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Medical profs at top hospitals suspend surgeries, clinics
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Exports to US reach all-time high, widen gap with China
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Trump rekindles criticism: US forces defending 'wealthy' S. Korea 'free of charge'
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Samsung chip business back on track, logs W1.9tr operating profit in Q1
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Hopes rise for possible Gaza truce deal
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Ex-pro baseball player who killed debtor appeals sentence
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S. Korea discussed possible participation in AUKUS Pillar 2 with Australia: defense minister
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[New faces of Assembly] Architect behind ‘audacious initiative’ believes in denuclearized North Korea
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Helicopter crashes into East Sea in military drill
A South Korean Navy helicopter crashed into the East Sea during a joint maritime drill between South Korea and the United States, the Navy said Monday.The Linx helicopter crashed into the East Sea at around 9:05 p.m., and a search is currently under way, the Navy said. Three soldiers were on board, it added.The ill-fated chopper was participating in the combined maritime exercise in the East Sea as part of a show of force against North Korea's provocations. (Yonhap)
Sept. 27, 2016
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US B-1B bomber returns to Guam after staying in Korea
A B-1B strategic bomber returned to its base in Guam on Sunday after a short stay in South Korea that aimed to warn North Korea against any further provocations, military officials said Monday."The B-1B Lancer returned to Andersen Air Base last night after remaining at Osan Air Base since Wednesday in a show of force against the North's latest nuclear test," a defense ministry official told Yonhap News Agency. Pyongyang conducted its fifth and most powerful nuclear test on Sept. 9 despite intern
Sept. 26, 2016
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Lawmakers question capability of military equipment
South Korean lawmakers on Sunday raised concerns over the proficiency of the country’s aged computerized command and control system as well as guided missile systems that showed poor accuracy in test launches.Rep. Kim Jin-pyo of the main opposition The Minjoo Party of Korea said Defense Ministry data showed the accuracy of the military’s guided missiles in launches had dropped from 94.4 percent in 2014 to 55.6 percent this year.Only five of the nine weapons test-fired this year struck the intend
Sept. 25, 2016
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B-1B Lancer bombers opened to public in Korea
B-1B Lancer bombers that landed in South Korea earlier this week were revealed to the public Saturday, following the North's threat that its nuclear warheads will turn Seoul into ashes. The 7th Air Force of the US held its "Air Power Day" event at Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, to showcase strategic bombers to the general public.The B-1B Lancer is one of the US military's three major multi-role, long-range bombers along with the B-52 Stratofortress and B-2 Spirit. Dub
Sept. 25, 2016
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Park meets with IMO chief
President Park Geun-hye on Friday met with Lim Ki-tack, the South Korean chief of a UN maritime body, to discuss ways to strengthen bilateral cooperation on an array of issues, including North Korea's provocations that destabilize maritime security.During her meeting with Lim, the secretary-general of the International Maritime Organization, Park was expected to highlight that Pyongyang's unannounced launch of missiles and its disruptions of Global Positioning System signals would seriously unde
Sept. 23, 2016
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Nearly 60% of Koreans support nuclear armament: poll
Nearly 60 percent of South Koreans support the country's development of its own nuclear weapons, a poll showed Friday, amid the rising calls among hawkish lawmakers for Seoul to consider the aggressive option to curb Pyongyang's provocations.According to the data compiled by pollster Gallup Korea, 58 percent of the respondents agreed with South Korea's nuclear armament scenario, while 34 percent expressed an opposition. The study was conducted on 1,010 South Koreans throughout the country this w
Sept. 23, 2016
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Korea to redesign parts in its Surion helicopter for export
South Korea will redesign the parts of its Surion helicopter which recently failed to pass an extreme climate performance that would allow it to be sold to more customers around the world, the military and manufacturer said Friday.In a months-long test conducted in the United States, the Surion utility helicopter failed to operate properly under a set of very challenging humid and freezing temperatures. Several parts in Surion didn't meet the international standard, an official at the Korea Aero
Sept. 23, 2016
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White House: US does not discuss preemptive strike plans in advance
The United States does not discuss any preemptive strike plans in advance, the White House said Thursday in response to a question whether President Barack Obama has any airstrike plans against the North."Just in general, not specifically to North Korea, as an operational matter we're not going to discuss any preemptive military actions in advance," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said at a regular press briefing after a reporter asked if Obama has "any particular plans for the North Ko
Sept. 23, 2016
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Strategic bombers made closest-ever flight to N. Korea: U.S. military
Two U.S. Air Force B-1B strategic bombers this week made the closest-ever flight to North Korea to warn the communist country against any further provocations, the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) said Thursday.North Korea conducted its fifth underground nuclear test on Sept. 9, despite international condemnations and sanctions imposed after the previous nuke detonation in January. The latest provocation came on the heels of the launch of three ballistic missiles four days earlier. One of the tw
Sept. 22, 2016
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Aging army choppers pose safety hazards: lawmaker
