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[News Focus] Lee tells Yoon that he has governed without political dialogue
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Seoul to deploy more military doctors to fill med prof void
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Liberal bloc moves to rewrite student rights ordinance
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Korea Marine Corps conducts live-fire drill along tense sea border
South Korea's Marine Corps said Thursday it conducted a live-fire drill near the tense maritime border with North Korea to cope with possible military provocations. The exercise was carried out by the Northwest Island Defense Command and involved the K-9 self-propelled artillery, Spike missiles and rocket-mounted Cobra helicopters near Baengnyeong Island, South Korea's northernmost island, and Yeongpyeong Island in preparation for a surprise attack from the North, the Marine Corps said in a sta
July 29, 2016
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Navy launches new patrol boat to counter N. Korean hovercrafts
South Korea's Navy launched a new fast patrol boat to help counter North Korea's hovercraft force along its maritime demarcation line, the military said Thursday. The new 210-ton patrol boat killer medium, rocket, named Chamsuri-211, will gradually replace the existing 20-year-old Chamsuri patrol boats in service, the Navy said. A spokesman said the new boats will greatly bolster Seoul's ability to defend the tension-prone western maritime sea border with North Korea.(Yonhap)The launching event
July 28, 2016
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U.S., China achieve 'certain amount of clarity' on THAAD during Rice's visit: senior official
U.S. National Security Adviser Susan Rice clearly explained to Chinese officials that the THAAD missile defense system the U.S. plans to deploy in South Korea won't hurt China's security interests, and both sides achieved "a certain amount of clarity on that," a senior official said.The official, speaking during a background briefing in Beijing, said that Chinese officials did raise their concerns about the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system during Rice's trip to Beijing that included me
July 28, 2016
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Four Wildcat helicopters delivered to Korean Navy
South Korea's Navy said Wednesday it has received an initial delivery of four Wildcat helicopters it purchased as part of its ongoing efforts to beef up its fighting capability.In 2013, the Navy signed a contract to buy eight AgustaWestland Wildcat marine helicopters for about 400 billion won ($350 million), he said. The helicopters, which carry a low-frequency dipping sonar system that helps it detect and track submarines, will be mounted on frigates or naval destroyers to be used in search and
July 27, 2016
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Korea, U.S. hold talks on expanding defense technology cooperation
South Korea and the United States will take steps to expand cooperation in defense technology exchanges and the conventional arms trade, the defense ministry said Wednesday. In the first ever Defense Technology Strategy & Cooperation Group meeting, Vice Defense Minister Hwang In-moo met his U.S. counterpart David Shear, principal deputy under secretary of defense for policy, to discuss ways to promote defense technology cooperation between the two countries, the Ministry of National Defense said
July 27, 2016
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Gov't says it will test THAAD radar waves again to allay health concerns
South Korea will again check the electromagnetic waves coming from the powerful radar used in the advanced U.S. anti-missile system to help allay fears about the health risks associated with the equipment, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The move comes after the Ministry of National Defense carried out a test on electromagnetic waves generated from the X-band radar system used on the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system stationed in Guam on July 18.In the test carried out at the U.S. mi
July 26, 2016
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China, Russia submit statement to U.N. opposing THAAD deployment in S. Korea: VOA
China and Russia submitted a joint statement to the United Nations on July 8 opposing the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense battery in South Korea, the U.S.-based Voice of America reported Tuesday. According to the VOA report, the joint document was signed by Wu Haitao, China's deputy ambassador to the U.N., and Russian Ambassador to the U.N. Vitaly Churkin. The document was attached with a joint statement signed by Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir
July 26, 2016
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Obama says U.S. commitment to Korea 'will never waver'
U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday the U.S. commitment to South Korea's security will never waver and the country will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with the Asian ally in defense of peace and prosperity.Obama made the remark in a message issued in honor of Korean War veterans to mark the upcoming 63rd anniversary of the 1953 armistice that ended three-year fighting in the Korean War. The message came as Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump increasingly questions the value of alliances
July 26, 2016
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Korean vice defense minister arrives in Washington for defense technology talks
South Korean Vice Defense Minister Hwang In-moon arrived in Washington on Monday for talks with U.S. officials about increasing defense technology cooperation between the two countries, an official said.The talks, set for Tuesday, represent the inaugural meeting of the Defense Technology Strategy and Cooperation Group that the defense ministers of the two countries agreed to establish at their annual meeting in November in an effort to bolster defense technology cooperation.Tuesday's meeting wil
July 26, 2016
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Seoul says THAAD decision is due to Pyongyang's nuke ambitions
Seoul's recent decision to deploy an advanced U.S. anti-missile system in South Korea was triggered by North Korea's increasing nuclear ambitions, the unification ministry said Monday, amid the North's continued bashing of the deployment plan. North Korea has stepped up its criticisms against the South after July 8 when the plan was announced to allow the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense system in the country by 2017.The move is aimed at better defending South Korea from evolving nuclear and
