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September 21, 2017 Defense

US-based artillery unit comes to South Korea for firing drill

The United States military on Thursday deployed an artillery unit to South Korea and conducted a live-fire exercise, showcasing the ability to rapidly deploy its units in the event of contingency on ...

KAI vice president found dead amid corruption scandal

A senior official of Korea Aerospace Industries was found dead Thursday in an apparent suicide, amid a sprawling prosecutorial probe into corruption allegations surrounding the head of the country’s...

September 21, 2017
Social affairs
Seoul denies report of agreement with US on nuclear submarines

South Korea’s presidential office on Wednesday denied a report that the government had agreed with the United States to develop its own nuclear submarines and planned to announce the result after Pr...

September 20, 2017
North Korea
Former UN chief warns of military eventualities in NK

With the United Nations imposing a series of sanctions against North Korea, former UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Monday urged the international community to brace itself for all possibilities, ...

September 18, 2017
National
Seoul’s own missile fails midway

In response to North Korea‘s missile launch Friday, South Korea fired off two ballistic missiles, but one of them crashed into the sea, sparking concern over Seoul’s missile capacity to counter the ...

September 15, 2017
Defense
Launch shows Kim’s determination to complete weapons program: experts

Friday’s missile launch shows North Korea is closer to completing its decadeslong missile and nuclear weapons programs, and its leader Kim Jong-un has no real incentive to abandon them at this stage,...

September 15, 2017
North Korea
Seoul carries out missile drill targeting NK’s nuclear sites

South Korea has successfully conducted its first live-fire exercise for an advanced long-range cruise missile capable of striking North Korea’s underground military facilities and command centers, Se...

September 13, 2017
Defense
Budget for Seoul’s own anti-missile system “dramatically” slashed: lawmaker

South Korea’s 2018 budget for developing its own missile defense system against North Korea’s ballistic missiles and nuclear attack has been slashed compared to this year, an opposition lawmaker clai...

September 12, 2017
Defense
[News Focus] US nukes in S. Korea, mere talk or feasible plan?

Despite repeated rebuttals from the South Korean government, talk of bringing US tactical nuclear weapons here continues to grow, with signs of Washington warming to the idea amid North Korea’s pers...

September 11, 2017
Defense
Conservatives to push harder for nukes in South Korea

With public sentiment worsening over North Korea, South Korea’s main opposition party is revving up its call for the nation’s nuclear armament by bringing back the United States’ tactical nuclear wea...

September 10, 2017
Defense
Security policymakers call for deterrence, sanctions against NK military threat

Regional security policymakers on Thursday called for extended deterrence and international sanctions against North Korea, denouncing the country for destabilizing peace and security in the Asia-Paci...

September 7, 2017
Defense
[Exclusive] ‘US does not support tactical nuke deployment to South Korea’

The United States does not support the idea of South Korea rearming with nuclear weapons to match North Korea, a high-ranking US military official said Thursday. “The US does not support the reintro...

September 7, 2017
Defense
Uneasiness grows in Seoul over Trump’s remark over arms sales

After US President Donald Trump’s recent tweets about his approval of selling military equipment to South Korea, a sense of uneasiness is growing here over what some see as the US leader’s attempts t...

September 6, 2017
Defense
Seongju tense as THAAD equipment on the move

South Korea’s rural town of Seongju was tense Wednesday evening, as activists and protestors converged and villagers built up a barricade with tractors and vehicles to block the imminent arrival of t...

September 6, 2017
Defense
Seoul seeks to develop ‘Frankenmissile’ targeting North Korea: sources

Faced with North Korea’s escalating nuclear and missile threats, South Korea is seeking to develop a ballistic missile capable of carrying warheads powerful enough to destroy the communist regime’s u...

September 5, 2017
Defense

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