The Korea Herald

S. Korea to deploy 550-km, 800-km-range missiles in 5 years: gov't source

Oct 8, 2012

South Korea plans to complete the deployment of new ballistic missiles with ranges of 550 and 800 kilometers in five years, a government source here said Monday, a follow-up measure for a revised mis...
Seoul to get more powerful, longer-range ballistic missiles

Oct 7, 2012

Seoul to get more powerful, longer-range ballistic missiles Seoul and Washington have agreed on revising a bilateral guideline to allow South Korea to develop more powerful ballistic missiles with a...
N. Korean soldier defects after killing two superiors

Oct 6, 2012

A North Korean soldier on Saturday crossed the military demarcation line to defect to South Korea after shooting dead two of his superiors, officials at Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The soldi...
U.S. chemical battalion to be redeployed to S. Korea

Oct 6, 2012

(Yonhap) -- The United States plans to redeploy a chemical unit to South Korea to strengthen the combined deterrence against North Korea, nine years after its departure from the Asian ally, an Americ...
Seoul to announce missile pact revision as early as Sunday

Oct 6, 2012

Seoul reportedly plans to announce its agreement with Washington on revising a bilateral ballistic missile pact as early as Sunday. The revision is to allow South Korea to develop ballistic missiles...
U.S. military to bring in precision-guided 'Excalibur' shells

Oct 4, 2012

The U.S. military in South Korea plans to bring in precision-guided "Excalibur" shells capable of striking artillery batteries in North Korea by the end of the year, a military source said Thursday. ...
Navy searches East Sea following report of suspicious object

Oct 2, 2012

(Yonhap News) The Navy scoured waters off South Korea‘s east coast following a citizen’s report of an object that appeared to be a submarine, but the search turned up nothing unusual, officials said...
Tough negotiations ahead in copter project

Sept 27, 2012

Korea is likely to face tough price negotiations for its planned purchase of advanced attack helicopters, with costs currently appearing almost double the budget allocated for the project. The Defen...
Air Force insiders foresaw F-22 woes

Sept 27, 2012

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan (AP) -- Years before F-22 pilots began getting dizzy in the cockpit, before one struggled to breathe as he tried to pull out of a fatal crash, before two more went on televisio...
U.S. gov't informs Congress of possible sale of attack copters to Korea

Sept 27, 2012

The United States government has formally notified Congress of a plan to seek the sale of 36 advanced attack helicopters to South Korea. A deal under the Foreign Military Sales program, if sealed, w...
Six out of 10 crimes involving U.S. servicemen not indicted: report

Sept 26, 2012

U.S. military police and Korean police officers are haggling at a commercial district near the U.S. military headquarter in Korea. (Yonhap News) More than 60 percent of crimes involving U.S. soldier...
Defense budget up 5.1%

Sept 25, 2012

The government on Tuesday called for a 5.1 percent increase in its defense budget for next year to improve defense and the welfare of its soldiers. The Ministry of National Defense has drawn up a sp...
Korea to extend troop deployment in UAE, Somalia

Sept 25, 2012

The Korean government on Tuesday endorsed a motion to extend its troop deployment in Somalia and the United Arab Emirates for another year until the end of 2013. The Cabinet meanwhile approved a sep...
Pentagon: S. Korea has many options to help U.S. missile defense

Sept 25, 2012

A senior Pentagon official said Monday that South Korea has "a lot of ways" to help the U.S. missile defense system in Northeast Asia. "Yes, there are a lot of ways one can contribute," Kathleen Hic...
S. Korean Navy fires warning shots against N. Korean fishing boats

Sept 21, 2012

South Korea's Navy fired warning shots against North Korean boats operating south of the western sea border, military officials said, after raising the alert status in response to a number of ships v...