A Key Sign Korean Tensions Haven't Boiled Over Despite Severed Hotline -- Business Insider
A joint South-North Korean industrial complex was operating normally Thursday, officials said, despite Pyongyang severing a military hotline used to monitor movement in and out of the zone.
Around 160 South Koreans passed through the border control Thursday morning, on their way to the South-funded Kaesong industrial complex which lies 10 kilometres (six miles) inside North Korea.
"Movement to Kaesong is going ahead normally," an official at the South's Unification Ministry told AFP.
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The Chinese Navy Has a Problem -- Robert Farley, The Diplomat
UN set to pass historic arms trade treaty -- Al Jazeera
Russia, NATO to Discuss Afghanistan Maintenance Bases -- RIA Novosti
Why is the US shifting its missile defense out of Europe? -- Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor
Putin orders surprise Black Sea military exercises -- BBC
Analysts Question India’s Future Combat Capability -- Defense News
Russia to Equip Submarine Forces With High-Precision Weapons -- RIA Novosti
Taiwan To Hold 1st Major Live-Fire Drill Since ’08 -- Defense News
French defence cuts 'could harm British military partnership' -- The Telegraph
Typhoon May Be Back in Race for Qatar Order -- Defense News
France says Malaysia can build jets if it buys Rafale -- Expatica
Lockheed’s Troubled F-35 Unscathed in Pentagon’s Budget -- Bloomberg
Former USN chief suggests DoD should cancel F-35A in favour of C-model -- Flight Global
New DOD strategic review won't sink Marine Corps's postwar plans -- The Hill
The future of amphibious warfare is airborne -- Killer Apps/Foreign Policy
Ships Costing U.S. $37 Billion Lack Firepower, Navy Told -- Bloomberg
Hagel might have final say on controversial missile defense program -- The Hill
Army plans $1.4 billion radio purchase -- DoD Buzz
Inside the Ring: NSA on cyberwar -- Washington Times
Pentagon cuts number of furlough days -- AP
Pentagon Improves in Holding Down Weapons Costs, Auditor Finds -- Bloomberg
Army Entering Period of Innovation, Critical Investments -- Defence Talk/Army News Service
Defense battle now pits resources against ranks -- Politico
Air Force Maj. Gen. Kane Proposes Shake-up Of How Service Budgets, Buys And Plans -- Aol Defense
Army defends battlefield social science program -- USA Today
The CIA Has An Undercover Female Boss -- Business Insider
Officer Tied to Tapes’ Destruction Moves Up C.I.A. Ladder -- New York Times
The future of amphibious warfare is airborne -- Killer Apps/Foreign Policy
Ships Costing U.S. $37 Billion Lack Firepower, Navy Told -- Bloomberg
Hagel might have final say on controversial missile defense program -- The Hill
Army plans $1.4 billion radio purchase -- DoD Buzz
Inside the Ring: NSA on cyberwar -- Washington Times
Pentagon cuts number of furlough days -- AP
Pentagon Improves in Holding Down Weapons Costs, Auditor Finds -- Bloomberg
Army Entering Period of Innovation, Critical Investments -- Defence Talk/Army News Service
Defense battle now pits resources against ranks -- Politico
Air Force Maj. Gen. Kane Proposes Shake-up Of How Service Budgets, Buys And Plans -- Aol Defense
Army defends battlefield social science program -- USA Today
The CIA Has An Undercover Female Boss -- Business Insider
Officer Tied to Tapes’ Destruction Moves Up C.I.A. Ladder -- New York Times
Africa on the brain in the Pentagon -- Kevin Baron, E-Ring/Foreign Policy
2014: The year of the shrinking QDR? -- The E-Ring/Foreign Policy
US military soon to be outfitted with Daredevil-like radar sense that can pinpoint and identify incoming threats -- Extreme Tech
Army eBook Targets Apple Users -- Defense Tech
Ex-CIA chief aided WWII hero's Arlington burial -- Stars and Stripes/AP
Ships Costing U.S. $37 Billion Lack Firepower, Navy Told -- Bloomberg
Hagel might have final say on controversial missile defense program -- The Hill
Army plans $1.4 billion radio purchase -- DoD Buzz
Inside the Ring: NSA on cyberwar -- Washington Times
Pentagon cuts number of furlough days -- AP
Pentagon Improves in Holding Down Weapons Costs, Auditor Finds -- Bloomberg
Army Entering Period of Innovation, Critical Investments -- Defence Talk/Army News Service
Defense battle now pits resources against ranks -- Politico
Air Force Maj. Gen. Kane Proposes Shake-up Of How Service Budgets, Buys And Plans -- Aol Defense
Army defends battlefield social science program -- USA Today
The CIA Has An Undercover Female Boss -- Business Insider
Officer Tied to Tapes’ Destruction Moves Up C.I.A. Ladder -- New York Times
Africa on the brain in the Pentagon -- Kevin Baron, E-Ring/Foreign Policy
2014: The year of the shrinking QDR? -- The E-Ring/Foreign Policy
US military soon to be outfitted with Daredevil-like radar sense that can pinpoint and identify incoming threats -- Extreme Tech
Army eBook Targets Apple Users -- Defense Tech
Ex-CIA chief aided WWII hero's Arlington burial -- Stars and Stripes/AP