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South Korea implements plan for early OPCON transfer: lawmaker

The South Korean government is seeking to take back wartime operational control of its armed forces from the United States within President Moon Jae-in’s five-year term, an opposition lawmaker said F...

September 29, 2017
Defense
Seoul showcases strategic weapons targeting NK

South Korea’s military on Thursday unveiled a package of advanced missile systems capable of targeting North Korea, demonstrating its capability to defend against the regime’s persistent nuclear and...

September 28, 2017
Defense
[News Focus] Why did North Korea fail to detect US bombers?

During the Korean War, the US Air Force and Navy carried out a massive bombing campaign against Pyongyang that lasted for almost three years. By the end of the war, when an armistice was signed in 19...

September 28, 2017
North Korea
Seoul scores success in test of countermissile system

South Korea has conducted a successful test of an advance system designed to protect aircrafts from incoming missiles and infrared homing, Seoul’s military said Wednesday, boosting hopes the technol...

September 27, 2017
North Korea
[Herald Interview] ‘Seoul not as vulnerable as it seems’

For most South Koreans, war with North Korea is something unfathomable. Regardless of its outcome, they are convinced any armed conflict here would end with millions of casualties and the complete de...

September 25, 2017
Defense
NK earthquake not nuclear test: seismology officials

A shallow earthquake detected near North Korea’s nuclear test site on Saturday was not the result of a fresh nuclear test by the reclusive regime, South Korea and China’s earthquake-monitoring agenc...

September 24, 2017
North Korea
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 ...

September 21, 2017
Defense
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
[Video] 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

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