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N.K. hacking style found in recent attack on Air Force website: source
A recent hacking attempt on South Korea's Air Force's website apparently used methods mostly employed by North Korean hackers, a military source said Friday, raising suspicion that Pyongyang might have been behind the cyberattack.Military authorities have been conducting an investigation into a suspected hacking attempt into the official website of the Air Force after a malicious code was found on May 11. It remains shutdown, and a temporary website has been in operation."We cannot determine who
May 27, 2016
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Trump brought up S. Korea nuclear armament suggestion as 'negotiating point': Sessions
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump brought up the suggestion of allowing South Korea and Japan to develop their own nuclear weapons "as a negotiating point," a senator considered the top foreign policy adviser to Trump said Thursday.Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-AL) said in an interview with CNN that the nuclear armament remark came as Trump underscored the point that South Korea and Japan should pay more for U.S. defense support, but that does not mean he advocated the idea."With regard to
May 27, 2016
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U.S. senator proposes to call for THAAD deployment in defense budget bill
A U.S. senator proposed Thursday that next year's defense budget bill include calls for deployment of the THAAD missile defense system in South Korea to beef up defense against growing nuclear and missile threats from North Korea.Sen. Cory Gardner, chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on East Asia and the Pacific, made the proposal in an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, citing "an imminent and growing threat" from the North."It is the sen
May 27, 2016
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Seoul considers cyber reserve force to counter N. Korean threat
South Korea's defense and technology ministries on Thursday discussed the feasibility of creating a cybersecurity reserve force in preparation for a national network emergency.The idea was raised at a senior-level meeting between the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning aimed at strengthening cooperation in defending the country from security threats."The two sides discussed ways to form a government-civilian cyber reserve force," the ICT ministry sai
May 26, 2016
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Military exercise conducted to counter N.K. maritime attack
The South Korean Navy and Air Force on Thursday conducted a joint firing exercise in the country's waters off its east coast in a bid to boost their capacity to hit North Korean warships with guided missiles, military officials said.The drill involved South Korea's warships and planes' conducting attacks on imaginary North Korean naval corvettes, according to officials."The drill helped us strengthen the war fighting capabilities of the Navy and Air Force to conduct joint military missions and t
May 26, 2016
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Upgraded model of Apache choppers deployed in Korea
South Korea has deployed the latest upgraded model of Apache helicopters, which are expected to enhance its overall combat capability, the country's defense procurement agency said Thursday.According to the Defense Acquisition Procurement Administration, four AH-64E Guardians were delivered to Army units, which recently completed combat deployment. The four are the first to reach front-line South Korean combat units.The agency signed a $1.6 billion contract with the U.S. in 2013 to buy 36 AH-64E
May 26, 2016
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Defense minister to attend regional summit to discuss NK nuclear, regional issues
South Korea's defense chief will leave for Singapore early next month to attend a regional security meeting where he will exchange views on North Korea's nuclear provocation and other mutual issues, Seoul's officials said Wednesday.Defense Minister Han Min-koo will join the Asia Security Summit to be held from June 3-5 in Singapore, according to the defense ministry. The summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, is an annual security meeting organized by the International Institute of Strat
May 25, 2016
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Korea to buy weaponry worth 3.5 tln won this year
South Korea's defense procurement agency said Wednesday it plans to import arms worth about 3.5 trillion won ($3 billion) this year in a bid to enhance its defense capabilities.South Korea plans to spend about 9 percent of this year's defense budget of 38.8 trillion won to buy weaponry from overseas, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration.It said the government plans to spend an average of 3.5 billion won per contract to import weapons from foreign suppliers.Amid North Korea
May 25, 2016
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Air Force website experiencing problems due to hacking
South Korea’s Air Force website has been experiencing problems for 13 days due to an unidentified hacking attack, local officials said Wednesday.An official said the Air Force suspended its website operations from the early morning of May 12 when malicious code was found in it.The Air Force is currently operating a temporary website to provide public services such as information on conscription and other notices that affect the public.The armed forces branch and the military’s Cyber Warfare Comm
May 25, 2016
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U.S. defense budget bill calls for support for Air Force's seismic
A U.S. Senate defense budget bill for next year calls for setting aside US$7.5 million to strengthen the Air Force's seismic technologies program to better detect nuclear tests, congressional records showed Tuesday.The National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 authorizes the fund for the Air Force Research Laboratory's seismic technologies program, saying the program is a key component in efforts to identify and monitor nuclear activity."The committee notes with concern the continu
May 25, 2016
