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Defectors’ cash aid to family cut off amid tightened security

North KoreaJun 28, 2020

North Korea has recently stepped up monitoring of its citizens whose family members have defected to the South, a local news outlet reported Sunday. Defectors here have been sending cash to and corr...
S. Korea, US say effort to disarm NK goes on

DefenseJun 25, 2020

Defense chiefs of South Korea and the US, Jeong Kyeong-doo and Mark Esper, respectively, reaffirmed Thursday the commitment to defending the Korean Peninsula, championing the bolstering of “diplomati...
[Korean War Anniversary] ‘I wanted to do something’: Swedish nurse

DefenseJun 25, 2020

The center, the country’s first hospital to be designated to treat infectious disease, is now a major battlefield in South Korea’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. The Swedish veteran said sh...
Korean War remains return home after seven decades

DefenseJun 24, 2020

The remains of 147 South Korean soldiers who perished during the Korean War returned home on Wednesday to a solemn welcome. A special ceremony for their homecoming is scheduled Thursday evening as p...
[Herald Interview] Former nuclear envoy raps Moon’s policy on N. Korea

North KoreaJun 23, 2020

Inter-Korean relations under the Moon Jae-in administration were never going to work, as they were built on a misguided belief, as worded by Moon himself in 2018, that North Korea would relinquish it...
[Herald Interview] Former combined forces No. 2 defends 2018 military pact with North

North KoreaJun 22, 2020

Kim Byung-joo, former deputy commander of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command, said South Korea should manage military tensions to prevent them from getting out of control, while remaining on guard ag...
S. Korea, US should resume joint drills: Ex-US commander

DefenseJun 19, 2020

South Korea and the United States should resume large-scale joint military exercises to make North Korea agitated and realize it is overstepping, said Vincent Brooks, who headed the 28,500-strong com...
147 Korean War remains to return home

DefenseJun 19, 2020

The remains of nearly 147 South Korean soldiers who perished during the Korean War are set to return home this month from the United States, where they were sent from North Korea. The US Defense POW...
Military will forcefully respond to NK provocation: defense chief

DefenseJun 18, 2020

South Korea’ Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo vowed strong responses to any aggression from North Korea, blaming the North for disappointing the expectations of those wishing for peace on the penins...
Neighbors react to shock of NK demolition

North KoreaJun 16, 2020

Reacting to the news on Tuesday that North Korea had blown up an inter-Korean liaison office, China called for peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. Beijing’s Foreign Ministry sent out the me...
No discussion of US troop pullout here: Seoul official

DefenseJun 16, 2020

There has been no talk whatsoever of scaling back the number of US troops stationed here, a Defense Ministry official confirmed Tuesday. The issue resurfaced here after the US announced it was reduci...
Moon calls on North to uphold inter-Korean agreements, joint projects

PoliticsJun 15, 2020

President Moon Jae-in on Monday called for the two Koreas to seek projects that can be carried out without the involvement of the international community, saying there is no longer time to wait for c...
As NK continues to raise tensions, Seoul vows to honor agreements

North KoreaJun 14, 2020

South Korea on Sunday vowed to honor reconciliatory inter-Korean agreements and called on the North to do likewise, while reiterating a staunch military readiness against any potential provocation by...
As tension rises, N. Korea seen moving missiles: report

North KoreaJun 11, 2020

North Korea, which recently cut off all communication with the South, was seen moving several missiles, a local newspaper reported Friday, citing unidentified US authorities familiar with the matter....
'Don't look away from food shortage in NK': WFP

North KoreaJun 10, 2020

North Koreans need food and clean drinking water now more than ever before, but the situation is set to worsen, Elisabeth Byrs, spokesperson for the World Food Program, said Tuesday, urging the inter...