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US 7th fleet's command ship visits Busan

The command ship of the US Navy's 7th Fleet visited the southeastern port city of Busan on Friday to enhance exchanges and friendly ties between the allies' naval forces, South Korea's Navy said. Fo...

Feb 15, 2019
Defense
Trump says S. Korea should pay US more for defense

US President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a further increase in South Korea's share of the cost of stationing American troops on the peninsula. Trump's remarks came only days after the allies ...

Feb 13, 2019
Defense
Korean defense companies selected to maintain F-35 stealth fighters

Korean companies have been selected for the maintenance of F-35 stealth fighters, the acquisition administration here said Tuesday. According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, Ellen...

Feb 12, 2019
Defense
[Feature] Mobile phones in barracks: Soldiers no longer under total control

Defense Ministry moves to reform its rigid, closed military culture

Feb 12, 2019
Defense
S. Korea ditches plan for new military command amid peace efforts

South Korea's military has canceled a plan to establish a new strategic command tasked with countering North Korea's nuclear and missile threats, a Seoul official said Tuesday, amid a full-fledged pe...

Feb 12, 2019
Defense
Details of cost-sharing for US troops in Korea

Korea will spend some 1.04 trillion won ($925 million) this year to help pay for the stationing of US troops here, under an agreement that was preliminarily signed Sunday. Seoul has shared the finan...

Feb 11, 2019
Defense
South Korea, US ink provisional defense cost-sharing pact

South Korea and the United States signed a provisional agreement Sunday on the sharing of costs to maintain US troops here, with South Korea raising its share by 8.2 percent. Seoul’s negotiator, Cha...

Feb 10, 2019
Defense
Korea to launch negotiations on aircraft swap deal with Spain

South Korea and Spain are expected to launch negotiations as early as this month on a proposed deal to swap military transport planes of the European nation with Korean trainer jets, defense official...

Feb 10, 2019
Defense
S. Korea denies media report on lodging of additional protests over Japanese aircraft's flyby

South Korea’s defense ministry on Saturday denied a Japanese newspaper report claiming that it had lodged additional protests over a Japanese military plane‘s low-altitude flyby of a South Korean nav...

Feb 9, 2019
Defense
S. Korea, US to announce military exercise plan after Trump-Kim summit: source

South Korea and the United States have postponed the announcement of plans for their combined springtime military exercises until after the second summit between Washington and Pyongyang slated for l...

Feb 8, 2019
Defense
Korea guarded about allied exercise plans amid Trump-Kim summit preparations

South Korea's defense ministry maintained a cautious approach Thursday toward springtime joint exercises with the United States amid preparations for a second summit between Washington and Pyongyang....

Feb 7, 2019
Defense
Korea, US nearing deal on defense cost sharing: lawmaker

South Korea and the United States may conclude their drawn-out negotiations on defense cost sharing as early as Thursday, a ruling party lawmaker said, adding Seoul's share will likely be set at arou...

Feb 7, 2019
Defense
S. Korea-US joint military exercise schedule to be announced: sources

South Korea and the United States are currently discussing when to announce the dates of their scheduled joint military exercises, Seoul's defense sources said Tuesday. The two countries have alread...

Feb 5, 2019
Defense
Military allows soldiers to leave barracks twice a month

South Korea’s Defense Ministry on Friday implemented a new policy allowing conscripted soldiers to leave their barracks for personal affairs up to twice a month. All able-bodied Koreans between 18 a...

Feb 1, 2019
Defense
Top Korean, US military leaders vow to maintain strong defense posture

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Park Han-ki and his US counterparts vowed to maintain a strong defense posture Friday. According to South Korea's military, Park held separate phone...

Feb 1, 2019
Defense

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