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Defense ministry strengthens whistleblower protection

The defense ministry has revised its disciplinary action ordinance to strengthen protection for whistleblowers that expose corruption cases in the military establishment, officials said Friday. Unde...

Aug 3, 2018
Defense
Govt., Army to jointly develop military supplies best fitting Koreans

The government and the military will jointly develop military uniforms and supplies that fit best for Koreans by sharing and using big data, officials said Friday. The Korean Agency for Technology a...

Aug 3, 2018
Defense
Defense Security Command to be greatly weakened

Defense Ministry announces broad reform plan for scandal-ridden military intelligence command

Aug 2, 2018
Defense
Army struggles to reinvent itself amid waning fortunes

The Army used to be the indisputably dominant branch in South Korea's military for decades, with its retirees occupying key policymaking posts and its generals taking the helm of joint forces and def...

Aug 2, 2018
Defense
US Congress passes defense bill restricting drawdown of troops in S. Korea

WASHINGTON -- The United States Congress on Wednesday passed a defense authorization bill that restricts any drawdown of American troops in South Korea. The John S. McCain National Defense Authoriza...

Aug 2, 2018
Defense
Buried for more than 60 years, US war remains finally head home

Draped in white-and-blue United Nations flags, boxes of remains from the Korean War were unloaded from a group of vans one by one under the scorching sun at US Osan airbase in South Korea on Wednesda...

Aug 1, 2018
Defense
Korean military seeks to boost women's role, enhance political neutrality

The defense ministry on Wednesday announced additional military reform measures, including allowing female troops to gain greater access to combat positions and strengthening rules on political neutr...

Aug 1, 2018
Defense
Defense unit dismisses allegations of martial law document after Roh’s 2004 impeachment

The Defense Security Command on Tuesday dismissed an opposition floor leader’s allegations that it drew up a document on the possible imposition of martial law after the 2004 impeachment of liberal f...

Jul 31, 2018
Defense
Two Koreas’ generals hold talks to end cross-border hostilities

The two Koreas’ militaries “broadly agreed” on the need for disarming a jointly controlled area at the truce village of Panmunjom and excavating war remains inside the heavily fortified Demilitarize...

Jul 31, 2018
Defense
Recovering war remains best way to honor fallen heroes

Excavation expert says finding location, identifying DNA most challenging aspects of recovering war remains

Jul 30, 2018
Defense
NGO accuses military intelligence unit of tapping former president

The military’s intelligence unit wiretapped a former president and defense minister and collected intelligence on a large number of civilians, a nongovernmental organization alleged Monday. The late...

Jul 30, 2018
Defense
Two Koreas to hold general-level military talks this week

The two Koreas are set to hold general-level military talks Tuesday to discuss measures to enforce the military part of their April summit agreement. The meeting, the first since June 14, will take ...

Jul 30, 2018
Defense
Defense reform plan focuses on organizational change

Long-delayed plan lacks specific measures against NK military threat

Jul 29, 2018
Defense
Defense reform plan to cut generals, create ground command, retain 3-axis

South Korea will reduce the number of general-grade officers by about 17 percent over the next four years, in line with the overall troop drawdown scheme, as part of a new defense reform initiative a...

Jul 27, 2018
Defense
Moon says martial law proposal itself an illegal act

President Moon Jae-in on Friday called for swift measures to overhaul the military intelligence unit, saying its controversial proposal in late 2016 to invoke martial law against anti-government prot...

Jul 27, 2018
Defense

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