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The USS Carl Vinson is docked at a naval base in Busan on March 3, after arriving at the port the previous day. [YONHAP]

USS Carl Vinson's presence in Korea highlights bilateral alliance, U.S. admiral says

The presence of a U.S. aircraft carrier in Korea this week highlights the strengthening bilateral alliance, a U.S. admiral said Monday, a day after its arrival in the southeastern city of Busan.

2025.3.3

Warships from the South Korean, U.S. and Japanese navies carry out a joint exercise south of Jeju Island in this photo provided by the U.S. Navy on Wednesday. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson can be seen in the top left of the photo. [U.S. NAVY]

South Korea, U.S., Japan hold trilateral naval drill after North's missile launch

South Korea, the United States and Japan conducted a joint naval exercise south of the Korean Peninsula in response to North Korea’s launch of a missile carrying a hypersonic warhead, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Wednesday.

2024.1.17

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The USS Nimitz aircraft carrier arrives at a naval base in Busan on March 28 ahead of a joint naval exercise between South Korea and the United States. [NEWS1]

South Korea, U.S. and Japan begin naval drills to deter North's SLBMs

South Korea, the United States and Japan began a two-day trilateral naval exercise Monday, joined by the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, in waters south of the Korean Peninsula to strengthen deterrence against the North's nuclear and missile threats.

2023.4.3

In this footage by Pyongyang’s state-controlled Korean Central Television, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seen inspecting what state media called the regime's arsenal of Hwasan-31 tactical nuclear warheads. [YONHAP]

North displays ‘tactical nukes’ as Nimitz arrives in Busan

The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS Nimitz arrived in Busan on Tuesday for trilateral exercises with South Korea and Japan amid high tensions over North Korea’s advancing missile and nuclear weapons program.

2023.3.28

From left: the guided missile destroyer USS Wayne E. Meyer, the aircraft carrier USS Nimitz, the guided missile destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great and the destroyer USS Decatur engage in a joint South Korean-U.S. naval drill south of Jeju Island on Monday. [THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY]

North fires more missiles ahead of U.S. carrier's arrival

North Korea fired two short-range ballistic missiles (SRBM) on Monday, a day before a nuclear-powered U.S. aircraft carrier is scheduled to enter Busan, according to South Korean defense officials.

2023.3.27

A F-35A stealth fighter jet from the South Korean Air Force fires a laser-guided GBU-12 in a demonstration of the force's ability to destroy North Korean missile transporter erector launchers during a drill on Nov. 18. [JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF]

South Korea to buy fighter jets, weapons systems to defend against North

South Korea plans to purchase more F-35A stealth fighter jets and other weapons systems to bolster the country’s deterrence capabilities against North Korea, the state arms procurement agency said Monday.

2023.3.13

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. [U.S. NAVY]

South Korea, U.S. mull deployment of nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to peninsula

South Korea and the United States are mulling the deployment of a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Korean Peninsula for the allies' joint exercise next month, according to military officials.

2023.2.24

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]

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

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.

2022.10.5

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A helicopter takes off from the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier in the East Sea during a joint naval drill with South Korea's Navy on Wednesday.

2022.9.28

The USS Abraham Lincoln deploys from the San Diego Naval Air Station North Island in San Diego, California on January 3, 2022. [REUTERS/YONHAP]

USS Abraham Lincoln sent to waters off South Korea

The USS Abraham Lincoln, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, is operating in the eastern waters off the Korean Peninsula to ward off possible North Korean provocations, according to a U.S. military spokesman.

2022.4.12