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‘N. Korean who jumped border fence into South was gymnast’

North KoreaNov 24, 2020

A North Korean man who fled here early this month said he used to be a gymnast and was able to jump over the 3-meter fence along the inter-Korean border, a Seoul official familiar with the matter sai...
[Newsmaker] Vacation, off-base visits could be suspended for soldiers in capital area

DefenseNov 24, 2020

Soldiers based in the Greater Seoul area could see their vacation and off-base leave suspended under the military’s tightened antivirus measures that went into effect Tuesday. The military began enf...
Defense Ministry to reveal latest technologies at expo

DefenseNov 23, 2020

The Ministry of National Defense said Monday it will showcase its latest defense technologies at an intergovernmental innovation expo held online from Tuesday to Dec. 3. Other ministries as well as ...
[Newsmaker] N. Korea reiterates ‘self-help’ in antivirus effort

North KoreaNov 23, 2020

North Korea said Monday that self-help is the way to power through the obstacles ahead, like the coronavirus pandemic, and no one should challenge that direction. “Self-help is the way of life we’ve...
US commander says ‘premature’ to set date for wartime role handover

DefenseNov 20, 2020

United States Forces Korea Commander Gen. Robert Abrams said Friday that it was premature to speculate on a date for South Korea taking wartime operational command from the US. Washington first exer...
Military embarrassed by anti-tank missile test gone wrong

DefenseNov 19, 2020

An anti-tank missile veered off its intended trajectory and landed in a rice field near an army shooting range during a test Thursday, South Korea’s military said. No one was hurt. The test was emba...
South Korea, US, Japan military chiefs vow peace in Indo-Pacific

DefenseNov 19, 2020

At a teleconference Thursday, the top military commanders of South Korea, the US and Japan said they would work for peace in the Indo-Pacific region as they continue addressing security concerns ther...
S. Korean, US defense chiefs reaffirm ‘exemplary alliance’

DefenseNov 18, 2020

Defense Minister Suh Wook and US acting Secretary of Defense Christopher C. Miller reaffirmed the two countries’ commitment to an “exemplary alliance” during their first phone call, the Ministry of N...
S. Korean defense chief, US army chief reaffirm alliance, vow cooperation

DefenseNov 17, 2020

Defense Minister Suh Wook and US Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville reaffirmed commitment to alliance, while discussing ways to strengthen it and expand cooperation, the Ministry of Nationa...
No. of N. Koreans suspected of COVID-19 infection tops 6,000: WHO

North KoreaNov 17, 2020

The number of North Koreans suspected of having contracted the new coronavirus reached 6,173 as of Oct. 29, up by 805 from a week earlier, the World Health Organization said Tuesday in its weekly COV...
Military toughens social distancing rules as COVID-19 cases rise

DefenseNov 16, 2020

On Monday, South Korea’s military raised the social distancing rules in Greater Seoul to Level 1.5, a notch higher than its least restrictive level now, as coronavirus cases started rising. The milit...
[Newsmaker] N. Korea unusually quiet after Biden elected president

North KoreaNov 15, 2020

North Korea has yet to address the outcome of the US election, let alone engage in anti-US rhetoric, more than a week after Joe Biden became president-elect on Nov. 7. Its silence stands in sharp con...
‘Squeezing’ N. Korea for nuclear talks could backfire: experts

North KoreaNov 10, 2020

US President-elect Joe Biden’s potential national security advisers may recommend ratcheting up pressure on North Korea, but such moves, if pushed to the extreme, could backfire and a new strategy ma...
Biden sees step-by-step approach to disarming N. Korea: experts

North KoreaNov 9, 2020

The incoming Biden administration would seek a bottom-up, step-by-step approach to disarming nuclear North Korea, and the policy could expand into a synergistic alliance with South Korea to bring las...
S. Korea to mark Korean War anniversary with veterans

DefenseNov 9, 2020

The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs is hosting two days of events in Busan this week to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the Korean War with UN veterans and dignitaries from their home c...