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S. Korea to start deploying new hand-held mine detector next year

Oct 18, 2021

South Korea plans to start deploying a new military mine detector capable of locating non-metal objects, such as those made of wood, in the latter half of next year, the state arms procurement agency...
USFK reports 31 additional COVID-19 cases

Oct 15, 2021

Thirty-one people affiliated with the US Forces Korea (USFK) have tested positive for the new coronavirus, the US military's latest infection tally showed Friday. Among the new cases counted from Se...
Military reports 9 additional COVID-19 cases

Oct 15, 2021

South Korea's military reported nine additional COVID-19 cases Friday, bringing the total caseload among its personnel to 1,960, the defense ministry said. Six Army soldiers, including five trainees...
New head of military intelligence body named

Oct 14, 2021

Maj. Gen Lee Sang-chul, commander of the 5th Infantry Division, was named as the new chief of the military intelligence body, the defense ministry said Thursday. The incoming commander of the Defens...
S. Korea to offer compensation to spy agents during Korean War

Oct 14, 2021

The defense ministry plans to provide financial compensation for South Koreans who operated in North Korea as part of US military intelligence units during the 1950-53 Korean War, officials said Thur...
Defects found in all 4 Global Hawk drones brought from US: lawmaker

Oct 14, 2021

South Korea has found defects in all of the four Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft it has procured from the United States, a ruling party lawmaker said Thursday, calling for measures to ensu...
Military reports 8 additional COVID-19 cases

Oct 14, 2021

South Korea's military reported eight more COVID-19 cases Thursday, bringing the total caseload among its personnel to 1,951, the defense ministry said. Seven Army soldiers, including three trainees...
Sex crime victims need better front-line help: military panel

Oct 13, 2021

The military should adopt clearer rules to enable victims of sexual violence to find immediate care and avoid being repeatedly forced to deal with their abusers, an advisory panel said Wednesday, end...
Military reports 14 additional COVID-19 cases

Oct 13, 2021

South Korea's military reported 14 more COVID-19 cases Wednesday, the defense ministry said, bringing the total caseload among its personnel to 1,943. Thirteen Army soldiers, including five trainees...
S. Korea, US agree to mull new defense dialogue on regional policy cooperation

Oct 13, 2021

South Korea and the United States have agreed to consider establishing a new bilateral working-level defense dialogue aimed at promoting cooperation between their regional policy initiatives, an info...
Navy cut back on live-fire drills under Moon

Oct 12, 2021

The Navy has steadily scaled back exercises using live ammunition since President Moon Jae-in took office in 2017, a lawmaker said, amid concerns that Moon’s North Korea policy could affect combat re...
Five more soldiers at Army boot camp test positive for COVID-19

Oct 11, 2021

Five more draftees at an Army boot camp just south of the inter-Korean border have tested positive for the new coronavirus after cluster infections were reported at their base, the defense ministry s...
Army boot camp in border town reports 22 new COVID-19 cases

Oct 8, 2021

Twenty-two draftees at an Army boot camp just south of the inter-Korean border have tested positive for COVID-19, the defense ministry said Friday. The newly enlisted soldiers at the boot camp of th...
Key figures in Air Force suicide case avoid charges

Oct 7, 2021

Fifteen service members linked to the suicide of an Air Force master sergeant who claimed to have been sexually assaulted will be indicted, the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday, ending a mo...
Court orders posthumous reinstatement of transgender soldier

Oct 7, 2021

Defense Mininstry reportedly mulling study on transgender military service