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Korea files protest with China over KADIZ entry by military jet

The foreign ministry has summoned China's ambassador to South Korea to lodge a complaint after a Chinese military aircraft intruded upon the South Korean air defense identification zone a day earlier...

Feb 28, 2018
Defense
Former defense chiefs fall from grace as NK delegates return home

After he was promoted to a four-star general in 2005, Kim Kwan-jin hung pictures of the North Korean military leadership in his office -- a practice that continued until Kim became the defense minist...

Feb 27, 2018
Defense
Chinese plane enters S. Korea's air defense zone: JCS

China flew a military aircraft into South Korea's air defense identification zone for over four hours Tuesday without giving prior notification, defense authorities here said. The plane came close t...

Feb 27, 2018
Defense
USFK launches Grey Eagle drone unit

US Forces Korea (USFK) said Wednesday it has created a MQ-C Grey Eagle drone unit as part of efforts to enance warfighting capability here. The Second Infantry Division plans to put the advanced unm...

Feb 21, 2018
Defense
Did NK steal S. Korean missile design?

When North Korea held a military parade earlier this month just as athletes from around the world gathered in PyeongChang to celebrate the Olympics, attention was on whether Pyongyang would showcase ...

Feb 21, 2018
Defense
US prepares to evacuate civilians in case of war in Korea: report

The US military is working on continued improvements to its operation plan to evacuate American civilians in case of a war on the Korean Peninsula, Voice of America reported Wednesday. The US Forces...

Feb 21, 2018
Defense
Pentagon to release details on resumption of allied drills after Olympics

WASHINGTON -- The Pentagon said Tuesday that details on currently suspended South Korea-US military exercises will be released after the Olympics end next month. South Korean Defense Minister Song Y...

Feb 21, 2018
Defense
Army says it will create ‘dronbot unit’

Faced with North Korea’s sophisticated missile and nuclear capabilities, the South Korean Army came up with its own solutions to better counter the evolving military threat: drones and robots. Dur...

Feb 20, 2018
Defense
S. Korean military to press ahead with joint drills with US this year

South Korea's defense ministry affirmed Tuesday that the country's troops will conduct combined command-post drills with the United States this year despite Olympics-driven rapprochement with North K...

Feb 20, 2018
Defense
Seoul said to have softened anti-North loudspeaker broadcasts during Olympics

South Korea appears to be toning down its loudspeaker-based propaganda broadcasts against North Korea in light of cross-border relations improved on the occasion of the PyeongChang Olympics, informed...

Feb 18, 2018
Defense
Marine Corps commander inspects defense posture at front-line islands in West Sea

The commandant of South Korea's Marine Corps inspected the defense posture at two of the front-line islands near North Korea on Friday. Lt. Gen. Jun Jin-goo visited Maldo and Udo. Jin checked troops...

Feb 16, 2018
Defense
South Korea gears up for military talks with NK

With North Korea’s high-level delegation having returned home after waging a peace offensive during the PyeongChang Olympics, South Korea is preparing to continue the momentum for an inter-Korean tha...

Feb 14, 2018
Defense
S. Korea: N. Korea holds key to military talks

South Korea's defense ministry said Tuesday it's still waiting for North Korea's response to its months-old offer of military talks, maintaining its strategic ambiguity about the future of joint war ...

Feb 13, 2018
Defense
Korea to abolish guardhouse system, appellate court

The Ministry of National Defense on Monday announced a judicial reform plan focused on abolishing the military appellate court and the guardhouse system. "The government has devised the military jud...

Feb 12, 2018
Defense
Defense chief makes first-ever apology for military's bloody crackdown on 1980 Gwangju uprising

South Korea's defense minister offered an official apology Friday for the military's brutal use of force against pro-democracy protesters in Gwangju in 1980. "As the minister of national defense, I ...

Feb 9, 2018
Defense

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