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S. Korea, U.S. launch joint military drill amid N. Korean threat
South Korea and the United States launched a joint military exercise Monday amid North Korea's threat to retaliate with "the strongest military counteraction" against the drill.The Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise, the world's largest computerized military drill aimed at defending the South from a North Korean attack, kicked off earlier in the day in South Korea for a 12-day run.Employing nearly 80,000 South Korean and U.S. troops, the annual military exercise has been denounced by North Korea as
Aug. 17, 2015
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Seoul to expand border broadcasts across DMZ
Defense Minister Han Min-koo vowed Wednesday to scale up loudspeaker broadcasts in the Demilitarized Zone area and bolster psychological warfare against North Korea in retaliation for its suspected planting of land mines that inflicted serious injuries on South Korean troops last week. The South Korean military resumed its propaganda program after more than 11 years on Monday, after the Joint Chiefs of Staff determined that North Korean soldiers had crossed the border and buried the three land m
Aug. 12, 2015
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[REPORTER'S COLUMN] More soul-searching needed in wake of DMZ mine blasts
South Korea would be acting the way North Korea would have intended by directly taking staunch retaliation against last week’s land mine incident, Staff Sgt. Kim Jeong-won, one of the two bedridden frontline soldiers injured in the blast, said in a media interview earlier this week.An army soldier engages in a mission to detect minds near the inter-Korean border on Wednesday. (Yonhap)Indeed, what Seoul’s defense authorities have shown to the public in the wake of the Aug. 4 incident is a flurry
Aug. 12, 2015
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Defense minister vows further retaliation after N. Korea‘s mine attack
Defense Minister Han Min-koo Wednesday warned of further retaliative actions for North Korea's recent land mine attack in the demilitarized zone besides the propaganda war launched against the enemy. On Monday, the South Korean military launched its loudspeaker broadcasting campaign at the western border area, blasting out anti-Pyongyang messages and other instigating propaganda. This action was taken in retaliation against the North as Seoul blamed Pyongyang for the detonation of three mines
Aug. 12, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. to launch joint artillery drills this month
South Korea and the United States will perform joint artillery firing drills this month to demonstrate their combat readiness against North Korea's provocations, the Defense Ministry said Wednesday. The South Korean and U.S. military will showcase their joint artillery power in four drill sessions this month, including one set for later in the day, the ministry said in statement. About 2,000 South Korean and U.S. troops from 47 military units will join the drills, which will feature South Kor
Aug. 12, 2015
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Computer vaccine firm serving Defense Ministry hacked: police
A software company providing computer vaccines to the Defense Ministry has been hacked, police said Wednesday. The computer of a worker at Hauri, a company that provides vaccine programs to computer servers at the National Defense Ministry, was found to have been hacked, an official from the National Police Agency said. "While probing a separate case, documents which seemed to have been leaked from Hauri were found," the official added. The leaked documents included a bid proposal for vaccin
Aug. 12, 2015
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Seoul goes on the offensive after N.K. mine blast in DMZ
Defense Minister Han Min-koo on Tuesday pledged to step up efforts to seize the upper hand in the Demilitarized Zone and take other punitive steps against North Korea over its perceived breach of borders and mine-planting activities. His remarks came one day after the Joint Chiefs of Staff announced that North Korean troops had recently crossed the border and planted the three land mines that inflicted serious injuries on two South Korean soldiers last week. In retaliation, the South Korean mili
Aug. 11, 2015
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S. Korea, Britain eye closer ties in defense industry
South Korea and Britain have agreed that they have great potential for partnerships in weapons development and trade, the Foreign Ministry said Tuesday. In their talks here this week, Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and his British counterpart Philip Hammond noted that two-way trade reached US$13.2 billion last year. "They shared the opinion that bilateral economic cooperation is diversifying and potential is great for defense industry cooperation," the ministry said. It did not elaborate on pla
Aug. 11, 2015
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British foreign minister hopes Iran deal will help resolve N.K. nuclear issue
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond expressed hope Monday that the recent nuclear deal involving Iran and six world powers will have a positive impact on stalled denuclearization talks with North Korea. Hammond, who arrived in Seoul earlier in the day, told reporters after a meeting with South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se that the situation in North Korea was one of their topics of discussion. "Britain remains crucially interested in peace and stability in Asia and the situation
Aug. 10, 2015
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N. Korea's denuclearization remains top priority: U.S. official
North Korea's denuclearization remains a top priority for the United States despite Pyongyang's unwillingness to give up its nuclear weapons program, a senior U.S.official said Monday. "Denuclearization remains our top priority," Rose Gottemoeller, U.S. under secretary of state for arms control and international security, told reporters in a conference call from Tokyo. "We remain in close contact with other five party partners on our shared goal of the denuclearization of the Korean peninsula
