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China's army is to be reorganized in a new military reform. Defense Ministry Spokesperson Yang Yujun said the PLA's 18 groups would be scaled down to just 13, adding that the move was crucial for the army to tran

Controversy has followed the anti-missile defense system from the start. The US says it's to protect against DPRK threats. Many South Koreans aren't convinced. Protests against the deployment are growing stronger

The impeachment trial against Dilma Rousseff has shifted the nation's focus following the conclusion of the 2016 Rio Games. The suspended president defended herself before the Senate on Monday.Suspended Brazilian Pre

BEIJING, Aug. 5 (Xinhua) -- China's Defense Ministry on Friday denounced new Japanese Defense Minister Tomomi Inada's attempts to deny any killing contest in Nanjing during WWII.Tomomi Inada's remarks are out

日本新防长拒绝正面回应二战历史问题Japans new defense minister has declined to say whether Japan liberated or invaded Asian countries before World War II, or if Japanese troops massacred civilians in China. On Thursday, T

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has reshuffled his cabinet. More than half of the 19-member Cabinet was changed on Wednesday night.Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (2nd R, Front) and cabinet ministers pose during a

韩国抗议萨德部署愈演愈烈韩国民众抗议部署萨德之声愈演愈烈，尤其是星州郡。周二晚上，居民和反对党成员举行了集会向政府施压。Protests against the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense missile system in South K

Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Yang Yujun says China strongly opposes the deployment of the 'THAAD' anti-missile system in South Korea. The statement was as response to a question about China's concerns o

Protests against the deployment of an advanced US missile defense system are continuing in South Korea's Seongju County. They have been happening since the central government chose the county as the site for the Term

Change to smaller but more capable force comes as 90th anniversary nearsPresident Xi Jinping urged all-out efforts to deepen national defense and military reform at a key meeting held ahead of the 90th anniversary of the

BEIJING, March 5 (Xinhua) -- China on Saturday announced the country's lowest defense budget increase in six years in the wake of rising economic headwinds and last year's massive drawdown of service people.Accor

A Japan Ground Self Defense Force's Type 90 tank fires during their joint exercise, named Northern Viper 17, with US Marine Corps at Hokudaien exercise area in Eniwa, on the northern island of Hokkaido, Japan, August

Spokeswoman Fu Ying answered questions from a CBS reporter concerning the so-called militarization of the South China Sea.Fu shared her views as an ordinary Chinese, saying that Chinese support construction on the island

The spokeswoman for the National People's Congress also answered questions about China's national budget and military reform.When China formulates its own defense budgets, we consider the following: first its def

Japan's Prime Minister Shinzo Abe attends a news conference after reshuffling his cabinet, at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, August 3, 2017. [Photo/Agencies]What Japan's defense white paper, which was re