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S. Korea, US could suspend again joint drills: sources

DefenseJul 12, 2020

South Korea and the United States could scale back their annual joint military exercises in August over coronavirus concerns or suspend them altogether, sources said Saturday. The pandemic has alrea...
NK poised to test submarine-launched ballistic missile: think tank

North KoreaJul 8, 2020

North Korea appears to be weighing the timing to test a submarine-launched ballistic missile as part of the aggression it threatened to stage last month, a think tank that is part of Seoul’s Defense ...
N. Korea not answering call on military hotline: official

North KoreaJul 7, 2020

The military hotline between South and North Korea has remained cut since early June when the North severed all official communication channels between the two countries in protest over launches of a...
[News Focus] Seoul renews NK engagement push, but chances of success seen as slim

North KoreaJul 6, 2020

With a top US envoy for North Korea due in Seoul this week, South Korea is making a renewed push to restart the peninsular peace process, but prospects are dim with an apparently unwilling North Kore...
Moon names spy chief as top adviser, reshuffles security ranks

PoliticsJul 3, 2020

President Moon Jae-in on Friday replaced his top foreign policy and national security officials, naming Suh Hoon director of the National Security Office, top security adviser to the president. Suh,...
S. Korea, Washington mull canceling joint military drills: sources

DefenseJul 3, 2020

South Korea and the United States are considering calling off their joint military exercises in August, held twice annually in March and August, due to concerns over the coronavirus pandemic, a local...
Bolton says Trump could meet Kim to win reelection

North KoreaJul 3, 2020

US President Donald Trump could push to meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-un for the third time in October to bolster his November reelection, said former national security adviser John Bolton. “If ...
Trump-Kim summit unlikely before US election: experts

North KoreaJul 2, 2020

Leaders of the US and North Korea are unlikely to push for their third summit before November, experts said Thursday, as domestic priorities override foreign policy concerns in the lead-up to the US ...
US commander reaffirms successful handover of wartime role

DefenseJul 1, 2020

The United States remains dedicated to a successful handover of the wartime operational control to South Korea, said Gen. Robert Abrams, who holds dual roles of commander of the US military here and ...
Number of NK refugees in Q2 hits all-time low

North KoreaJul 1, 2020

A total of 12 North Korean refugees arrived here between April and June this year, the lowest figure since 2003 when Seoul’s Unification Ministry started compiling the data, it said Wednesday. The f...
Conscientious objectors start filing for alternative service

DefenseJun 30, 2020

South Korea’s military on Tuesday opened applications for alternative military service to conscientious objectors. The move is in line with the Constitutional Court’s landmark ruling in June 2018 tha...
Trump-Kim summit unlikely before US election: US official

North KoreaJun 30, 2020

A third US-North Korea summit is unlikely before the US presidential election in November, but the door is open to diplomacy, US Deputy Secretary of State Stephen Biegun said Monday. “I think it’s p...
S. Korea readies transfer of wartime command role

DefenseJun 29, 2020

South Korea’s Defense Ministry convened the first of this year’s two meetings on preparations for the transfer of its wartime operational control from the United States, scheduled to be completed by ...
North rallies people behind leader Kim amid lingering tensions

North KoreaJun 29, 2020

North Korea on Monday called on its people to rally behind leader Kim Jong-un amid lingering tensions on the peninsula, marking the fourth anniversary of Kim’s rise to chairman of the State Affairs C...
Tokyo objects to expanded G-7 summit including Seoul: report

Foreign affairsJun 28, 2020

The Japanese government has raised objections to the US proposal to include South Korea in an expanded Group of 7 summit in September, Japan’s Kyodo News reported Sunday, citing multiple diplomatic s...