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Korea's defense budget to rise 7% to W43.2tr
South Korea will raise its military budget next year to 43.2 trillion won ($39.7 billion) to support the Moon Jae-in administration's campaign to beef up the country's defense capabilities against North Korea, the authorities said Wednesday.According to the budget plan approved by the National Assembly earlier in the day, military spending will grow 7 percent on-year, the biggest hike since 2009.The budget has increased by 40.4 billion won more than the government originally proposed after a rev
Dec. 6, 2017
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US has no plan to move military dependents out of Korea: Pentagon
WASHINGTON -- The United States currently has no plan to move military dependents out of South Korea despite rising tensions with North Korea, the Pentagon said Tuesday.About 28,500 US troops are stationed in South Korea to deter North Korean aggression after the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.Commenting on North Korea's latest launch of a long-range missile last week, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) argued Sunday that the US should stop sending military dependents to South K
Dec. 6, 2017
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US-South Korea ‘biggest-ever’ air combat drill kicks off
The South Korean and US militaries on Monday kicked off their biggest-ever combined air force exercise, involving two dozen US stealth fighters, in a show of force against North Korea’s escalating nuclear and missile threats. The two countries’ air forces launched their annual Vigilant Ace 18 drill, which involves six F-22 Raptors, six F-35A and 12 F-35B stealth fighter jets, according to the South Korean and US air forces. A total of 12,000 US personnel from the air force, marines and navy wil
Dec. 4, 2017
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S. Korea says allies' ongoing air drill is defensive in nature
South Korea's unification ministry said Monday that a joint air force drill between Seoul and Washington is defensive in nature, rejecting North Korea's condemnation of the exercise.A spokesman at North Korea's foreign ministry on Saturday denounced the exercise as a large-scale nuclear war drill against North Korea. The five-day Vigilant Ace war games kicked off Monday, days after the North fired a long-range missile."The air force drill is an annual joint military exercise among the allies of
Dec. 4, 2017
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Korea, US begin massive air combat drills
South Korea and the United States kicked off a major air force exercise here Monday against North Korea's threats, with two dozen US stealth jets mobilized.The five-day Vigilant ACE (air combat exercise) comes less than a week after the North fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile and declared the completion of its "nuclear force."The annual training has drawn keen media attention, although it was scheduled before the provocation.It's known as the largest-ever combined air force drill be
Dec. 4, 2017
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F-22, F-35 stealth fighter jets in Korea for joint training
A dozen US F-22 and F-35 stealth fighter jets have arrived in South Korea for a regular joint exercise with South Korean forces, a defense ministry source said Sunday.The allies plan to kick off the five-day VIGILANT ACE 18 practice Monday, which would demonstrate their combined air power against North Korea.It comes days after the North fired a new intercontinental ballistic missile and elevated tensions in the region. A F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jet in a file photo (Yonhap)The exercise will
Dec. 3, 2017
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Six US F-22 stealth fighter jets arrive in S. Korea for joint air drills
Six U.S. F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets arrived in South Korea on Saturday for joint air drills between Seoul and Washington slated for next week in a show of force against North Korea.The fighter planes will join the allies' annual airborne exercise named Vigilant Ace to be held from Dec. 4-8, according to the South Korean Air Force.They are capable of accurately hitting key targets without being detected by an enemy's radar. It will be the first time for six F-22 stealth fighter planes to fl
Dec. 2, 2017
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Allies not considering naval blockade on NK
Military options and naval blockade of North Korea are not being discussed between Seoul and Washington, a high-level presidential official said Friday denying related news reports.(Yonhap)On Friday, a high-level Cheong Wa Dae official told the local media that President Moon Jae-in and US President Donald Trump did not discuss any such measures during their earlier telephone conversations. Since North Korea launched an intercontinental ballistic missile in the early hours of Wednesday, Moon and
Dec. 1, 2017
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Parliamentary speaker defends THAAD deployment during talks with Chinese official
South Korea's National Assembly Speaker Chung Sye-kyun defended the deployment of a US missile defense system during talks with a senior Chinese official on Thursday, a day after North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile.During the meeting with Leung Chun-ying, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Chung also stressed the need for joint efforts to normalize bilateral ties strained over the installation of the Termina
Nov. 30, 2017
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Opposition leader urges Moon to keep military options against NK threats
The leader of the minor opposition Bareun Party raised pressure on President Moon Jae-in on Thursday to remain open to military options as "strategic cards" to counter North Korea's escalating nuclear threats.Yoo Seong-min made the remarks a day after Moon clarified his opposition to Washington's possible recourse to a pre-emptive strike following the North's pre-dawn test of another long-range missile capable of striking the continental United States."The redeployment of US tactical nuclear arm
Nov. 30, 2017
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S. Korea, US vow close coordination against NK threats
The top military officers of South Korea and the United States agreed Wednesday to strengthen close coordination against North Korea's nuclear and missile threats after the North's launch of a long-range missile.Gen. Jeong Kyeong-doo, chairman of South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff, held phone talks with his US counterpart, Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, hours after North Korea's provocations, the South's military said. This photo, provided by South Korea`s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) on Oct. 14, 2017
Nov. 29, 2017
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Yongsan US base shows high water pollution level above threshold: govt.
