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USFK commander says security is 'temporary' condition
Gen. Vincent Brooks, the commander of US forces in South Korea, called for continued efforts to "advance" defense capabilities on Tuesday, just hours after Seoul and Washington announced their decision to suspend a major combined exercise slated for August."Security is a temporary condition," Brooks, the commander of the US Forces Korea, told a defense forum in Seoul."If you are not attending to your security and continuing to advance your capabilities, then you'll be in danger and your security
June 19, 2018
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Parties have mixed reactions to allies' suspension of military drills
The ruling Democratic Party said Tuesday that it "deeply" respects South Korea and the United States' decision to suspend their joint military drills slated for August, calling the move a proper step for peace.But the main opposition Liberty Korea Party stressed the need for North Korea to show sincerity in dismantling its nuclear programs, saying that the allies should resume exercises at any time if Pyongyang reneges on its promise to denuclearize.Seoul and Washington announced earlier in the
June 19, 2018
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Pentagon: US suspends all planning for Aug. military exercise with S. Korea
WASHINGTON -- The United States military has suspended all planning for joint military exercises with South Korea scheduled for August, the Pentagon said Monday. The decision is in line with U.S. President Donald Trump's offer during his historic meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un last week. (Yonhap-AP) "Consistent with President Trump's commitment and in concert with our Republic of Korea ally, the United States military has suspended all planning for this August's defensive 'warg
June 19, 2018
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South Korea, US suspend scheduled military exercise
South Korea and the United States have agreed to suspend their joint military drill slated for August, Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday, following US President Donald Trump’s pledge to end “war games” with South Korea after his summit with North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un last week. In a text message sent to reporters, the Ministry of National Defense said the allies forces have decided to suspend "all plans" for the upcoming computer-simulated Freedom Guardian exercise. Describing the susp
June 19, 2018
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S. Korea, US likely to announce suspension of combined military drills this week: source
South Korea and the United States are expected to announce their decision to suspend large-scale combined military exercises this week amid dialogue with North Korea, a government source here said Sunday.In the announcement, the allies are likely to include a "snapback" clause, the source said, hinting that the exercises would resume should the communist regime fail to deliver on its denuclearization commitment.After his historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore on Tuesda
June 17, 2018
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S. Korea proposes movement of NK long-range artillery away from border: sources
South Korea proposed that North Korea move its long-range artillery away from the heavily fortified border in an effort to reduce tensions during last week's rare cross-border military talks, government sources here said Sunday.During Thursday's general-grade meeting, the first in more than a decade, Seoul made a series of suggestions, including relocating the artillery pieces to areas 30 to 40 kilometers away from the Military Demarcation Line separating the two Koreas, the insiders said.The tw
June 17, 2018
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South Korea, US to announce whether to suspend joint drills
South Korea and the US will decide whether to freeze the allies’ joint military exercises in the near future after close consultation, the presidential office said Friday.The possibility of the suspension of the military exercises is growing after US President Donald Trump said the US would halt “war games” after a historic summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in Singapore, and the South Korean President Moon Jae-in signaled his support. “Nothing has been decided yet, but (we) will announ
June 15, 2018
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Defense chiefs of S. Korea, US discuss combined military drills
The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States have had in-depth" discussions over the allies' combined military exercises, following US President Donald Trump's recent remarks that he will stop "provocative war games," Seoul's defense ministry said Friday.Defense Minister Song Young-moo and his US counterpart James Mattis held 30-minute telephone talks from 7:30 p.m. (Korea time) on Thursday to exchange views over the exercises, including the summertime Ulchi Freedom Guardian.After his
June 15, 2018
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Koreas holding military talks to discuss easing tensions
PANMUNJEOM -- South and North Korea are holding their first high-level military talks in more than 10 years Thursday to discuss ways to ease cross-border tensions. The meeting started at 10 a.m. on the northern side of the truce village of Panmunjom, according to Seoul's defense ministry.These were the first such talks since the two sides met in December 2007.South Korea's five-member delegation is led by Major General Kim Do-gyun. The North's delegation is led by Lieutenant General An Ik-san, w
June 14, 2018
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Trump’s remark on stopping ‘war games’ sparks controversy
Controversy continued to escalate Wednesday over US President Donald Trump’s remark on halting joint military drills with South Korea, fueling concern about his security commitment to long-standing allies in the region.It is still unclear what Trump meant and intended by stopping “war games” -- whether the announcement aims to suspend semiannual large-scale exercises or whether it is just another gambit to put pressure on South Korea to pay more for stationing US troops. Whatever purpose he may
