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May 21, 2019 Defense

South Korea pushes for bilateral talks with Japan, China

While Seoul’s relationships with Tokyo and Beijing are frayed as a result of military disputes over the past few months, military talks are set to resume in hopes of resolving the outstanding issues....

[Feature] Moon faces daunting task to revive stalled nuke talks

Just hours before South Korean President Moon Jae-in was set to appear in his first televised interview with a local broadcaster on May 9 marking his second anniversary of presidency, North Korea fir...

May 19, 2019
North Korea
[Newsmaker] Relocation of ROK-US combined command being discussed: Abrams

Seoul and Washington are discussing the relocation of their combined forces command, the commander of the ROK-US Combined Forces Command, Gen. Robert Abrams, said in a statement Thursday, following m...

May 16, 2019
Defense
US reconnaissance aircraft patrol over Seoul: aviation tracker

US military reconnaissance aircraft flew over the Seoul metropolitan area Tuesday, in a move that appears aimed at reinforcing surveillance activities over the Korean Peninsula following North Korea’...

May 14, 2019
Defense
[From the Scene] The first step toward military service: The medical exam

Upon receiving a letter from the Military Manpower Administration summoning him for his mandatory medical exam, Choi Seong-ryong, who had just turned 19, was both excited and worried. It signaled tha...

May 14, 2019
Defense
Defense Ministry says it is reinforcing missile defense system, amid rising concerns over NK threats

Seoul’s Defense Ministry said Monday that it was reinforcing its missile defense system, while maintaining that further analysis is needed to determine whether the short-range missiles fired by North...

May 13, 2019
Defense
Further analysis needed to confirm NK fired ‘ballistic missiles’: Seoul

South Korea’s military reiterated Friday that more time was needed to determine whether the short-range missiles the North fired the day before were ballistic missiles, while the United States announ...

May 10, 2019
North Korea
North Korea launches two projectiles, assumed to be short-range missiles: JSC

North Korea fired two projectiles that appeared to be short-range missiles on Thursday, less than a week after it conducted what it claimed was a “regular military drill.” Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of St...

May 9, 2019
North Korea
North Korea’s projectiles ploy to pressure US in negotiations: spy agency

North Korea’s recent launch of projectiles could have been a move to pressure rival states and may not be a signal that it wants to break off negotiations, South Korea’s spy agency told lawmakers dur...

May 6, 2019
North Korea
[From the Scene] Civilian tours resume on southern side of JSA

PANMUNJOM -- Chatter and the sound of camera clicks broke the stillness at the Joint Security Area in the inter-Korean border village of Panmunjom, as civilian tours at the southern side of the JSA r...

May 1, 2019
North Korea
[Diplomatic circuit] Australia, New Zealand embassies commemorate Anzac Day

More than 200 people gathered at the Korean War Memorial in Seoul on Thursday to commemorate Anzac Day, marking the 104th anniversary of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps’ landing at Gallipol...

April 29, 2019
Diplomatic Circuit
War game envisions Korean Peninsula as one of major WWIII theaters

If World War III were to break out, the inter-Korean divide would likely be one of the major conflicts fought, and it could also trigger a nuclear war, a recent commentary suggests. That conclusion i...

April 26, 2019
Defense
Kim-Putin summit will not be ‘game changer,’ says former CIA analyst

As North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia on Wednesday for his first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, an expert on North Korea said the meeting would not be a “game changer.” ...

April 24, 2019
North Korea
Denuclearization talks should go in steps, says former US Deputy Secretary of State

Amid the ongoing standoff between the United States and North Korea over denuclearization, going through the right process is important, former US Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg said in Se...

April 23, 2019
North Korea
[Feature] North Korean media show signs of change

As mysterious and closed off as is North Korea, the country is second to none when it comes to being vocal on domestic and world affairs. While it is a rare for the communist regime to deliver its s...

April 23, 2019
North Korea

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