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Yoon calls for dialogue, trust from medical community
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NK leader guides firing drills involving super-large multiple rocket launchers
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Leaders call for action against threats to democracy posed by AI
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Asiana Airlines wins data transfer certification in China
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Dispute heats up over dispatch of scandal-ridden envoy to Australia
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Dodgers beat S. Korea in final exhibition before MLB opener in Seoul
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Disgraced ex-K-pop star released after serving time for sex crimes
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Yoon says medical licenses should not be used as tool against people
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China raises concerns over missile defense
China’s defense minister expressed concerns over the U.S.’ possible deployment of an advanced missile defense asset to the peninsula during a meeting with his South Korean counterpart in Seoul on Wednesday. Chinese Gen. Chang Wanquan(left) and Korean defense chief Han Min-koo(right).Seoul’s Defense Minister Han Min-koo and his Chinese counterpart Gen. Chang Wanquan held the countries’ first top-level defense talks since 2011 to discuss a range of regional and bilateral issues including North Kor
Feb. 4, 2015
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Korea pushing to export FA-50 fighter jets to Peru
The South Korean military is seeking to export $1 billion worth of an indigenous light attack aircraft to Peru, informed sources said Tuesday.“We’ve been pushing to sell 24 units of the FA-50 to Peru, and are planning to submit a proposal for Lima’s fighter purchase project this month,” said a source, requesting anonymity.“Factoring in the necessary logistics support, the total amount of the envisioned exports would reach $2 billion.”South Korea is likely to vie with Russia, Italy and China, wit
Feb. 3, 2015
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Army sergeant gets death sentence for murder spree
A military court on Tuesday gave the death penalty to an Army sergeant who killed five soldiers and wounded seven more in a shooting rampage at a guard post near the inter-Korean border last year.The 23-year-old soldier surnamed Lim was charged with murder for the shooting in June 2014 at his unit in the 22nd Army Division in Goseong, Gangwon Province. He was also found guilty of defecting from his unit with weapons and killing a superior officer.A soldier who kills a superior officer can be sen
Feb. 3, 2015
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U.S. nuke sub visits S. Korea for joint drill
A nuclear-powered U.S. submarine has arrived in South Korea to participate in an annual joint military drill this week, a naval officer here said Monday.The USS Olympia (SSN-717), a Los Angeles-class submarine, carrying some 120 sailors, arrived in the southern port city of Jinhae, 410 kilometers south of Seoul, on Friday, to attend the joint Seoul-Washington three-day naval drill starting Thursday, the naval officer said, requesting anonymity."The submarine will join a South Korean fleet to lau
Feb. 2, 2015
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Seoul launches sub command
South Korea launched its submarine force command on Sunday to better cope with evolving maritime security challenges including those from North Korea, and potentially from outside the peninsula.Incorporating its functions of underwater operations, training and education, and maintenance into the new command, the Navy seeks to conduct more integrated, efficient and stable submarine operations, Navy officials explained.With the launch, the South has become the world’s sixth country to have a subma
Feb. 1, 2015
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Army sex offenders to face forcible discharge
The Army is seeking tougher punishments for sex offenders in the military including immediate dismissal and demotion following a spate of recent sexual assault cases that have damaged public trust and troop morale. It is also considering employing a “one-strike” system in which senior officials, caught sexually harassing subordinate soldiers, will be forcibly expelled from the military for good, a senior Army official said.“We will toughen our disciplinary rules for sex crimes to mete out heavy
Feb. 1, 2015
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S. Korean Navy launches submarine command
The South Korean Navy on Sunday inaugurated a submarine command as part of efforts to bolster its underwater capabilities and combat readiness against North Korea.The fleet of the command, based in the southern port city of Jinhae and led by a rear admiral, is composed of 13 submarines under the Ninth Submarine Flotilla, the Navy said in a statement.The Navy operates nine 1,200-ton submarines and four 1,800-ton subs, while planning to add five more 1,800-ton submarines to be built by 2019. In ad
Feb. 1, 2015
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Army deserter nabbed for killing his mother
An Army deserter addicted to online games has been arrested on charges of killing his mother and setting fire to her body, military police said Friday.The 21-year-old private first class identified only by his surname Kang, allegedly murdered his 54-year-old mother at their residence in Seoul and burned her body on Jan. 22, while failing to return to his unit in the country's eastern province of Gangwon after a leave, according to the military police.The enlistee "hit his mother on the head more
Jan. 30, 2015
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Military plans to install more CCTV cameras to curb abuse
The Defense Ministry plans to install more surveillance cameras to curb human rights abuses, allow conscripts to acquire academic credit through their military activities and distribute mobile phones to be shared by enlisted troops.Defense Minister Han Min-koo on Thursday reported these measures to a parliamentary panel on reforming the rigid, outmoded culture that has been blamed for desertions, deaths by beating, suicides and even a shooting spree last year.The ministry adopted 15 of the total
Jan. 29, 2015
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S. Korea, U.S. to hold cyber-security talks
