Asia Pacific | ANALYSIS Apr 5, 2013

As North Korean crisis rumbles on, how far is too far?

As the North Korean crisis heats up, lawmakers in the United States are asking themselves — how far is too far?

North Korea shifts missile to coast; U.S. deploys defenses

The U.S. announces it is moving a missile defense system to the Pacific island of Guam as North Korea steps up its bellicose rhetoric.

Asia Pacific Mar 26, 2013

'Combat-ready' North threatens U.S. mainland

North Korea's military places its "strategic" rocket units on a war footing, with a fresh threat to strike targets on the U.S. mainland, Hawaii and Guam, as well as South Korea.

Guam court sets another pretrial hearing for murder rampage case

A Guam court set another pretrial hearing Wednesday for a local man charged with slaying three Japanese tourists and wounding 11 other people in a vehicular and knife rampage. During the first pretrial hearing Wednesday in the multiple aggravated murder and multiple attempted aggravated ...

National Mar 9, 2013

2020 eyed for Okinawa marine shift

The U.S. military aims to complete the redeployment to Guam of marine elements now in Okinawa by 2020, according to recent congressional testimony by Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command, and other sources. It is the first time the U.S. forces ...

Crime & Legal Feb 28, 2013

Guam suspect denies guilt, claims mental illness

The suspect in the Feb. 12 rampage on Guam that left three slain and several others wounded pleads not guilty by reason of mental illness.

Crime & Legal Feb 22, 2013

Guam police beef up security to assure tourists

Police on the Pacific island of Guam have beefed up patrols in the wake of the Feb. 12 rampage by a 21-year-old local man at a key tourist spot that left three Japanese tourists dead and 11 other people wounded. Guam police Chief Fred ...

National Feb 20, 2013

Guam eager to keep Japanese visitors coming

by Ronron Calunsod

The government of Guam is desperate to keep Japanese coming to the island despite last week’s attack that left three tourists dead and 11 people wounded. “It goes without saying,” Antonio Muna of the Guam Visitors Bureau said when asked if the U.S. territory, ...

Crime & Legal Feb 18, 2013

Mass offered for rampage victims

A special Mass was celebrated Sunday at Guam’s main Catholic church for the victims of last week’s attack that killed three Japanese tourists and wounded 11 others. “We, the Catholics, express our condolences to the loved ones” of the victims of Tuesday’s tragedy, Archbishop ...

Crime & Legal Feb 17, 2013

Guam suspect's kin voice remorse, shame

The family of the suspect in last week's Guam rampage that left three Japanese dead and 11 people injured is remorseful for the tragedy, a local official says.