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S. Korean, U.S. air forces to hold aerial refueling drills

DefenseJul 11, 2011

South Korean and U.S. Air Forces have recently reached an agreement to stage an aerial refueling exercise on a regular basis here, using a U.S. in-flight tanker, a military source said Monday. The f...
Another marine dies in apparent suicide

DefenseJul 11, 2011

Criticism over management of troops deepens in wake of Ganghwa shooting Another marine was found dead at his unit in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province, in an apparent suicide on Sunday night, furthe...
Abuse at barracks cause of escalating concern in Korea

DefenseJul 10, 2011

Defense minister orders full-scale inspection of all military units Although his son will not join the military for another 10 years, Moon Young-sook is already apprehensive that his boy could suffe...
11 people charged with forming anti-state entity

Social affairsJul 10, 2011

Prosecutors are investigating 11 people on charges of establishing an anti-state organization under a directive from North Korea’s ruling Workers’ Party, officials said Sunday. Among them was a memb...
Education still main route out of poverty

Social affairsJul 10, 2011

S. Korea has highest percentage of ‘resilient students’ in the OECD Lim Won-tae, a 16-year-old student in Goyang, Gyeonggi Province, has lived with his grandparents since his parents left about two ...
Defense budget focuses on combat training

DefenseJul 7, 2011

The Ministry of National Defense has drawn up a 33.48 trillion won ($32.43 billion) budget plan for next year with a focus on making the military “truly combat-ready.” The ministry submitted its bud...
Marine held for help in shooting

Social affairsJul 6, 2011

Top military officers salute during the funeral at a military hospital in Seongnam, Gyeonggi Province, Wednesday for the four Marines killed in Monday’s shooting rampage. (Park Hae-mook/The Korea He...
Bullying could have led to shooting

DefenseJul 5, 2011

Poor ammunitions management partly blamed for death of 4 marines The Marine who went on a shooting rampage Monday, killing four fellow soldiers, had been treated like an outcast on his base on Gangh...
4 killed in Marine shooting rampage

DefenseJul 4, 2011

A shooting spree by a 19-year-old Marine corporal on Monday has left four soldiers dead, the Marine Corps said. The incident took place inside a barrack of the Marine Second Division on Ganghwa Isla...
Cheonghae repels vessels in piracy attempt

DefenseJul 4, 2011

A South Korean antipiracy unit operating off the coast of Somalia on Sunday morning repelled three ships suspected of trying to seize a Panamanian-registered chemical freight vessel, the Joint Chiefs...
Mass production of K-11 rifles to begin in October

DefenseJul 4, 2011

South Korea will begin mass-producing the Korean-made K-11 airburst assault rifle in November after having addressed problems associated with its fire control, the state weapons acquisition agency sa...
KAFS marks anniversary, thanks U.S. service members

DefenseJul 1, 2011

Korea America Friendship Society, a nonprofit organization dedicated to enhancing the Korea-U.S. relationship, held its annual dinner party in Seoul on Thursday to celebrate its 20th anniversary and ...
All textbooks to go digital by 2015

Social affairsJun 29, 2011

Ministry seeks to hold nationwide academic tests online Thick textbooks weighing on students’ shoulders may disappear in four years. The government seeks to convert all paper textbooks into digital...
15,000 military duty deferrers must retake physical exam

DefenseJun 29, 2011

Some 15,000 men who have delayed their mandatory military service for the last several years will be notified to take another physical checkup next year under a 2007 law, the military recruitment age...
S. Korea marks 9 years since West Sea clash

DefenseJun 29, 2011

The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs on Wednesday held a ceremony marking the ninth anniversary of a naval skirmish between the two Koreas, which resulted in several casualties on both sides...