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■South Korea's defence minister heads to Cebu for a first meeting with Hegseth after 36 days without a call ■North Korea parks self-propelled howitzers in plain view of South Korea's Gimpo border lookout ■US intelligence says China may put directed-energy weapons in orbit by the late 2020s ■Hegseth heads to Cebu for ASEAN defence talks as Teodoro lines up bilateral and Squad meetings ■India's nod for 335 more K9 Vajra guns could make a desert-bought howitzer its mainstay facing China ■South Korea seeks another airport for US wartime reinforcements as Gwangju base makes way for chip fabs ■South Korea's defence minister heads to Cebu for a first meeting with Hegseth after 36 days without a call ■North Korea parks self-propelled howitzers in plain view of South Korea's Gimpo border lookout ■US intelligence says China may put directed-energy weapons in orbit by the late 2020s ■Hegseth heads to Cebu for ASEAN defence talks as Teodoro lines up bilateral and Squad meetings ■India's nod for 335 more K9 Vajra guns could make a desert-bought howitzer its mainstay facing China ■South Korea seeks another airport for US wartime reinforcements as Gwangju base makes way for chip fabs

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A barbed-wire border fence runs downhill beside a stream through dry winter grass and bare trees, with a guard post on the left

North Korea parks self-propelled howitzers in plain view of South Korea's Gimpo border lookout

Guns presumed to be 122mm self-propelled artillery appeared on the Kaepung coast with barrels toward the South, as Pyongyang took its DMZ row to the UN.

TaiwanDefence · 1h ago · 3 min read

Two soldiers in camouflage trousers, dark jackets and sunglasses stand between blue huts on snowy ground, with a large grey building behind them

Seoul calls US commander's DMZ border remark a personal view as UN Command moves to calm row

South Korea's defence ministry distances itself from Gen. Xavier Brunson's claim that the country begins at the DMZ's southern fence, as the UN Command clarifies.

TaiwanDefence · 18 Oct 2026 · 3 min read