July 25, 2016
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Seoul, Washington won't share THAAD radar info with Japan
South Korea and the United States will not share with Japan the information they obtain from the radar of an advanced anti-missile system that will be set up by late 2017, a government source said Monday.Their remarks come amid speculations that the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system to be deployed in South Korea is part of a wider move to integrate the South into the broader missile defense system operated by the U.S. and Japan. "Under the trilateral information-sharing agreement with t
July 25, 2016
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Ruling party lawmaker advocates Korea's nuke armament
A former floor leader of the ruling Saenuri Party said Monday that South Korea should also develop nuclear weapons if Pyongyang's provocation continues, adding the country's security is being threatened as U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump openly spoke about the withdrawal of troops from the Korean Peninsula."As Trump is openly calling for the pull out of U.S. troops from South Korea, the country's security is like a candlelight facing a storm," Rep. Won Yoo-chul claimed, adding
July 25, 2016
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Gov’t says no change in site for U.S. anti-missile system
The Defense Ministry on Saturday ruled out any change in the site for deploying an advanced U.S. anti-missile system amid no signs of progress in ending the standoff with angry residents near the site.Residents in the country’s southeastern county of Seongju began protesting after South Korea and U.S. military officials selected an anti-aircraft missile base in the rural area for the site for the U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system.Still, the government has no plans to consider other
July 24, 2016
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Vice defense minister to hold talks with Seongju residents to resolve THAAD standoff
South Korea‘s vice defense minister is planning to hold talks with the residents of Seongju who are opposed to the deployment of an advanced U.S. anti-ballistic missile system in their county, official sources said Friday. The move comes as Seoul is making an effort to allay health concerns related to the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system’s powerful radar and listen to the grievances of locals. “Vice Minister Hwang In-moo went to the rural county in the North Gyeongsang Province
July 23, 2016
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USFK holds missile defense training
The U.S. Forces Korea carried out a training exercise to transport Patriot missiles from the U.S. military’s Japan base, officials confirmed Friday.The emergency deployment readiness exercise, the first of its kind, is to validate the 35th Air Defense Artillery Brigade’s ability to “integrate external ballistic missile defense assets into Korean theater of operation” -- an area where armed conflict takes place – via the sea. U.S. missile defense assets based in the Far East is to be integrated i
July 22, 2016
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U.S. Forces Korea says PAC-3 unit temporarily brought from Japan for drills
The U.S. Forces Korea on Friday said a Patriot PAC-3 battery was temporarily relocated from Japan for a U.S.-Korea joint military drill under way in the country amid escalating saber-rattling by North Korea. A PAC-3 unit arrived in Busan, South Korea's No. 1 seaport, on July 13 and is currently being used in a drill, in which South Korean forces are participating, in Gunsan, 274 kilometers south of Seoul, according to the United States Eighth Army."The drill is aimed at rapidly transporting the
July 22, 2016
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White House: U.S. to ensure THAAD maximizes protection, minimizes inconvenience
The United States will work closely with South Korea to deploy the THAAD missile defense system in a way that maximizes the protection it provides and minimizes any inconvenience it causes, the White House said Thursday."This is a highly sophisticated anti-ballistic missile defense system in South Korea to protect our allies from the missile threat emanating North Korea," White House press secretary Josh Earnest said at a regular press briefing."So we are certainly going to work closely with the
July 22, 2016
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KAI presents MRO business plan to gov't
Korea's sole aircraft manufacturer, Korea Aerospace Industries Ltd., said Thursday that it has submitted to the land and transport ministry its business plan for aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul after about 18 months of preparation. The submission, the first of its kind, was made the previous day after the ministry announced a plan in January last year to nurture the MRO industry by providing tailored support for the launch of an MRO consortium, including an airline, and the creation of
July 21, 2016
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Korea military says THAAD could intercept Rodong missiles fired at steep angle
South Korea's military said Thursday that the advanced U.S. anti-missile system that will be in place by the end of 2017 can intercept a mid-range Rodong ballistic missile fired at a steep angle and heading for the southern port city of Busan.The defense ministry's analysis comes a day after the North said it conducted its latest ballistic missile launch with the aim of practicing pre-emptive strikes against ports and airfields in the South. "Even if North Korea intentionally fires a mid-range R
July 21, 2016
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[FACT CHECK] THAAD, capacity and limitations
Since the announcement of the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system here, the talk of town has been its possible hazardous effects on the health of those living near the deployment site. The efficacy and capacity of the advanced missile defense system have also been topics of debate, with pundits, military officials and the public discussing what THAAD can and cannot do.THAAD is designed to target ballistic missiles at higher altitudes in their terminal stages, most likely
July 21, 2016