June 13, 2018
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North Korea notifies South Korea of delegation to June 14 military talks
North Korea on Tuesday informed South Korea of its delegation for upcoming inter-Korean military talks scheduled for Thursday, amid heightened expectations for the easing of cross-border tensions following a series of cross-border summits. Led by Army Lt. Gen Ahn Ik-san, a total of five delegates will attend the general-level military talks scheduled to take place at Panmungak, a North Korean building inside the truce village of Panmunjeom, South Korea’s Defense Ministry said, The announcement
June 12, 2018
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[Newsmaker] Talk of peace stalls Korea's defense reform drive
When the leaders of North Korea and the United States meet in Singapore next week for a historic summit, people around the world will hold their breath in hopes of a peace deal to end a decades-old global security threat.For young men in South Korea, there's another reason, associated with their careers and personal lives, to wish for the success of the meeting between the North's leader Kim Jong-un and President Donald Trump: conscription.A chatting app message spread recently that read, "We'd
June 7, 2018
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[Newsmaker]Debate emerges over future role of USFK
Since the end of the Korean War in 1953, the US has stationed large-scale troops in South Korea. Though the level of troops has fluctuated over time, the US forces in South Korea have played a crucial role in deterring provocations from North Korea. Now, the future of the USFK is being questioned amid speculation that the issue could be raised during the US-North Korea summit on June 12, prompting debate over what role the troops would play in the event of a diplomatic breakthrough between Washi
June 4, 2018
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Ministry says it will exert 'restraint' in promoting S. Korea-US drills amid peace efforts
South Korea's defense ministry said Monday that it would exercise "restraint" in promoting its planned annual military drills with the United States, apparently not to hamper ongoing efforts for denuclearization and lasting peace on the peninsula.Its remarks are in line with the position shared by Defense Minister Song Yong-moo and his US counterpart James Mattis to keep the allies' regular combined military exercises low-key to maintain the peace mood. Max Thunder aerial drills (Yonhap)"(Exerci
June 4, 2018
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S. Korean defense minister in Singapore for security forum
SINGAPORE -- Asia's key defense forum will open in Singapore on Friday night at a time when regional security faces a potential turning point.The North Korea issue is expected to dominate this year's Shangri-La Dialogue, although the communist nation is not joining it.The annual dialogue comes amid cautious optimism about a historic breakthrough in efforts to denuclearize North Korea, formally end the 1950-53 Korean War and introduce a peace treaty.A summit between the North's leader Kim Jong-un
June 1, 2018
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Military to revise rules to give female soldiers equal opportunities
The defense ministry will revise personnel regulations to remove discrimination against female soldiers, a ministry official said Friday.The revision will require female officers to serve as company commanders at least twice -- the same as male soldiers -- rather than once, as currently stipulated."It is compulsory for male soldiers to take up the position of company leader twice," the official said. "The difference in the number of times female soldiers need to serve as a company commander may
June 1, 2018
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NK remains ‘most imminent threat’: US ambassador nominee to S. Korea
Despite high hopes that a planned US-North Korea summit will resolve decades-old animosities and a nuclear standoff, Pyongyang remains the “most imminent” threat to Washington, the outgoing head of US Pacific Command said. During his change of command ceremony Wednesday, Adm. Harry Harris, who is expected to become the next US ambassador to South Korea, also noted that China’s pursuit of hegemony in Asia would pose the “biggest long-term challenge” to the US and its allies in the region. “Nort
May 31, 2018
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Top military officials of S. Korea, US, Japan hold talks
Top military officials of South Korea, the United States and Japan have held talks over joint efforts to ensure regional peace and stability, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday.Seoul's JCS Chairman Gen. Jeong Kyeong-doo and his US and Japanese counterparts, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford and Adm. Katsutoshi Kawano, attended the meeting at the US Pacific Command headquarters in Hawaii on Tuesday (local time).Outgoing PACOM chief Adm. Harry Harris and his successor, Adm. Philip Davidson, also jo
May 30, 2018
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S. Korea pays more for US troop presence than Japan: scholar
South Korea's annual spending for the upkeep of the US Forces Korea appears to be greater than what Japan pays for the American troop presence on its soil, a government researcher said Thursday.Yu Jun-hyung, associate research fellow at the state-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses, released the analysis as Seoul and Washington are in talks over the former's share of the cost for maintaining some 28,500 US troops here as a deterrent against the North's aggression.He put Seoul's expenditure
May 24, 2018
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Flight training part of S. Korea-US air exercise to end
The flight training session of the annual South Korea-US air exercise is set to end Thursday, a military source said, raising hopes for the resumption of high-level inter-Korean dialogue suspended by Pyongyang in protest at what it called an invasion rehearsal.The two-week Max Thunder exercise is to officially end on Friday, but the air training segment will be finished a day earlier, with an evaluation session involving the allies' air force personnel scheduled for the last day of the exercise,
May 24, 2018