The Korea Herald

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...
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...