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Seong Hyeon Choi
Reporter, China
Seong Hyeon joined the SCMP in 2022. He is from South Korea and graduated with a bachelor of journalism and master of international and public affairs from the University of Hong Kong. He worked as a research intern for Korea Chair at US foreign policy think tank Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), and as a news trainee for NK news.
The PLA is deploying the new technology to extend its range beyond the strategic first island chain, the Pentagon says.
Move has been in the pipeline for over a decade, but Washington has only just agreed to start relocating its first troops stationed in Japan.
Analysis identifies more than 20,000 weapons parts that will be affected, including nuclear missiles, with naval systems most at risk.
China responds to Yoon Suk-yeol’s remarks about alleged espionage targeting military facilities, calling the comments ‘deeply unsettling’.
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Spokesman says ‘it confirmed our ability to detect, track and engage a target missile in flight, increasing our readiness to defend’.
If lawmakers vote to impeach President Yoon Suk-yeol, the main opposition DP could rise to power and take a more ‘conciliatory approach’.
Region offers ‘gateway to the Atlantic and proximity to vital oil resources and trade routes’, analyst says.
Appointment of John Phelan aimed at making defence spending more efficient by tackling corruption, analysts say.
Chinese arms makers saw lowest annual revenues in four years, SIPRI top 100 report says, while US keeps No 1 spot with 41 firms on list.
Efforts on to assure allies ‘the US is still committed to upholding its role in the Indo-Pacific’ as ‘America first’ Trump waits in wings.
Recent reports saying a prototype reactor has been built in Sichuan ‘have clearly highlighted’ the country’s ambitions, one analyst said.
Open contest featuring search, strike and reconnaissance categories aims to foster innovation and could lead winners to procurement deals.
Experts respond to scenarios involving nuclear strikes against US allies by Beijing and Moscow as they try to take Taiwan and Ukraine.
Changsha, a destroyer, and Hainan, the country’s largest amphibious assault vessel, arrived in Hong Kong on Thursday morning.
Chinese military’s capabilities include radar-jamming devices, high-energy lasers and electromagnetic pulse weapons, US agency says.
Moscow agrees to deliver the stealth warplanes to other countries for first time, while Russian security chief visits aviation event.
The PLA’s second stealth warplane, touted as the military’s answer to the American F-35, made its debut this week.
The country’s second fifth-generation fighter will be teamed up with the J-15, aviation sources confirm.
Experts say the former president is likely to retain existing arrangements when he returns to the White House but may be more demanding.
Despite official assertions that the US rivals are unconcerned by presidential election outcome, recent events suggest otherwise.
IT is the first time the J-15T carrier-based fighter has appeared at the event, where China’s second stealth fighter will also be unveiled.
Political scientist Kim Heung-kyu on the state of play on the Korean peninsula and how Seoul can benefit from Beijing-Washington rivalry.
Reports that Pyongyang troops are assembling in Russia’s Far East and possibly already in Ukraine will be met with unease in Beijing.
PLA Navy spokesman says theatre troops monitored two ships throughout and remain on high alert to ‘defend national sovereignty and security’.
Last month’s launch of Beijing’s deadliest intercontinental ballistic missile outside Chinese airspace puts spotlight on its fast growing nuclear arsenal.
Seoul and Manila’s partnership does not take direct aim at Beijing but does target maritime dangers in the South China Sea.
If Shigeru Ishiba’s proposal becomes a reality, it will raise tensions and could drive Beijing to ‘push further on its own nuclear build-up’.
Analysts say mission underscores China’s view that non-Arctic nations ‘have the right to engage in civilian operations’ in the area.
From Central Asia to Eastern Europe and the Middle East, Chinese-made warplanes offer an alternative to an increasing number of nations.
The missile fired into the Pacific travelled around 12,000km and appears to have been a model that can be fired from a mobile launcher suited to rough terrain.