Defense officials of South Korea and the United States plan to hold annual cyber-security talks that are expected to focus on how better to cope with hacking attacks from North Korea, sources said Wednesday.The two allies established the Korea-U.S. National Defense Cyber Cooperation Working Group (CCWG) and held its first meeting in Seoul in February last year. A second meeting of the working group will take place in Washington in a couple of months, the sources said.This year's meeting, which c
Jan. 29, 2015
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Army colonel arrested on rape charges
The Army said Tuesday that military police had arrested an incumbent brigade commander on charges of sexually assaulting a female noncommissioned officer.The colonel, 47, in charge of a unit in Gangwon Province, is alleged to have sexually assaulted the NCO, 21, at his military residence on several occasions in the past two months. The colonel argues that the sexual relationship took place based on “mutual consent,” while the NCO says she was sexually assaulted. The names of the colonel and alle
Jan. 27, 2015
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S. Korea conducts live-fire drill near tense sea border
The South Korean military carried out a live-fire exercise near the tensely guarded inter-Korean border in the Yellow Sea on Tuesday to check and further boost its preparedness against possible provocations by North Korea, officers said.The one-hour firing drill, which took place on the islands of Baengnyeong and Yeonpyeong in the Yellow Sea, "involved K-9 self-propelled howitzers and Vulcan guns, among others," a military officer said on condition of anonymity."More than 600 rounds were fired t
Jan. 27, 2015
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Budget hampers procurement plans: Defense Ministry
Several military procurement projects, including one to acquire four aerial refueling tankers, are expected to be delayed or canceled due to budgetary constraints, as Seoul seeks to readjust its mid-term defense improvement plan, a source said Sunday.The Defense Ministry has been drafting the defense plan for 2016-2020, which will be finalized next month. Following a legal revision, the ministry took over responsibility for drawing up the plan starting this year. Until last year, the Defense Acq
Jan. 25, 2015
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Navy sailor injured in shell explosion
A Navy sailor was in critical condition after being hit by a shell accidently fired from a malfunctioning 76 mm-caliber cannon on a guided missile warship in West Sea on Wednesday, military officials said Thursday.The 21-year-old seaman of the 2nd Fleet Command, identified only by his surname Oh, was in a coma after the shell hit the side of his head, they said. Oh was standing on the deck near the cannon as other sailors tried to remove the shells loaded in the flawed system for safety reasons.
Jan. 22, 2015
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Defense Ministry blasted for late response to Japan’s Dokdo claim
South Korea’s Defense Ministry came under fire Wednesday for a belated response to Tokyo’s repeated claims of sovereignty over the easternmost islets of Dokdo in a Korean-language summary of its annual defense whitepaper.In the morning, the ministry called in a defense attache from the Japanese Embassy in Seoul to protest Japan’s description of the islets as part of its territory on a map, after the embassy delivered 57 copies of the whitepaper last Friday. It was the first time that the summary
Jan. 21, 2015
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Nuclear watchdog steps up measures against cyberattacks
South Korea's nuclear watchdog said Wednesday it will strengthen its ability to fight cyberattacks and expand the size of its cybersecurity staff to deal with safety concerns following recent hackings.In an annual policy briefing to the president, the Nuclear Safety and Security Commission said it will form a task force against such attacks and increase the number of people on its cybersecurity staff from the current three to 30."We will establish an anti-nuclear disaster training system to stre
Jan. 21, 2015
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Agency forfeited profit from college exam: lawmaker
An opposition lawmaker Tuesday accused a state-run agency of knowingly giving up profits from its copyrights to the annual college entrance exam. Rep. Park Hong-keun of the New Politics Alliance for Democracy on Tuesday accused a state-run agency of failing to collect royalties that could amount to billions of won. The Korea Institute for Curriculum and Evaluation, in charge of preparing questions for the exam, known here as Suneung, has never exercised its copyrights over the exam questions, Pa
Jan. 20, 2015
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Korea to enhance hi-tech war systems
South Korea’s Defense Ministry on Monday unveiled a new defense vision based on information and communication technologies, and other cutting-edge digital platforms to better counter evolving North Korean threats and other security challenges. During its New Year’s policy briefing to President Park Geun-hye, Defense Minister Han Min-koo said the ministry would push to incorporate into military operations innovative technologies such as ICT, big data solutions and the Internet of Things, under th
Jan. 19, 2015
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(Photo News) Plea for nigeria
A man holds a placard reading “I am Nigerian. Stop Boko Haram” during a gathering at the Trocadero place, in Paris, Sunday, to protest against extremist Islamic group Boko Haram after a large-scale attack in Baga, where as many as 2,000 people were massacred in a raid on Jan. 7. Cameroon, Chad and Niger have launched a regional bid to combat the Boko Haram. (AP-Yonhap)
Jan. 19, 2015
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S. Korea to begin spy satellite project this year
South Korea plans to develop military reconnaissance satellites and deploy five units by 2022 as part of efforts to beef up defense capabilities to better deter North Korea's evolving security threats, military officers said Monday.The plan is part of the defense ministry's policy goals for this year, which are focused on building a robust defense posture under the new paradigm of pursuing "a creative defense system" by maximizing advanced information technology. "The state arms procurement agen
Jan. 19, 2015