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July 28, 2011 Social affairs

Military searches for stray landmines

Joint Chiefs of Staff mobilizes 1,700 troops to join restoration efforts The military has ordered a search in southern Seoul, as well as in Gyeonggi and Gangwon Provinces to verify whether landmines...

Row escalating over island visit by Japan lawmakers

Seoul plans to slap entry ban on four A diplomatic conflict between South Korea and Japan is escalating as four Japanese lawmakers are pushing ahead with their plan to visit Ulleung Island, while Se...

July 29, 2011
Politics
Korea to send 39 troops to PKO exercise in Mongolia

South Korea will send 39 troops to Mongolia later this week for an annual international peacekeeping exercise, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Friday. At the invitation of the Mongolian military, the...

July 29, 2011
Defense
N.K. vows to begin disposal of resort assets

Seoul hints it could rely on international law to resolve issue North Korea on Friday notified South Korea that it would begin taking “practical steps” to dispose of South Korean assets at its Mount...

July 29, 2011
Politics
Weak ground on Mt. Umyeon prompts deadly landslides

The landslides on Mount Umyeon in southern Seoul on Wednesday after two days of torrential rain could be attributed to weak ground, experts said Thursday. They also noted that the Seoul municipality...

July 28, 2011
Social affairs
Marine Corps to take stringent steps to stamp out abuse at barracks

Measures to include disbanding of units found to have serious problems The Marine Corps is seeking to introduce a set of severe measures to stamp out physical and verbal abuse in its units, which ha...

July 18, 2011
Defense
S. Korea, China agree to high-level military dialogue, bolster security cooperation

Defense chiefs of South Korea and China on Friday agreed to establish an annual “strategic defense dialogue,” paving the way for enhanced cooperation in tackling peninsular and regional security issu...

July 15, 2011
Politics
New USFK chief vows to bolster alliance

Gen. Thurman takes charge of U.S. forces in S. Korea, vows to deter N.K. provocations A new U.S. Forces Korea commander took office on Thursday, vowing to further strengthen the long-standing bilate...

July 14, 2011
Defense
Bugging scandal hits politics, journalism

State broadcaster KBS denies bugging allegations, calls probe threat to press freedom Allegations of bugging involving the state-run broadcaster KBS have sparked criticism over “unethical journalism...

July 13, 2011
Politics
Seoul mayor marks 1st year of 2nd term, decries spending

Seoul Mayor Oh Se-hoon pledged to fight “welfare populism” in a city council bill to offer free school meals at all schools in the capital. “If we don’t overcome ‘welfare populism,’ the democracy of...

July 13, 2011
Politics
N.K. calls for S. Korean plans to dispose of Geumgang assets

North Korea on Wednesday demanded that the South present its plans to dispose of the Seoul-owned assets at the Mount Geumgang resort by July 29, according to a government official. The North also sa...

July 13, 2011
North Korea
Navy to bloster presence on Ulleung, move seen to protect Dokdo islets

The Navy has decided to expand a helicopter landing facility on Ulleung Island and dispatch two more military helicopters to it, according to a lawmaker. The move comes as Seoul seeks to bolster its...

July 13, 2011
Defense
S. Korean, Swiss defense chiefs talk regional security

Defense chiefs of South Korea and Switzerland held talks on Tuesday in Seoul to discuss regional security issues and ways to enhance bilateral military ties, the Ministry of National Defense said. D...

July 12, 2011
Defense
Defense minister to visit China this week

Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin will depart for China on Thursday for a three-day schedule that includes talks with his Chinese counterpart and other top government officials there, officials here said...

July 12, 2011
Defense
USFK confers annual Good Neighbor Awards

The U.S. Forces Korea on Monday conferred its annual Good Neighbor Awards to 24 Korean and U.S. civilians and military staff for their contribution to strengthening the alliance between the two natio...

July 12, 2011
Defense

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