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33rd Fighter Wing, training hub for F-35
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Florida ― The 33rd Fighter Wing at the Eglin Air Force Base is currently the one and only center for training F-35 pilots and maintenance crew. With an array of high-tech facilities including simulators and life-size mockups, the command featuring the integration of the Marine Corps, Air Force and Navy offers necessary education to transition to the fifth-generation fighter operations.“The integrated training center is the heart of F-35 training for both pilots and maintain
March 27, 2013
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Military lifts alert near border after finding no sign of N.K. intrusion
South Korea's front-line military unit had been briefly on its highest status of alert after discovering an "unidentified object" in a border fence that separates the two Koreas, but lifted the alert as they found no signs of intrusion from the North, a military official said Wednesday. A South Korean soldier threw a grenade at the object after discovering it while guarding a military post in Hwacheon, 118 kilometers northeast of Seoul, at around 2:30 a.m. earlier in the day, the official said.
March 27, 2013
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S. Korea remembers fallen soldiers on third anniversary
SEOUL -- South Korea on Tuesday mourned the loss of 46 sailors who were killed in the sinking of the Cheonan warship in a torpedo attack by North Korea three years ago, with people across the country paying respects to those who perished and vowing to remember their sacrifices. The 1,200-ton Cheonan warship exploded and sank in the Yellow Sea on the night of March 26, 2010, killing 46 sailors. A South Korean-led international investigation found that North Korea torpedoed the ship, though Pyongy
March 26, 2013
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Seoul holds drill to mark anniversary of Cheonan sinking
South Korea's Navy carried out maritime drills in the tensely guarded western sea on Monday ahead of the third anniversary of the sinking of the Cheonan warship by North Korea, amid high tensions with the communist country that has issued repeated threats of war.The 1,200-ton Navy corvette with 104 personnel aboard sank in waters of Baengnyeong Island in Yellow Sea on March 26, 2010, killing 46 sailors. A multinational investigation team concluded that a North Korean torpedo was responsible for
March 25, 2013
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Minister, military leaders pay respect to Cheonan sailors
Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin and top military leaders paid their respects to the 46 deceased sailors of the ill-fated corvette Cheonan on Monday, a day before the third anniversary of its sinking by a North Korean torpedo attack.To mark the third anniversary, the government is holding a memorial ceremony at Daejeon National Cemetery on Tuesday morning. President Park Geun-hye and some 5,000 people including the bereaved families are to attend.At the ceremony, Park is expected to reiterate that
March 25, 2013
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Korea, U.S. set up plan to counter N.K. provocation
Seoul and Washington signed a contingency plan to “immediately and decisively” counter North Korean provocations, the allies’ militaries announced Sunday.Under the plan the South would lead counter-provocation operations with the U.S. providing support, they said. It was signed by Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Jung Seung-jo and Combined Forces Command chief James D. Thurman Friday and took effect immediately.“It was developed by mutual agreement between the ROK (Republic of Korea) and U
March 24, 2013
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[Newsmaker] Defense chief faces another tough term
Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin faces another tough term with tasks ranging from deterring North Korea to preparing for major shifts in military structure and command system, and to boosting the morale of the armed forces. Cheong Wa Dae announced Friday that Kim would retain his post as controversy-laden Kim Byung-kwan withdrew his nomination for defense minister amid a series of allegations of misdeeds. Kim, 64, is the first defense chief to stay in office after a change of government. “While mai
March 24, 2013
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Presidential cyber security secretary mulled
The government is considering instituting a cyber security secretary in the presidential office of national security following Wednesday’s hacking attacks on broadcasters and banks, ruling party officials said Sunday.After the attacks, calls surged for the government to create a control tower dedicated to handling the new threat, which North Korea appears increasingly keen to use to disrupt or damage South Korean society and economy. “As the country’s systems to counter cyber terror are scattere
March 24, 2013
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U.S. commander says joint war games ended in 'success'
A top U.S. commander said Thursday the recently concluded joint U.S.-South Korea military exercises were a good first step for Seoul to rehearse a scenario in which it is set to play a leading role in defending itself.Amid heightened North Korean war rhetoric, South Korea and the U.S. ended a 10-day military exercise, code-named Key Resolve.About 10,000 South Korean and 3,000 U.S. troops took part in the largely computer simulated war games.The annual exercises were the first of their kind in wh
March 21, 2013
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Seoul faces growing cyber warfare challenges
Seoul faces daunting challenges of countering growing cyber threats that gained fresh attention after Wednesday’s hacking attacks on broadcasters and banks. The government, military and private sector have been beefing up their chiefly passive defense to safeguard the country’s heavily intertwined computer networks from outside intrusions.While probes are under way to determine the latest attackers, officials and experts pinpointed North Korea as the likely suspect in light of past cases and pat
