The Army 1st Corps of South Korea and the 2nd Infantry Division of the US Army signed a memorandum of understanding Friday to bolster joint maneuvers, local media reported.
Comfort women hold placards to condemn the Philippine-US joint military exercises during a protest in front of the US Embassy in Manila April 27, 2012.
Fast-food chain KFC has been ordered to pay A$8 million ($8.3 million) in damages to the family of an Australian girl who was left severely brain damaged after being poisoned by a chicken meal.
Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, televisions and flat screens, posted its fresh record high of operating profit in the first quarter.
Japan's benchmark consumer prices rose 0.2 percent in March from a year earlier for the second straight month of rise, the government said on Friday.
The recent EU's announcement to suspend part of the sanctions against Myanmar was hoped to pave the way for reaching a full-lifting of the sanctions.
Osama bin Laden's three widows and other family members were deported to Saudi Arabia on Friday.
The US and Japan announced on Thursday a revised agreement that will shift 9,000 Marines from that southern Japanese island to Guam and other Asia-Pacific sites.
Devotees pull the chariot along the street during the chariot festival of Rato Machhindranath in Lalitpur April 25, 2012.
China on Thursday again stated its firm commitment to the denuclearization process on the Korean Peninsula.
Chinese Defense Ministry Spokesman Geng Yansheng on Thursday refuted reports that China and the United States will hold a joint cyber military exercise in May.
The Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) members will hold a joint military exercise in Tajikistan in June, a Ministry of Defense spokesman said Thursday.