President Donald Trump's meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin is set for a military base in Alaska that was crucial to countering the Soviet Union during the height of Cold War and still plays a role today.

Trump is meeting face-to-face with President Putin in Alaska for a summit that could determine the trajectory of the war in Ukraine.

South Korea’s birth rate has dropped throughout much of the past decade, spelling trouble for the military as regional threats and global conflicts simmer.

South Korea’s president, Lee Jae Myung, announced plans to end some military activities along its border with North Korea and restore a 2018 military agreement with its neighbor.

(Reuters) -South Korea intends to restore an agreement to suspend some military activity along the border with North Korea, President Lee Jae Myung said on Friday, as his government seeks to improve relations between neighbours still technically at war.