The US military base in central Seoul has groundwater contaminated with harmful petroleum chemicals up to hundreds of times above the permissible limit, government reports showed Wednesday. The Ministries of Environment and Foreign Affairs revealed the environmental reports on the US Yongsan base conducted twice earlier in the year, a move that followed an appellate court ruling made early this month in favor of civic groups that sought the public disclosure of the reports.The reports are based
Nov. 29, 2017
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S. Korea to push for regaining OPCON with no withdrawal of US troops
South Korea will seek to have US forces stay in the South even after it takes over wartime operational control (OPCON) of the country's troops from the United States, Seoul's defense minister said Tuesday.South Korea is seeking to regain the US-held OPCON of South Korean forces as Seoul and Washington continue consultations for a "conditions-based" transition with no specific deadline. (Yonhap)"Even if Seoul takes over OPCON, (South Korea) plans to seek to ensure that U.S. troops in Korea are no
Nov. 28, 2017
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S. Korea broadcasts to NK news of soldier’s defection
The South Korean military is delivering updates on the North Korean soldier who was wounded while defecting, via loudspeaker broadcasts to the North amid the rogue regime’s refusal to talk directly with the South. (Yonhap)The FM Radio “Freedom Voice” system near the inter-Korean border has been broadcasting about the recovery of the 24-year-old soldier, identified only by his surname Oh, after he sustained gunshot wounds while crossing the border on Nov. 13, the South Korean military said Sunda
Nov. 27, 2017
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Defense minister commends JSA troops for defector rescue
PANMUNJOM -- South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo on Monday visited the Joint Security Area of the Panmunjom truce village, the stage of a dramatic defection by a North Korean soldier earlier this month.Bullet traces from shots fired by North Korean guards as they tried to stop their follow soldier sprinting toward South Korea on Nov. 13 remain vividly apparent in the southern section of the JSA.In an unprecedented move for the South's defense chief, Song toured the JSA guard unit's seco
Nov. 27, 2017
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Army to develop new combat uniform
South Korea's Army plans to develop a combat uniform with new camouflage patterns and advanced functions, a military source said. The new uniform will replace the current digitally patterned one, adopted in 2008, to help ground troops better adjust to a changing warfare environment. (Yonhap)The development started as part of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Kim Yong-woo's plan to enhance individual soldiers' combat capabilities, the official said.The new design is aimed at maximizing troops' camouflagin
Nov. 26, 2017
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Allies to hold air force drill involving 230 aircraft next month
The United States and South Korea will stage a joint air force drill next month involving about 230 warfare airplanes, the US Air Force said Friday, in an apparent show of force against North Korea.The allies will hold the annual airborne exercise named Vigilant Ace from Dec. 4-8, mobilizing 12,000 US personnel, according to the Seventh Air Force in Korea."This realistic air combat exercise is designed to enhance interoperability between US and Republic of Korea forces and increase the combat ef
Nov. 24, 2017
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Seoul has no plan for talks on THAAD with China
Seoul's defense ministry said Friday that it has no plan to hold talks with China over an advanced US missile defense system deployed in South Korea.A local media outlet reported that China has officially asked South Korea to open military talks at an early date over the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system. China has vehemently opposed it, saying that the move hurts its security interest."There is no plan for such talks," Moon Sang-gyun, spokesman at the Ministry of National Defense, told
Nov. 24, 2017
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US to deploy 6 Raptor stealth fighters to Korea next month
The United States is planning to send six F-22 Raptor stealth fighter jets to a joint air force exercise in South Korea next month in what is believed to be US action to put maximum pressure on North Korea, military officials here said on Thursday. "Six F-22 fighters from the US Air Force are scheduled to join the joint South Korea-US air force exercise Vigilant Ace from Dec. 4-8," the officials said.The fighters will fly to the Korean Peninsula from Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan and stay at
Nov. 24, 2017
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[PyeongChang 2018] Korea mulls talks with US on rescheduling drills during Olympics: source
South Korea's military is mulling whether to consult with US forces over a rescheduling of joint military drills slated for early next year that will overlap with the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympics, a government source said Thursday.Seoul and Washington stage their military exercises annually around March, and North Korea has long denounced them as rehearsals for a northern invasion. The PyeongChang Winter Olympics will be held in South Korea from Feb. 9-25 and the Paralympics from
Nov. 23, 2017