PAO Update, 5 Mar 2014: USFK intact, Asia pivot potentially in jeopardy - Unveiling Washingtons new defense strategy in an era of austerity, Pentagon officials seem to have a simple and clear aim: making the military smaller but more powerful.(Neutral), Yonhap News, Mar. 5 N. Korea fires seven additional short-range projectiles - North Korea fired seven short-range projectiles from its east coast Tuesday using a multiple rocket launcher, Seouls defense ministry said, the latest in a series of provocations by the communist country as the U.S. and South Korea entered the second week of joint military drills. (Neutral), Yonhap News, Mar. 5 U.S. nuclear submarine arrives in S. Korea for joint drill - A nuclear-powered U.S. submarine arrived in a southeastern South Korean port on Monday to participate in an annual joint military drill, a senior military official said, amid a series of provocations by North Korea.(Neutral), Korea Herald, Mar. 5 Yongsan Garrison ownership to go back to government - The central government won its final appeal against the Seoul municipal authorities over the ownership of land in Yongsan currently occupied by the United States Forces Koreas main military base.(Neutral), Korea Times, Mar. 5 Park calls for more family exchanges with N. Korea - President Park Geun-hye has ordered officials to open talks with North Korea to allow letter exchanges and video reunions for families separated by the Korean War, which ended more than 60 years ago. (Neutral), Korea Herald, Mar. 5 S. Korea to ship used military goods to Mongolia - South Korea on Wednesday signed an agreement to ship used military vehicles to Mongolia as part of efforts to expand defense cooperation between the two nations, the defense ministry here said. (Neutral), Yonhap News, Mar. 5
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