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N. Korea video depicts invasion of South, US hostages

By Staff Reporter AFP Asian Edition

Mar 22, 2013 00:15 EDT

North Korea posted a new propaganda video Friday, showing paratroopers descending on Seoul in an invasion scenario that envisages taking around 150,000 US residents in South Korea hostage.

N.Korea video depicts invasion of South, US hostages

By Staff Reporter AFP Asian Edition

Mar 21, 2013 23:11 EDT

North Korea posted a new propaganda video on Friday, showing paratroopers descending on Seoul in an invasion scenario that it said would see thousands of US citizens living in South Korea taken hostage.

N. Korea threatens US bases in Japan

by Park Chan-Kyong AFP Asian Edition

Mar 21, 2013 06:26 EDT

North Korea on Thursday threatened strikes on US military bases in Japan and Guam, escalating tensions as suspicion deepened that Pyongyang was behind a cyber attack on South Korean broadcasters and banks.

N. Korea threatens US bases in Japan, Guam

by Park Chan-Kyong AFP Asian Edition

Mar 21, 2013 01:10 EDT

The North Korean army on Thursday threatened a possible strike against US military bases in Japan, in response to the use of nuclear-capable US B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea.

N. Korea threatens US bases in Japan, Guam

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Mar 20, 2013 22:44 EDT

The North Korean army on Thursday threatened a possible strike against US military bases in Japan, in response to the use of nuclear-armed US B-52 bombers in joint military drills with South Korea.

N. Korea threatens action over B-52 bomber flights

By Staff Reporter AFP Asian Edition

Mar 19, 2013 21:29 EDT

North Korea on Wednesday condemned training flights by nuclear-capable US B-52 bombers over the Korean peninsula as an "unpardonable provocation" and threatened military action if they continue.

US flies B-52 bombers over S. Korea

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Mar 19, 2013 05:43 EDT

The United States said it was flying training missions of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over South Korea, in a clear signal to North Korea at a time of escalating military tensions.

US flies B-52 bombers over S. Korea

By Staff Reporter AFP Asian Edition

Mar 18, 2013 22:32 EDT

The United States said it was flying training missions of nuclear-capable B-52 bombers over South Korea, in a clear signal to North Korea at a time of escalating military tensions.

US promises S. Korea all military resources

By Staff Reporter AFP American Edition

Mar 18, 2013 14:19 EDT

US Deputy Defense Secretary Ashton Carter on Monday promised to provide South Korea with every military resource under the US nuclear umbrella at a time of heightened tensions with North Korea.

Scientists find active community at Earth's deepest spot

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Mar 17, 2013 14:20 EDT

Scientists said Sunday they had discovered an unexpectedly large and active community of single-cell organisms living on the Pacific sea floor at the deepest site on Earth.

US radar to boost missile defence in Japan: reports

By Staff Reporter AFP American Edition

Feb 24, 2013 01:39 EST

Tokyo and Washington plan to install a US early-warning radar system at a coastal base near Kyoto to bolster defences against the North Korean missile threat, reports said Sunday.

Third Japanese dies after Guam tourist attack

By Staff Reporter AFP Asian Edition

Feb 14, 2013 05:31 EST

Many of the victims of a frenzied knife attack in the Pacific nation of Guam had been on the island to attend a wedding, it emerged Thursday, as the death toll from the attack rose to three.

Guam man kills two Japanese, stabs baby

by Mar-Vic Cagurangan AFP Global Edition

Feb 13, 2013 06:34 EST

Two women were stabbed to death and an eight-month-old baby knifed in a frenzied attack on 14 Japanese tourists on the Pacific island nation of Guam, a court heard Wednesday.

Japanese tourists killed in Guam stabbing spree

by Mar-Vic Cagurangan AFP Global Edition

Feb 12, 2013 22:27 EST

Two Japanese tourists were killed and 11 injured when a knife-wielding man went on a rampage after ramming his car into a shop outside a luxury Guam resort,

Motorist on stabbing spree kills three, injures 11 in Guam

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Feb 12, 2013 18:42 EST

Three people were killed and 11 injured -- most believed to be Japanese -- when a crazed motorist went on a stabbing spree in a tourist strip in the Pacific nation of Guam, police said Wednesday.

US says crashed drone drifted into Philippine sea

By Staff Reporter AFP Asian Edition

Jan 08, 2013 11:24 EST

The United States confirmed Tuesday that it owned a drone found in Philippine waters, but said the craft only drifted into Filipino territory after crashing at sea four months ago.

Tokyo court dismisses Prada sexual harassment suit

By Staff Reporter AFP Global Edition

Oct 27, 2012 02:42 EDT

A Japanese court dismissed a sexual harassment and unfair dismissal suit against fashion house Prada after management told a female worker to lose weight and keep in shape.

Pope names first Native American saint

by by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere AFP Global Edition

Oct 21, 2012 07:54 EDT

Pope Benedict XVI named seven new saints on Sunday, including the first Native American, praising their "heroic courage" as the Catholic Church seeks to counter a rising tide of secularism in the West.

Catholic Philippines celebrates new saint

By Staff Reporter AFP Asian Edition

Oct 21, 2012 05:28 EDT

Church bells pealed across the Catholic Philippines Sunday as millions attended special masses to celebrate the naming of the country's second saint, a young missionary killed over 340 years ago.

Pope to name first Native American saint

by Jean-Louis de la Vaissiere AFP Global Edition

Oct 21, 2012 02:00 EDT

Pope Benedict XVI names seven new saints on Sunday including the first Native American, marking the start of a "Year of Faith" aimed at countering the rising tide of secularism in the West.