March 21, 2013
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B-52 bombers in Korea show U.S. defense commitment: Pentagon
B-52s participating in the ongoing South Korea-U.S. joint military drills are meant to demonstrate a strong alliance capability in the face of North Korean threats, the Pentagon said Monday."This mission highlights the extended deterrence and conventional capabilities of the B-52 Stratofortress while participating in exercises such as Foal Eagle," Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters.Foal Eagle, an annual joint exercise, began on March 1 for a two-month run. South Korea and the U.S. a
March 19, 2013
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‘Allies ready to deter N. Korean provocations’
Halfway through the around-the-clock Key Resolve drills Friday, 8th U.S. Army Commander Lt. Gen. John D. Johnson remained full of energy as he underscored that the allied forces were ready to cope with North Korean threats.At the exercise headquarters at the Warrior Base, just south of the Demilitarized Zone, Korean and American troops were seamlessly integrated in the annual computer-simulated drills, which Seoul led for the first time in preparation for the transfer of wartime operational cont
March 17, 2013
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‘Sequester won’t affect USFK readiness’
[Herald Interview] WARRIOR BASE, Gyeonggi Province -- The U.S. government’s automatic spending cuts that took effect on March 1 have no impact on the Korea-U.S. alliance’s capability to deter North Korean aggression, a top U.S. commander here told The Korea Herald. “There is no impact on the resources that I have to maintain my combat readiness,” said 8th U.S. Army (EUSA) Commander Lieut. Gen. John D. Johnson in an interview Friday on the sidelines of the allies’ annual Key Resolve command post
March 17, 2013
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New battle simulation center goes into operation for annual drills
A new battle simulation center went into operation to test the combat readiness of South Korean and U.S. forces during their annual drills now in full swing, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday. The JCS unveiled the Joint Warfighting Simulation Center located in Suwon, south of Seoul, as the computer simulated exercise called Key Resolve began on Monday to run through March 21. The construction of the simulation center, which is now equipped with a communications and networking system, will be
March 15, 2013
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N. Korea unlikely to attack South with nukes
With North Korea repeatedly warning of “nuclear retaliatory strikes,” questions have been raised over whether Pyongyang’s threats are credible or simply for deterrence and to up the political ante.Experts largely agreed that although its nuclear arms posed a formidable threat, the communist state was unlikely to consider a preemptive nuclear attack inviting an overwhelming retaliation that would doom the dictatorial regime.But some noted that fledgling leader Kim Jong-un, struggling to project a
March 12, 2013
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Fines to punish stalkers, flashers
The Cabinet approved a bill on Monday that regulates certain inappropriate social behaviors such as stalking and public indecency by fining offenders, officials said.During the meeting presided over by President Park Geun-hye, the Cabinet endorsed an enforcement ordinance that adds 28 acts to the list of misdemeanors punishable in the country. A relevant revised law was passed last year.Under the revision, those caught stalking for the first time will face a fine of 80,000 won ($72.70). Intrudin
March 11, 2013
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Cheong Wa Dae looking into military officials playing golf
The presidential office is looking into reports that dozens of military officials played golf over the weekend despite heightened tensions with North Korea, presidential spokesman Yoon Chang-jung said Monday.“Cheong Wa Dae is paying particular attention to the issue of discipline slackening in public service,” Yoon said. “The office of the senior civil affairs secretary has immediately launched an inquiry to determine what has exactly happened regarding the reports about military golf.”Local new
March 11, 2013
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N.K. cuts off military hotline with South
South Korea and the U.S. kick off their annual 10-day Key Resolve drills on Monday -- the day Pyongyang said it would scrap the armistice agreement and inter-Korean nonaggression pacts.The allied militaries have remained on high alert as Pyongyang could launch provocations near sea and land borders during their regular drills including the one-month Foal Eagle exercise to run until April 30. On Sunday, the North, which denounced the drills as a “rehearsal for a nuclear war of incursion,” warned
March 11, 2013
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Key Resolve drills get under way
South Korea and the U.S. launched their annual Key Resolve drills on Monday as North Korea cut out a telephone hotline at the inter-Korean border village in its latest provocative act.Pyongyang had earlier threatened to scrap the armistice agreement and inter-Korean agreements on nonaggression and denuclearization denouncing the 10-day allied exercise as a “rehearsal for a nuclear war of incursion.” For the first time, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff led the command post exercise in preparation f
March 11, 2013
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S. Korea, U.S. begin drills amid threat
South Korea and the U.S. kick off their annual 10-day Key Resolve drills on Monday ― the day Pyongyang said it would scrap the armistice agreement and inter-Korean nonaggression pacts.The allied militaries have remained on high alert for North Korean provocations near sea and land borders during their regular drills including the one-month Foal Eagle exercise to run until April 30. On Sunday, the North, which denounced the drills as a “rehearsal for a nuclear war of incursion,” warned its troops
March 10, 2013