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Seoul notes possible purchase of US weapons but denies any immediate plan

South Korea on Tuesday acknowledged the possibility of a need to purchase advanced US weapons systems in the future as part of efforts to enhance its deterrence against North Korean provocations but ...

Sept 5, 2017
Defense
Korean defense firms to showcase signature weapons at Polish expo

About a dozen South Korean defense manufacturers will promote their signature products at an international defense exhibition that kicked off Tuesday in Poland, Seoul officials said. The 25th Intern...

Sept 5, 2017
Defense
Korea, ASEAN vice defense ministers to discuss cooperation

Senior defense ministry officials of South Korea and other Southeast Asian countries will gather in Seoul this week to discuss cooperation on regional security amid stepped-up tensions following Nort...

Sept 5, 2017
Defense
US to send more strategic assets to Korea: Pacific Fleet chief

A top US naval commander said Tuesday his country will keep sending formidable defense assets to the Korean Peninsula in combined deterrence and response to North Korea's "self-destructive" actions. ...

Sept 5, 2017
Defense
[News Analysis] North may have succeeded in miniaturizing nuke warheads for ICBMs: defense chief

With Sunday’s nuclear test, North Korea might have succeeded in making nuclear warheads small enough to be mounted on an intercontinental ballistic missile, South Korea’s defense chief said Monday. ...

Sept 4, 2017
Defense
US naval ship conducted undersea survey off Jeju base: local official

A local official on Jeju Island said Monday that a US naval ship carried out an underwater survey off the South Korean military base there last month, raising suspicions that it may be part of prepar...

Sept 4, 2017
Defense
Ministry: Four more THAAD launchers all set for deployment

South Korea's defense ministry announced Monday that the US Forces Korea will soon install four more THAAD missile defense launchers at its new southern base. The announcement came as the environmen...

Sept 4, 2017
Defense
Environment ministry gives conditional consent to THAAD deployment

The Ministry of Environment said Monday it has given conditional consent to the deployment of a US missile defense system, removing the last administrative hurdle for its full operation fiercely oppo...

Sept 4, 2017
Defense
S. Korea holds ballistic missile drill against N. Korea

South Korea's military said Monday it conducted a combined live-fire exercise in response to North Korea's sixth nuclear test a day earlier. The training aimed at improving the capability of strikin...

Sept 4, 2017
Defense
Seoul to consider deploying most powerful US weapons

South Korea will discuss with the United States deploying the “most powerful US tactical weapons” here, in response to North Korea’s sixth test of nuclear weapons, its chief security officer said Sun...

Sept 3, 2017
Defense
US considering rotational deployment of US stealth jets to Korea: sources

The United States is considering a rotational deployment of its stealth jets to South Korea in response to North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile threats, government sources said Sunday. South K...

Sept 3, 2017
Defense
Army to investigate ‘mystery deaths’

On an afternoon in February 1998, Army 1st Lt. Kim Hun was found dead inside an underground military outpost along the border with North Korea. A gunshot wound was found on the right side of his hea...

Sept 1, 2017
Defense
Additional THAAD deployment likely next week: report

Deployment of four more Terminal High Altitude Area Defense launchers may begin as early as next week, local media reported Friday citing unnamed South Korean and US military sources. According to r...

Sept 1, 2017
Defense
Seoul says not considering redeployment of US nuclear weapons to Korea

South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Friday dismissed the possibility of deploying US nuclear weapons to South Korea to deter North Korea's armed provocations. "We have never thought w...

Sept 1, 2017
Defense
Talk of tactical nuclear weapons resurfaces

Talk of South Korea’s nuclear armament resurfaced Thursday, after Seoul’s defense chief raised the issue in a meeting with his US counterpart. Meeting US Defense Secretary James Mattis on Wednesday,...

Aug 31, 2017
Defense

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