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Japan quake affects S. Korea-US military drill

Mar 14, 2011

SEOUL, (AFP) - US and South Korean troops will consider scaling down a planned joint sea drill after a US aircraft carrier joined rescue and recovery efforts in Japan, officials said Monday. The aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan and its strike group arrived Sunday off Japan's northeast coast devastated by the earthquake and tsunami that is feared to have killed more than 10,000. US officials said ...
India world's biggest arms importer 2006-10: think tank

Mar 14, 2011

STOCKHOLM, (AFP) - India over the last five years was the world's biggest importer of weapons, said a report published Monday, which also showed big arms suppliers had scrambled during the period to sell to Libya. "India is the world's largest arms importer," the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said in a statement upon releasing the report. "India receives nine percent ...
Navy, Air Force join Army in picking female ROTC cadets

Mar 9, 2011

The Navy and Air Force plan to select female officers through a college-based training program for the first time this year, following the Army in giving women more opportunities in the military, officials said Wednesday. The Navy and Air Force will pick a total of 10 female cadets for the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program, while the Army will recruit 250 female ROTC cadets this year...
Report says tension high on peninsula

Mar 9, 2011

LONDON (Yonhap News) -- The Korean Peninsula is experiencing its most “dangerous” period since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War in light of North Korean provocations last year, an international military report said Wednesday. The 2011 edition of the annual Military Balance, published by the London-based think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies, said international tensions rose a...
Int'l military report considers Korean Peninsula most 'dangerous' since Korean War

Mar 9, 2011

The Korean Peninsula is experiencing its most "dangerous" period since the end of the 1950-53 Korean War in light of North Korean provocations last year, an international military report showed Wednesday. The 2011 edition of the annual Military Balance, published by the London-based think tank International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), said international tensions rose across the wor...
Seoul to streamline military leadership

Mar 8, 2011

The Ministry of National Defense on Tuesday confirmed its plan to revamp the top military command structure for the first time in some 20 years in efforts to enhance interoperability among all military branches. It has also confirmed a series of measures to counter North Korea’s possible provocations and its asymmetrical military threats, streamline the military structure and deal with other typ...
[Photo] LIVE-FIRE DRILLS -- A U.S. Stryker unit engages in a live-fire exercise

Mar 8, 2011
Next USFK chief in Seoul for consultations on N. Korean issues

Mar 8, 2011

A new commander for U.S. troops in South Korea is on a two-day visit to Seoul for consultations with military leaders here on North Korean issues, officials said Tuesday. Gen. James Thurman, who was nominated early this month to replace Gen. Walter Sharp as commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), arrived in Seoul Monday, said a USFK official. "Gen. Thurman visited Seoul as chief of Army Forces C...
South Korea to resume deploying K-11 rifle

Mar 7, 2011

South Korea’s weapons procurement agency plans to resume deploying a new airburst assault rifle in November after fixing technical problems with its fire control system and laser range-finder, officials said Monday. The K-11 dual-caliber rifle has been issued to the Army since June last year, making it the world’s first military to use an airburst rifle as a standard issue. However, problems wit...
Lee says S.Korean troops expanding role in global peace

Mar 7, 2011

President Lee Myung-bak said Monday that South Korea's military is diversifying its role and mission, from deterring war on the Korean Peninsula to peacekeeping, recovery and rescue work abroad. "Our troops are emerging as a military that contributes to the world's peace beyond the protection of its fatherland and peace on the Korean Peninsula," Lee said in his biweekly radio address. He pointe...
Rocket propelled grenades fall near Korea's Afghan base

Mar 4, 2011

Two rounds of rocket propelled grenades fell near the base for South Korean aid workers in Afghanistan Friday, but there were no casualties, a government source said. The grenades exploded on a road outside the base in the city of Charika in northern Afghanistan around 1 a.m. (Korean time), but it was not clear whether the attack targeted the base, the source said. (Yonhap news) 아프간 한국기지주변에 로켓포...
Warship Choi Young departs from Libya with 32 S. Koreans aboard

Mar 4, 2011

A South Korean warship is on the way to Malta on Friday after departing from Libya with 32 passengers aboard as part of efforts to evacuate its nationals from the North African nation engulfed in bloody turmoil, an official said. The 4,500-ton destroyer Choi Young left the port of Tripoli at 4 p.m. Thursday (11 p.m. Korean time) and is scheduled to arrive at the nearby island of Malta around 7 a...
Defense Ministry scraps plan to create ‘Joint Forces Command’

Mar 3, 2011

The Defense Ministry decided to scrap a plan to create a top military command structure intended to enhance interoperability of its armed forces because of a constitutional challenge and resistance from the Navy and Air Force, officials said Thursday. South Korea had planned to establish the so-called “Joint Forces Command” amid calls to improve interoperability among the three wings of the mili...
Korea accelerates stealth fighter acquisition efforts

Mar 2, 2011

Boeing’s F-15SE, Lockheed Martin’s F-35 most likely candidates for FX-III project South Korea is accelerating moves to purchase a high-end fleet of stealth fighter jets to counter North Korea’s asymmetrical threats and keep pace with neighboring countries seeking to secure their own radar-evading combat aircraft. Under the FX-III acquisition project worth around 10 trillion won ($8.86 billion),...
Gen. Thurman named new USFK commander: Gates

Mar 2, 2011

The Pentagon on Tuesday announced the nomination of Gen. James Thurman, commander of Army Forces Command, as the new commander of U.S. Forces in Korea. "I will recommend General James Thurman, currently the commander of Army Forces Command, to be the next commander of United States Forces Korea, replacing General 'Skip' Sharp who will retire at the end of his tour," Defense Secretary Robert Gate...