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 the Cabinet approve the bill, the academy will be launched on Dec. 1, they said. The idea of establishing it was conceived as the military is seeking to reform itself with a focus on improving coopera...

South Korean and U.S. marines are conducting a joint anti-terrorism exercise in the southeastern port city of Pohang in efforts to enhance their combined operational skills and bilateral alliance, the Marine Corps said Wednesday. Some 100 South Korean marines and about 50 marines of the U.S. Pacific Fleet have joined the 11-day exercise that began Monday. They practiced a series of tactical comb...

A Korean-made powerful anti-submarine missile is expected to be deployed on one of the Navy’s Aegis-equipped destroyers later this month in a move to bolster its maritime defense capabilities. Dubbed a “submarine killer,” the Hongsangeo missile with a range of 30 kilometers is regarded as one of South Korea’s key strategic weapons that could effectively deter North Korean submarine infiltrations...

South Korean military authorities said Saturday they were investigating the online leak of the personal information of thousands of retired army special forces troops. Private information of 3,664 former special forces troops -- their Web IDs, names, phone numbers, e-mail addresses and the units they served -- was leaked from a Web site of their fraternity organization, military investigators sa...

Those who have served jail time for using deception to avoid military service will still have to join the armed services under a tougher conscription rule to take effect next year, the military recruitment agency said Friday. Also starting from next year, the military will no longer randomly select recruits from boot camps to serve as combat police. The Military Manpower Administration on Frida...

S. Korea says no need to respond to ‘hackneyed’ claims South Korea’s military on Thursday flatly rejected North Korea’s claim that the South mistook construction work blasting for coastal artillery near their tense maritime border the day before. North Korea accused the South of making up a story to worsen inter-Korean tensions. Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said that the North on Wednesday fi...

The South Korean Navy returned fire after North Korea shot artillery near the tense western sea border, military officials said Wednesday. The Navy heard three shots, one of which fell near the Northern Limit Line, and immediately fired back, they said. No casualties or damage have been reported so far, according to a Seoul official, who added that the government was trying to confirm whether t...

North Korea is apparently trying to assassinate South Korea's defense chief known for his hard-line stance against Pyongyang, government sources here said Wednesday. A source said Seoul has "received intelligence" that North Korea is after Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin. "The defense minister is a key official and we're always keeping close tabs on his security," one source said. "When he has to...

South Korea and the U.S. will form a joint taskforce to practice detecting and eliminating North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction during the upcoming annual joint military exercise later this month, a government official said Sunday. “The allies will form the joint taskforce and conduct virtual and actual drills during the Ulchi Freedom Guardian scheduled to take place from Aug. 16-29,” the o...

After a former South Korean air force chief was indicted on charges of leaking military secrets to Lockheed Martin, the U.S. defense firm Thursday denied any illicit activity on its side. South Korea's state prosecutors announced earlier this week that the ex-airman, identified only by his family name, Kim, and two other former air force officers were charged with handing over classified informa...