3,855-ton South Korean navy destroyer, makes a first port call to the western Japan port of Sasebo on Aug. 6, after completing a joint search-and-rescue drill with Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force in the East China Sea. The Japanese destroyer Shirane is seen left of the South Korean vessel in the photo.

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Japan, S. Korea conduct 1st joint naval drill

ABOARD DESTROYER SHIRANE, - Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force and the South Korean Navy conduct a joint search-and-rescue exercise in the East China Sea off South Korea's Cheju Island on Aug. 5. Photo shows the Japanese destroyer Setoyuki (R) close behind a South Korean warship during the first joint military drill by the two countries.

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Japan, S. Korea conduct 1st joint naval drill

ABOARD DESTROYER SHIRANE, - Helicopters take off from the destroyer Shirane of Japan's Maritime Self-Defense Force (MSDF) in the East China Sea off South Korea's Cheju Island on Aug. 5. as part of joint search-and-rescue exercises with the South Korean navy. The drills, in which ships of the two countries trained in responding to a fire on a civilian vessel, were the first joint military exercises by the two countries.

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S. Korean navy raises sunken N. Korea vessel

A South Korean naval vessel March 17 raised a North Korean mini-submersible which was sunk in 150 meters of water about 100 km south of Koje island in a firefight last December. The island is located about 460 km from the N-S Korea border. At least two decomposed bodies were reportedly found on board.

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Japan hosts int'l fleet review

Photo taken by a Kyodo News reporter aboard a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter shows vessels taking part in an international fleet review in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2022, including the MSD destroyer Shiranui (L, front) and a Korean Navy vessel (L, back). Twelve countries took part in the international fleet review, being held in Japan for the first time since 2002.

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Japan hosts int'l fleet review

Photo taken by a Kyodo News reporter aboard a Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force helicopter shows vessels taking part in an international fleet review in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture near Tokyo on Nov. 6, 2022, including the MSD destroyer Izumo (R) and a Korean Navy vessel (L, front). Twelve countries took part in the international fleet review, being held in Japan for the first time since 2002.

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Japan hosts int'l fleet review

Photo shows a Korean Navy replenishment vessel taking part in an international fleet review in Sagami Bay off Kanagawa Prefecture, near Tokyo, on Nov. 6, 2022. Twelve countries took part in the international fleet review, being held in Japan for the first time since 2002.

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U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in S.Korea for combined drills

STORY: U.S. aircraft carrier arrives in S.Korea for combined drills DATELINE: Sept. 23, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:38 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of jet flights and sailors on deck 2. various of the navigating platform 3. various of jet flights and sailors on deck STORYLINE: A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea Friday for combined drills with the South Korean navy, according to Yonhap news agency. The USS Ronald Reagan carrier strike group, consisting of a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier, a USS Chancellorsville guided-missile cruiser and a USS Barry Arleigh Burke-class destroyer, docked at a naval base in Busan, about 390 km southeast of the capital Seoul, at around 9:00 a.m. local time. The strike group planned to stage combined maritime drills with the South Korean navy off South Korea's east coast later this month. The joint exercise is expected to be joined by the nuclear-powered USS Annapolis submarine, according to Yonhap. Xinhua News Agency co

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U.S. Navy commander reassures Japan 'safe' from N. Korean rocket

YOKOSUKA, Japan - Outgoing U.S. Naval Forces Japan Commander Rear Adm. James Kelly speaks at a press conference at the U.S. naval base in Yokosuka, Kanagawa Prefecture, on March 30. Kelly reassured the Japanese that their country is safe from potential threats that might be posed by the rocket North Korea plans to launch early next month. (Kyodo)

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Fairey Firefly

Fairey Firefly Being Loaded Onto Aircraft-Carrier Hms Glory (R62) at Iwakuni Docks, Southern Japan Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm Faa During Korean War Date: 1951