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[Newsmaker] Seoul, Tokyo at odds again over Japan’s participation in maritime exercises

Seoul and Tokyo are at odds over Japan’s participation in planned multinational maritime exercises in spring, raising tension between the two countries already strained by a recent military spat and ...

Feb 24, 2019
Defense
Chinese military plane enters S. Korea's air defense zone

A Chinese military jet entered South Korea's air defense zone without notice three times Saturday, defense authorities said. (Yonhap) The aircraft entered the country's air defense identification z...

Feb 23, 2019
Defense
Leaders of S. Korea, India celebrate 150th anniversary of birth of Gandhi

South Korean President Moon Jae-in welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday with a ceremony to unveil a bust of late Indian leader and activist Mahatma Gandhi that will be put on permane...

Feb 21, 2019
Defense
[Multicultural Korea] Military changing to embrace diversity

Negative attitudes remain to be tackled

Feb 19, 2019
Defense
Defense chiefs of Korea, UAE discuss military ties, cooperation

The defense ministers of South Korea and the United Arab Emirates have held talks to discuss ways to strengthen military ties and defense industry cooperation, Seoul's defense ministry said Sunday. ...

Feb 17, 2019
Defense
USFK chief says American troop presence not related to end-of-war declaration or peace treaty

US Forces Korea Commander Gen. Robert Abrams reaffirmed Friday that the issue of the American troop presence in South Korea is not related to any potential declaration of an end to the Korean War or ...

Feb 15, 2019
Defense
US 7th fleet's command ship visits Busan

The command ship of the US Navy's 7th Fleet visited the southeastern port city of Busan on Friday to enhance exchanges and friendly ties between the allies' naval forces, South Korea's Navy said. Fo...

Feb 15, 2019
Defense
Trump says S. Korea should pay US more for defense

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a further increase in South Korea's share of the cost of stationing American troops on the peninsula. Trump's remarks came only days after the allies ...

Feb 13, 2019
Defense
Korean defense companies selected to maintain F-35 stealth fighters

Korean companies have been selected for the maintenance of F-35 stealth fighters, the acquisition administration here said Tuesday. According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Ellen...

Feb 12, 2019
Defense
[Feature] Mobile phones in barracks: Soldiers no longer under total control

Defense Ministry moves to reform its rigid, closed military culture

Feb 12, 2019
Defense
S. Korea ditches plan for new military command amid peace efforts

South Korea's military has canceled a plan to establish a new strategic command tasked with countering North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, a Seoul official said Tuesday, amid a full-fledged pe...

Feb 12, 2019
Defense
Details of cost-sharing for US troops in Korea

Korea will spend some 1.04 trillion won ($925 million) this year to help pay for the stationing of US troops here, under an agreement that was preliminarily signed Sunday. Seoul has shared the finan...

Feb 11, 2019
Defense
South Korea, US ink provisional defense cost-sharing pact

South Korea and the United States signed a provisional agreement Sunday on the sharing of costs to maintain US troops here, with South Korea raising its share by 8.2 percent. Seoul’s negotiator, Cha...

Feb 10, 2019
Defense
Korea to launch negotiations on aircraft swap deal with Spain

South Korea and Spain are expected to launch negotiations as early as this month on a proposed deal to swap military transport planes of the European nation with Korean trainer jets, defense official...

Feb 10, 2019
Defense
S. Korea denies media report on lodging of additional protests over Japanese aircraft's flyby

South Korea’s defense ministry on Saturday denied a Japanese newspaper report claiming that it had lodged additional protests over a Japanese military plane‘s low-altitude flyby of a South Korean nav...

Feb 9, 2019
Defense

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