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Ministers visit Air Force unit at forefront of military‘s tech-based reform

Jun 9, 2020

South Korea’s defense and science ministers on Tuesday visited an Air Force unit that has been developed as a “test bed” for the military‘s reform with cutting-edge technologies, the defense ministry...
Military officer tests positive for coronavirus, total infections at 54

Jun 9, 2020

A military intelligence command officer tested positive for the new coronavirus Tuesday, bringing the total number of infections among the military population to 54, officials said Tuesday. The late...
Trump continually reassessing US overseas military presence: White House

Jun 9, 2020

WASHINGTON -- US President Donald Trump is continually reassessing the American overseas military presence, the White House said Monday following reports that Trump plans to partially withdraw troops...
[News Analysis] Would US pull troops from S. Korea?

Jun 8, 2020

Korean Peninsula different from Germany, but no guarantee Trump will stick to status quo, experts say
[Eye Plus] Honoring the brave on 70th anniversary of Korean War

Jun 6, 2020

Every June, South Korea commemorates the 1950-1953 Korean War that cemented the division of the Korean Peninsula. This year marks the 70th anniversary of the war that began on June 25, 1950, when No...
[Weekender] Coming back home, seven decades after war

Jun 6, 2020

Seoul pushing to repatriate remains of Korean soldiers who perished in the Korean War from US, while continuing excavation of battle sites here
US continues to urge S. Korea to show flexibility in defense cost talks: official

Jun 5, 2020

WASHINGTON -- The United States continues to urge South Korea to show "flexibility" in negotiations over sharing the cost of the American troop presence there, notwithstanding a recent agreement to h...
S. Korean military to conduct postponed maritime combined arms drill next week

Jun 4, 2020

South Korea's military is set to carry out a maritime combined arms drill next week as part of its ongoing efforts to hone the skill of its forces, official sources said Thursday. The drill, which w...
USFK raps local daily for false report, vows commitment to conditions-based OPCON transfer

Jun 4, 2020

The US Forces Korea (USFK) stressed Thursday that South Korea and the United States are fully committed to a transfer of the wartime operational control, heavily criticizing a local newspaper for its...
US accepts S. Korea’s offer to bear wage costs of Korean USFK workers

Jun 3, 2020

Furlough to end ‘no later than mid-June’
W300b of defense budget to be cut for extra spending over coronavirus

Jun 3, 2020

The government is seeking to slash about 300 billion won ($244.96 million) from this year's defense budget to fund an extra spending plan aimed at coping with the economic fallout from the coronaviru...
Pentagon accepts S. Korea's proposal to fund labor costs for Korean USFK workers on furlough

Jun 3, 2020

WASHINGTON/SEOUL -- The US defense department said Tuesday it has accepted South Korea's proposal to fund the labor costs for all Koreans working for the US Forces Korea (USFK) amid their stalled def...
Newly assigned American soldier tests positive for coronavirus; total infections at 31

Jun 1, 2020

An American soldier newly assigned to South Korea has tested positive for the coronavirus, the US Forces Korea said Monday. The latest COVID-19 patient brought the total number of infections among t...
S. Korea to send masks to independence fighters abroad

Jun 1, 2020

A total of 25,000 masks will be delivered to Korean independence fighters who engaged in military and diplomatic campaigns against Japan’s 1910-45 occupation of the Korean Peninsula, to help them com...
Surprise transport onto THAAD base sparks suspicions over upgrade or additional deployment

Jun 1, 2020

The defense ministry stuck to its flat-out denial Monday of any upgrades to a US THAAD missile defense base in South Korea after a series of reports suggested that last week's transport of military h...