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Korea seeks military ties with African countries
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it will seek military cooperation with African countries during President Park Geun-hye’s upcoming visit to the continent.Boosting relations with Uganda, in particular, is expected to further pressure North Korea, which has had long-standing ties with the African country and is currently under U.N.-led economic sanctions as punitive actions for its nuclear and ballistic missile programs.In a press briefing, ministry spokesman Moon Sang-kyun said that V
May 24, 2016
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Korea eyes military cooperation with African countries
South Korea plans to seek ways to increase military cooperation with Africa as President Park Geun-hye embarks on her trip to three African countries including Uganda this week, a government official said Tuesday.Seoul's move will help weaken North Korea's military network with Africa and make it possible to strengthen cooperation over the international sanctions regime imposed on the communist country, according to the official.The chief executive will embark on her African tour and trip to Fra
May 24, 2016
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USFK’s Korean workers protest for job security
In light of the accelerating relocation of the U.S. Forces Korea’s Seoul base, its Korean workers staged a large-scale protest Saturday, demanding that military officials guarantee their job security.Members of the USFK Korean Employees Union gathered in front of the War Memorial of Korea in Yongsan, central Seoul, and demanded the USFK create a response team to ensure the Korean workers are not laid off or switched to nonguaranteed contracts in light of the move.USFK Korean Employees Union hold
May 22, 2016
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U.S. soldier caught after deserting military unit ahead of trial
South Korean police said Thursday they have taken an American soldier into custody five days after he deserted his front-line base ahead of a trial on charges of possessing child pornography.The 25-year-old serviceman was caught in western Seoul at around at 5:30 p.m. by police who chased after him near the area based on his credit card payment information, officials said. The soldier, whose identity was withheld, was serving at U.S. Army's 2nd Infantry Division at Camp Casey in Dongducheon, som
May 19, 2016
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USFK top brass begins to relocate
The Seoul-based U.S. Eighth Army Command has started its move down to Pyeongtaek in Gyeonggi Province, the South Korean Defense Ministry said on Thursday. The U.S. Forces Korea is slated to move its forces from Seoul and northern Gyeonggi Province to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of the capital. “Most of the (Seoul-based) troops, including the USFK command, will be moved by 2017,” the ministry said. (Yonhap)“Relocation of battalion or company-sized troops -- such as 94th Mili
May 19, 2016
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S. Korea to pick foreign jet engine by June to equip indigenous combat jets
South Korea will select a foreign jet engine maker to power the country's first indigenously-developed combat aircraft by next month, the defense procurement agency said Wednesday.European jet engine giant Eurojet Turbo GmbH is competing against U.S. rival General Electric (GE) for the South Korean deal to procure engines for its high-profile indigenous fighter jet project, known as the Korean Fighter Experimental, or KF-X.The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) is currently review
May 18, 2016
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Civil rights body orders Air Force to end discriminatory scholarship policy
Korea's civil rights body ordered the Air Force to revise its discriminatory policy that excludes night college students from getting scholarships, adding that the existing system poses major problems for equality.The country's Air Force currently runs a scholarship program that cherry picks college students through their third year and provides them with tuition and flight education courses so they can become pilots after graduating.The program, however, is only open to those enrolled in daytim
May 18, 2016
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Camouflage netting over submarine shows N. Korea's pursuit of SLBM program: 38 North
Recent satellite imagery shows camouflage netting over the deck of North Korea's ballistic missile submarine in an indication that the communist nation is forging ahead with its SLBM development, a U.S. website monitoring the North said Tuesday.The May 8 imagery of the Sinpo South Shipyard shows netting has been suspended over the Gorae-class submarine in an sign that the North is continuing to "actively pursue development of both a ballistic missile submarine and submarine-launched ballistic mi
May 18, 2016
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U.S. Pacific commander calls for greater trilateral military cooperation with S. Korea, Japan
The U.S. Pacific commander called Tuesday for greater trilateral military cooperation with South Korea and Japan as the three countries plan to hold their first joint missile-tracking exercise to better defend against North Korea.Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr. made the remark during a speech at a security seminar in Washington, saying the North is posing a "real threat" with its pursuit of nuclear weapons and delivery missiles in addition to "hundreds of thousands of rockets within range of Seoul."He
May 18, 2016
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S. Korea to abolish alternative military service by 2022
South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday it plans to gradually abolish the military’s special rule that allows the conscripted to provide alternate services in lieu of mandatory military service from 2020 to 2022.The plans for the phaseout are due to the country’s dwindling population.“The military speculates that there will be an annual shortage of 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers (by 2023), even considering that the military will be downsized to around 520,000 by then,” said a ministry official.As
May 17, 2016