More than half of the helicopters operated by the South Korean Army are over 30 years old, an opposition lawmaker said Thursday, raising concerns about soldiers’ safety.According to Rep. Kim Jong-dae of the minor opposition Justice Party, 230 of the Army’s 550 helicopters have been in operation for 30 or more years. The standard lifespan of a helicopter for the South Korean Army is 30 years.Rep. Kim Jong-dae (Yonhap)Kim, the floor spokesman for his party, pointed out that the aged aircraft had n
Sept. 22, 2016
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Korea needs no nuclear weapons: White House official
Neither South Korea's own nuclear armament nor redeployment of US nuclear weapons in the country would enhance the country's security against North Korea, a senior White House official said Wednesday."I don't believe that North Korea will be any more deterred from taking military action against the South if we have nuclear weapons on the peninsula because North Korea, China, the rest of the world know that we have military capabilities, conventional and otherwise, that can be launched from the U
Sept. 22, 2016
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US sends 2 B-1B bombers over S. Korea in show of force against N. Korean provocations
The United States on Wednesday sent two armed strategic bombers to South Korea, the US Forces Korea said, in the latest move to demonstrate Washington's security commitment to its Asian ally and warn against additional North Korean provocations.One of the two B-1B Lancer bombers landed at Osan Air Base. The other flew over the base in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, and returned to US Andersen Air Force Base on Guam, the USFK said.The flyby comes only a week after a pair of B-1B Lancer
Sept. 21, 2016
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Lawmakers raise voices on Korea's nuke armament
South Korea's ruling and opposition parties on Wednesday continued to debate over whether Seoul should consider its own nuclear armament as an option to defend the country, amid the escalating tension on the Korean Peninsula sparked by Pyongyang's provocations.Following North Korea's launch of submarine-launched ballistic missiles as well as its fifth nuclear test, a rising number of hawkish lawmakers mainly from the ruling Saenuri Party claimed that South Korea must consider developing its own
Sept. 21, 2016
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US should consider offering to withdraw THAAD if China imposes serious sanctions on NK: US experts
The United States should consider offering to call off the planned deployment of the THAAD missile defense system to South Korea if Beijing imposes serious sanctions on North Korea, US experts said Monday.Eric Heginbotham and Richard J. Samuels of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Center for International Studies made the suggestion, arguing that flexibility on THAAD deployment is worth an end to the North's nuclear and missile programs."US leaders should not only point out the downsid
Sept. 20, 2016
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Over 3,400 Korean men drop nationality annually: lawmaker
Over 3,400 Korean men decide to drop their nationality each year, suggesting a widespread trend to evade compulsory military service, a lawmaker said Monday.People’s Party Rep. Kim Joong-ro, a former Army general, said that based on data submitted by the Military Manpower Administration, 17,229 Korean men subjected to compulsory military duty lost or rescinded their nationality from 2012 to July this year.Among them, 15,569 forfeited their Korean nationality by acquiring a different nationality
Sept. 19, 2016
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S. Korea names new military leaders
Adm. Um Hyun-seong has been promoted and nominated as the new chief of naval operations, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday.Um Hyun-seong / The Ministry of National DefenseThe incoming Navy chairman will relieve incumbent Adm. Jung Ho-sup. The 58-year-old admiral has been serving as the vice chairman of Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff.Leem Ho-young / The Ministry of National DefenseLeem Ho-young, 57, chief director of JCS’ Strategic Planning Directorate, will replace Gen. Kim Hyun-jip as
Sept. 19, 2016
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S. Korea appoints new military leaders amid rising threats from N. Korea
South Korea's military appointed senior commanders to two key posts as part of an ongoing effort to better counter rising threats from North Korea, the defense ministry said Monday.Um Hyun-seong, 58, vice chairman of Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff, will take over from the current Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jung Ho-sup. Leem Ho-young, 57, chief director of JCS's Strategic Planning Directorate, will replace Gen.Kim Hyun-jip as deputy commander of the Combined Forces Command, the Ministry of Nat
Sept. 19, 2016
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People's Party moving towards more lenient stance on THAAD following nuke test
South Korea's minor opposition People's Party is moving towards a more lenient stance in regards to the deployment of an advanced US missile defense system in the country, political pundits said Monday.The move apparently comes as Pyongyang's fifth nuclear test conducted earlier this month is causing the general public to lose patience with North Korea. There has been a rise in the number of people calling for greater protection against the North's nuclear and missile threats.Besides detonating
Sept. 19, 2016
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Main opposition says Korea's nuke armament 'populist'
South Korea's main opposition Minjoo Party of Korea said Monday the rising voice among hawkish lawmakers that Seoul should develop its own nukes is a mere "populist" move, adding it would conflict with United Nations' resolutions."Discussing South Korea's nuke armament thoughtlessly is a mere populist move against Pyongyang's nuclear tests," Rep. Woo Sang-ho, the floor leader of the opposition party, said.Rep. Woo Sang-ho, the floor leader of the Minjoo Party of Korea (Yonhap)Woo added the devel
Sept. 19, 2016
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Remains of KATUSA soldier returned to family after 66 years
The remains of a South Korean soldier who was assigned to US forces during the Korean War (1950-53) were returned to his family 66 years after he fell in battle, the military said Sunday. The remains belonging to Pvt. Chung Jun-won have been identified by the Agency for KIA Recovery & Identification, the Defense Ministry said.It said Chung enlisted in South Korea’s armed forces in July 1950 shortly after the outbreak of hostilities. He joined up at South Korea’s largest port city of Busan just a
Sept. 18, 2016