The Korea Herald

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...
U.S. biggest arms seller for S. Korea in 2010

Sept 12, 2011

South Korea bought military weapons worth 982 billion won ($910 million) from the United States last year, a state-run arms procurement agency said Monday. Seoul's arms purchase from its strongest p...
Seismic study points to explosion as cause of Cheonan ship sinking

Sept 7, 2011

An artificial seismic event that occurred at the time of the sinking of the Cheonan last year indicates that an explosion was the cause of the disaster, a study showed Wednesday. Hong Tae-kyung, a S...
Coast guard conducts emergency exercise near Ieodo

Sept 6, 2011

South Korea's Coast Guard said on Tuesday that it carried out an emergency exercise near the Ieodo research station south of Jeju Island. The exercise took place near the Ieodo Ocean Research Statio...
U.S. begins consultation with Congress for selling drones to South Korea

Sept 1, 2011

By Song Sang-ho The Obama administration is consulting with the U.S. Congress on plans to sell to South Korea Global Hawk surveillance planes and related ground facilities, Reuters reported on Wedne...
Groundbreaking ceremony for U.S. schools in Pyeongtaek

Sept 1, 2011

The Defense Ministry will hold a ceremony to break ground on new elementary and high schools to be built for children of U.S. military personnel in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Friday, officials sa...
Government ordered to pay for cleanup around U.S. base

Sept 1, 2011

A Seoul court has ordered the South Korean government to compensate the Seoul city government for environmental damage caused by an oil leak from a U.S. military camp here, the city said Thursday. T...
Obama government begins consultation with Congress over drone sale to S. Korea: report

Sept 1, 2011
S. Korea close to clinching Indonesia submarine deal

Aug 26, 2011

Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin is to visit Indonesia early next month to seal a $1 billion deal that would result in South Korea’s first submarine exports. If the deal is secured, Daewoo Shipbuilding...
Defense ministry requests revision of history textbooks

Aug 23, 2011

The Defense Ministry has requested that the Education Ministry revise the criteria for high-school modern Korean history textbooks to strengthen students’ security awareness, officials said Tuesday. ...
S. Korea’s military on alert against hacking attempts: official

Aug 21, 2011

South Korea’s military is on alert against hacking into its computer system, as a suspicious email is spreading among its personnel, an official said Friday. All military staff have been asked to ta...
Joint military academy bill put on public notice

Aug 18, 2011

The Ministry of National Defense on Thursday put on public notice a bill to establish a “joint military academy” aimed at improving jointness among the three armed services, officials said. Should t...
Hyun Bin voted as conscription role model

Aug 18, 2011

A popular TV actor who enlisted in the Marine Corps for his conscription has been voted as the defining symbol of military mandatory service by netizens, the military recruitment agency said on Thurs...