The Korea Herald

Plan to deploy new weapon in trouble

Sept 22, 2011

Report says one in 10 low-level officers needs psychiatric counseling The military has questioned the ability of a new weapon planned for deployment next year to neutralize long-range artillery in N...
Seoul to step up N.K. monitoring

Sept 20, 2011

Report says combat readiness of rapid response forces is poor South Korea will deploy high-tech military monitoring equipment worth 90.3 billion won ($78.7 million) to the western border islands by ...
S. Korean military facilities incapable of fending off N.K. electronic attacks

Sept 20, 2011

Report says combat readiness of rapid response forces is poor Key South Korean military facilities are not equipped with proper tools to defend themselves from possible electronic attacks from North...
S. Korea, U.S. conduct refueling exercise

Sept 19, 2011

Korean Air Force fighters engage in an aerial refueling exercise with the help of the U.S. military in the country’s airspace over the West Sea last week. (Air Force) South Korea’s Air Force is cond...
Allies to respond to N.K. provocations

Sept 19, 2011

Defense minister says working-level talks under way to extend ballistic missile range South Korea and the U.S. have agreed to complete the establishment of an operational plan to jointly respond to ...
Military grilled on defense against N. Korean GPS jamming

Sept 19, 2011

SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Yonhap) -- Lawmakers from the ruling and opposition parties alike on Monday grilled the defense ministry on the military's preparedness against North Korea's jamming of satellite sig...
S. Korea, U.S. hold joint drill on biological war

Sept 18, 2011

South Korea and the United States held a joint exercise in May to counter North Korea's possible biological attacks, a ruling party lawmaker said Sunday. Kim Hak-song of the Grand National Party (GN...
S. Korea, U.S. hold joint drill on biological war

Sept 18, 2011

South Korea and the United States held a joint exercise in May to counter North Korea's possible biological attacks, a ruling party lawmaker said Sunday. Kim Hak-song of the Grand National Party (GN...
U.S. spy plane to begin flights near DMZ

Sept 15, 2011

The U.S. is poised to start flying a spy plane near the Demilitarized Zone to acquire further intelligence on North Korea, a report said. In an article dated Monday, the Stars and Stripes, a U.S. mi...
Military to assign more women to combat duties

Sept 15, 2011

The military will place female officers in more combat duties that have so far been closed to them, a senior official said Thursday. Boo Jae-won, head of the personnel planning bureau at the defense...
Lockheed to assemble Korean T-50 jets

Sept 15, 2011

U.S. company hints at transferring some of stealth technologies to S. Korea FORT WORTH, Texas ― Lockheed Martin will establish facilities in the U.S. for the final assembly of Korea’s T-50 supersoni...
Military to assign more women to combat duties

Sept 15, 2011

SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Yonhap) -- The military will place female officers in more combat duties that have so far been closed to them, a senior official said Thursday. Boo Jae-won, head of the personnel pl...
U.S. spy plane to begin flights near DMZ soon: report

Sept 15, 2011

The U.S. is poised to start flying a spy plane near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) to acquire further intelligence on North Korea, a report said. In an article dated Monday, the Stars and Stripes, a U...
Military seeks to improve efficiency in management

Sept 14, 2011

The Ministry of National Defense plans to introduce enhanced management methods in a variety of areas to cut its budget by 2.3 trillion won ($2.1 billion) by 2015, officials said Wednesday. It has d...
‘Seoul may face W40tr bill for wartime U.S. support’

Sept 13, 2011

Professor claims replacement of USFK may cost W36tr South Korea may have to provide support worth 30-40 trillion won ($27.8-37 billion) to U.S. troops that will be augmented to fight here in case of...