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North warns of 'rapid first strike' as U.S. carrier arrives in Busan

North Korea threatened to stage the "most powerful and rapid first strike" against U.S. strategic assets Friday following the arrival of an American nuclear-powered aircraft carrier in the Korean Peninsula.

2023.10.13

The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), a nuclear-powered supercarrier, arrives at a dock in Busan on Thursday. The Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group arrived in Busan after a trilateral exercise alongside the South Korean and Japanese navy earlier this week southeast of Jeju. It was the first trilateral drill of its kind in seven years. The last time the USS Ronald Reagan docked in Busan was in September last year when tensions with North Korea escalated. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the alliance between Korea and the U.S. [YONHAP]

The Reagan arrives

The USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76), a nuclear-powered supercarrier, arrives at a dock in Busan. Carrier Strike Group arrived in Busan after a trilateral exercise alongside the Korean and Japanese navy earlier this week southeast of Jeju.

2023.10.12

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A South Korean F-15K fighter fires two Joint Direct Attack Munition (JDAM) guided bombs at a firing range on the uninhabited island of Jikdo in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday evening in response to the North Korean launch of an intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) that flew over Japan in the morning. [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF]

[THINK ENGLISH] 북 미사일 발사로 미 핵항모 동해로 회항

The USS Ronald Reagan is turning around and coming back to the East Sea to respond to North Korea's launch of an intermediate range ballistic missile (IRBM) over Japan on Tuesday, according to the South Korean military on Wednesday.

2022.10.11

Passengers at Seoul Station on Sunday watch a television news broadcast about the North's early morning test of two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM). [YONHAP]

North fires 2 SRBMs Sunday, 7th volley in 2 weeks

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) into the East Sea in the early hours Sunday, according to military authorities in South Korea.

2022.10.9

The U.S. Navy’s aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, front, and South Korean Navy ships Munmu the Great and Gangwon steam in formation in waters east of the Korean Peninsula in a photograph released by the U.S. Navy on Sept. 29. The Ronald Reagan Carrier participated in a maritime exercise with South Korea’s Navy last week and returned to the peninsula Wednesday after North Korea’s intermediate-range ballistic missile launch the previous day. [U.S. NAVY]

North fires two more missiles as world tries to react

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles into the East Sea Thursday morning, soon after a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier returned to the area and the United Nations Security Council convened a meeting to discuss the situation.

2022.10.6

USS Ronald Reagan does U-turn after North's missile

2022.10.5

Pentagon spokesman U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Patrick Ryder speaks during a media briefing at the Pentagon in Washington D.C. on Tuesday. [AP/YONHAP]

USS Ronald Reagan in S. Korean waters for routine exercise: Pentagon

South Korea and the United States are undertaking a joint naval exercise that is aimed at improving their interoperability and joint defense capabilities, a Pentagon spokesperson said Tuesday.

2022.9.28

Onlookers in Busan take photographs of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as it departs for joint exercises with the South Korean Navy on Monday morning. [YONHAP]

First joint Korea-U.S. naval exercise in five years begins

South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise in five years on Monday, a day after North Korea conducted a ballistic missile launch.

2022.9.26

USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Busan on Friday. [YONHAP]

USS Ronald Reagan arrives in Korea

An imposing U.S. aircraft carrier arrived in South Korea on Friday for its first combined drills with the South Korean Navy near the peninsula in five years, as the allies are striving to reinforce deterrence against evolving North Korean military...

2022.9.23

The U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan, second from left, and South Korea's landing platform helicopter ship Marado, left, sail during a joint military exercise at an undisclosed location on June 4. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

USS Ronald Reagan could be joined by nuclear submarine

A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier will visit the peninsula later this week for combined drills with the South Korean Navy, the first in nearly five years and a warning to Pyongyang.

2022.9.20