Aug. 10, 2015
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S. Korea, Mongolia hold working-level defense talks
South Korea and Mongolia held working-level defense talks in Ulaanbaatar Monday to discuss regional security issues, including North Korea's nuclear weapons program, the Defense Ministry said. The ministry said that Yoon Soon-ku, the ministry's director general on international policy, met with his Mongolian counterpart, Zagdsuren Boldbaatar, in Mongolia's capital to discuss a follow-up to a meeting between their defense chiefs held in May last year and how to enhance defense cooperation. Yoon
Aug. 10, 2015
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Ex-major convicted of smuggling arms to Lebanon
A Seoul court Friday sentenced a former major who was part of an anti-espionage military body to 18 months in prison for smuggling strategic arms into Lebanon. Judge Lee Ki-lee of the Seoul Central District Court handed down the ruling, convicting the man, identified by his surname Lee, of smuggling about 47,000 M-16 and AK-47 magazines to Lebanese military supplies importers. Lee met the importers while dispatched to Lebanon as part of the Defense Security Command rom 2007 to 2008. After lea
Aug. 7, 2015
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193 labs affected by mistaken anthrax shipments, but no new case involving Korea
The number of laboratories affected by live anthrax shipments from the U.S. has risen to 193 in the U.S. and eight in foreign countries, but none of the newly added labs are in South Korea, the U.S. Defense Department said Thursday.Of the total, 87 were primary labs that received live anthrax spores directly from a Defense Department lab in Utah, while the other 106 labs are secondary labs that received samples from the primary labs, according to a Pentagon website on the issue.Affected by the m
Aug. 7, 2015
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Korea, U.S. probe Osan base over anthrax delivery
By Shin Hyon-hee South Korea and the U.S. carried out a joint on-site inspection at Osan Air Base on Thursday over the shipment of a potentially live anthrax sample which has kindled safety concerns and calls for an amendment of the agreement on the stationing of American troops here. In late May, 22 U.S. servicemen were identified as having possibly come into contact with the lethal bacteria “inadvertently” sent by a military laboratory in Utah to the base located in Gyeonggi Province. Though t
Aug. 6, 2015
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USFK vows transparency in bio defense training in S. Korea
The U.S. Forces Korea will step up transparency in running biological defense programs in South Korea, the USFK said Thursday, as the allies expand their probe into the live anthrax shipment to a U.S. base here.Earlier in the day, the joint South Korea-U.S. team in charge of investigating the shipment conducted an on-site inspection of Osan Air Base, where a sample of live anthrax spores was inadvertently shipped. It was the first investigation by the joint working group at the base since the Pe
Aug. 6, 2015
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Army deploys advanced multiple rocket launchers
The Army on Tuesday began deploying next-generation multiple launch rocket systems as part of Seoul’s efforts to better counter growing North Korean artillery threats and boost home production of tactical weapons. The domestically built MLRS, named “Chunmoo,” is poised to beef up South Korea’s artillery counterstrike capabilities with a range of up to 80 kilometers, more than twice that of the existing “Guryong.” The Defense Agency for Technology and Quality has injected some 131.4 billion won (
Aug. 4, 2015
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6 Air Force fighters depart for Alaska to join U.S. air drill
Six South Korean fighter jets departed for Alaska on Tuesday to join a U.S.-led air defense drill designed to beef up joint combat capacity, the Air Force said.The six F-16Ds were to arrive at Eielson Air Force Base, Alaska, later in the day to join the Red Flag Alaska exercise, which will kick off Aug. 10 for a 12-day run, the Air Force said in a statement.A total of 103 South Korean forces, including 32 combat pilots, will join the joint combat training exercise, commanded by the U.S. Pacific
Aug. 4, 2015
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2 soldiers wounded in suspected mine explosion at DMZ
Two Army staff sergeants were seriously wounded in what is believed to be a landmine explosion in the heavily fortified demilitarized zone, the military said Tuesday.The explosion took place on the southern side of the DMZ in the city of Paju, Gyeonggi Province, at 7:40 a.m. while the two sergeants carried out a search mission there, according to the military.(Yonhap)The explosion nearly severed the soldiers' legs and they were rushed to a military hospital for treatment, the military said, addi
Aug. 4, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. well equipped to detect N. Korean missile despite cover
South Korea and the U.S. are well equipped to detect any signs of a North Korean missile launch despite the reported cover being installed over the North Korean launching pad, the Defense Ministry said Monday.Japan's Kyodo News reported earlier in the day that the North is installing a cover over the Tongchang-ri rocket launch pad to "evade surveillance by spy satellites."The cover will make it difficult for South Korea and the U.S. to catch any missile assembly activities inside, Defense Minist
Aug. 3, 2015
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S. Korea, Japan to hold director-level defense talks this week
South Korea will hold a working-level defense policy meeting with Japan this week to discuss regional security and cooperation on the defense segment, the Defense Ministry said Monday.The 21st round of the South Korea-Japan working-level defense policy conference will be held Wednesday at the ministry in Seoul, with the South Korean side headed by Yoon Soon-ku, the ministry's director general on international policy, and the Japanese side headed by his counterpart, Atsuo Suzuki, the ministry sai
Aug. 3, 2015