The Korea Herald

‘Crashed drones are from North Korea’

Apr 2, 2014

This photo shows unmanned drones found in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, on March 24. Seoul officials said Wednesday that North Korea was “highly likely” to have deployed the two crashed drones recently discovered in South Korea’s frontline regions. After the drones were found on the border island of Baengnyeongdo on Monday and in Paju, Gyeonggi Province, a week earlier, speculation rose that the com...
[Newsmaker] Drones emerging as core military assets

Apr 2, 2014

Unmanned aerial vehicles are emerging as core military assets for intelligence gathering, surveillance and combat missions with many countries pursuing low-risk and less costly weapons systems. The recent discovery of two crashed drones, presumably from North Korea, has drawn keen attention to the aircraft’s military capabilities and prompted calls for South Korea to strengthen its defense again...
Drone crashes on border island

Apr 1, 2014

South Korea maintains top security posture against additional N. Korean provocations
[Graphic News] North Korea’s nuclear tests

Mar 31, 2014

1st (Oct. 9, 2006) Testing material: plutonium Magnitude of artificial earthquake: 3.9 Explosive power: 1 kiloton Interval between rocket launch and nuclear test: 33 months 2nd (May 25, 2009) Testing material: plutonium Magnitude of artificial earthquake: 4.5 Explosive power: 2-6 kilotons Interval between rocket launch and nuclear test: 50 days 3rd (Feb. 12, 2013) Testing material: pre...
S. Korea's defense ministry denies N. Korean fishermen were mistreated

Mar 30, 2014

South Korea's defense ministry said Sunday that allegations by Pyongyang of mistreatment of North Korean fishermen are a gross distortion of the facts, while expressing regret over threats made by the communist country over the incident. The response came after North Korean news outlets on Saturday released an interview of the three-person crew claiming the South Korean Navy beat them and tried ...
Korea sells fighter jets to Philippines

Mar 28, 2014

South Korea signed a $420 million contract with the Philippines on Friday to sell 12 light attack FA-50 fighters, further boosting efforts to expand its presence in the global warplane market. The Philippines is to receive the aircraft within 38 months after the deal goes into effect, according to Korea Aerospace Industries, the country’s sole aircraft maker. The deal is to take effect after Man...
S. Korea sells 12 FA-50s to the Philippines

Mar 28, 2014

South Korea signed a $420 million contract with the Philippines on Friday to sell 12 light attack FA-50 fighters, further boosting efforts to expand its presence in the global warplane market. The Philippines is to receive the aircraft within 38 months after the deal goes into effect, according to Korea Aerospace Industries, the country’s sole aircraft maker. The deal is to take effect after Man...
U.S. demands sharp rise in price of F-15K’s censor parts

Mar 27, 2014

The United States has demanded that South Korea accept a six-fold increase in the purchase price of F-15K’s night censors, citing discontinued production, a senior defense ministry official said Thursday. The South Korean Air Force currently operates 60 F-15K Slam Eagles acquired from U.S. aerospace contractor Boeing through two deals in 2002 and 2008. It received the last jet in 2012. Lockheed...
N.K. fires two ballistic missiles

Mar 26, 2014

Washington warns of ‘appropriate’ measures after North’s violation of U.N. resolutions
China 'willing' to increase military exchanges with S. Korea

Mar 25, 2014

China's military told South Korea last week that Beijing is willing to increase "multi-level, multi-field" defense exchanges with Seoul, the Chinese defense ministry said Tuesday. Wang Guanzhong, deputy chief of general staff of China's People's Liberation Army, made the remarks at a meeting in Beijing last Friday with Park Sam-duck, president of the Korea National Defense University. "China is...
Korea plans to buy 40 F-35 jets for W7.4tr

Mar 24, 2014

South Korea on Monday finalized its high-profile project to purchase 40 F-35 fighter jets by the third quarter of this year through a government-to-government “foreign military sale” for deployment from 2018-21. Presided over by Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin, a top defense project decision-making panel approved the plan. The total budget for the project is set at some 7.4 trillion won ($6.86 bil...
Ministers to urge swift passage of renewed defense cost pact

Mar 21, 2014

The foreign and defense ministers plan to visit the National Assembly Friday to urge the swift ratification of a revised pact on sharing the cost of keeping U.S. troops here, officials said. In January, the allies renewed their agreement on co-shouldering the financial burden of keeping 28,500 American forces here, but the agreement has been pending in the parliament due to the objections of the...
Calls mount for independent probe into cyber command

Mar 20, 2014

Calls are rising for an independent counsel probe into cyberwarfare agents’ alleged illegal electioneering, as limits in the military’s internal inquiry have been revealed. Since last October, the Criminal Investigation Command under the Defense Ministry has been conducting the probe, which has so far found that cyber agents posted some 30,000 politics-related comments online during parliamentar...
Two MV-22 Osprey squadrons to join marine drills in Korea

Mar 20, 2014

At least two MV-22 Osprey squadrons will take part in one of the largest-ever joint amphibious landing drills to be staged by South Korea and the United States, a Pentagon official said Wednesday. The allies plan to open this year's Ssang Yong (double dragon) exercise next week on the southeast coast of Korea as part of their broader annual military training code-named Foal Eagle. There will be...
‘Cyber agents posted far more political comments’

Mar 19, 2014

Cyberwarfare officials were found to have posted some 30,000 political comments over the last several years in an apparent violation of the military rules on political neutrality, a government source said Wednesday. The figure is double the previous number, which the Ministry of National Defense announced in its interim report last December after referring 11 officials to the military prosecutio...