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[Newsmaker] Military plans to ease restrictions on soldiers’ off-base activities, cellphone use

South Korea’s conscripted soldiers will soon be allowed to go off base and to use cellphones in barracks after working hours, the country’s military said Thursday, as part of efforts to improve basic...

Dec 27, 2018
Defense
Korea-US defense cost-sharing talks 'back to square one': sources

South Korean and US officials had significantly narrowed differences in recent negotiations over how to share the upkeep costs for American troops stationed here, but the working-level progress fell ...

Dec 25, 2018
Defense
Korea's military rejects claim of targeting Japanese patrol aircraft

South Korea's Navy warship used an optical camera to identify an approaching Japanese patrol aircraft last week, military sources said Sunday, rejecting Tokyo's claim that it had directed its fire-co...

Dec 23, 2018
Defense
N. Korea criticizes Japan for conducting test of US-Japan interceptor

North Korea's state media on Saturday criticized Japan for conducting a test of a new missile interceptor system, which is being co-funded by the United States and Japan, arguing that the move could ...

Dec 23, 2018
Defense
S. Korean Navy dismisses Tokyo's claim about targeting of Japanese patrol aircraft

The Navy on Friday dismissed Japan's claim that a South Korean warship directed fire-control radar at Tokyo's patrol aircraft a day earlier, saying the neighboring country misunderstood its operation...

Dec 22, 2018
Defense
Top security adviser says N. Korean denuclearization process is irreversible

North Korea’s denuclearization process has already passed the point of no return, Seoul’s national security adviser Chung Eui-yong said Friday, calling it one of the most significant diplomatic achie...

Dec 21, 2018
Defense
Probe team blames faulty mast for marine chopper crash in July

Announcing the final results of its monthslong investigation into the cause of the July crash of a Marine Corps chopper, a team of civilian, government and military experts on Friday cited defects in...

Dec 21, 2018
Defense
Moon calls for strong military, alliance with US

The Ministry of National Defense will speed up military reform and the process of easing military tension with North Korea in the coming year, the ministry reported to President Moon Jae-in on Thursd...

Dec 20, 2018
Defense
State arms agency seeks to raise anti-corruption index in defense industry

South Korea's state arms agency said Wednesday it has forged a partnership with a local anti-corruption watchdog in a bid to enhance transparency in the defense industry. The Defense Acquisition Pro...

Dec 19, 2018
Defense
Defense minister vows support for sluggish arms industry

South Korea's Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo pledged Friday to strive harder to bolster the sluggish arms industry by capitalizing on the country's technological edge. Jeong made the remarks amid...

Dec 14, 2018
Defense
S. Korea, US fail to strike defense cost-sharing deal

South Korea and the US failed to close negotiations on how to share the costs for the stationing of American troops here, an official said Friday, with the allies still at loggerheads on the total am...

Dec 14, 2018
Defense
Korea's military holds Dokdo defense drills

Despite bad weather, South Korean troops kicked off a regular exercise Thursday to hone their combined capabilities to defend Dokdo, a pair of rocky islets in the East Sea. The two-day maritime dril...

Dec 13, 2018
Defense
Hacked lawmaker’s email sent to defense agencies: report

A South Korean lawmaker’s email account had been hacked by an unidentified group as an alleged attempt to steal classified information from the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Defense Acquisition Prog...

Dec 12, 2018
Defense
In a first for the two Koreas, inspectors verify removal of front-line guard posts

The militaries of the two Koreas inspected each other’s military facilities in a heavily fortified border region Wednesday for the first time since the end of the Korean War, verifying work that too...

Dec 12, 2018
Defense
Korea, US set to hold 10th round of defense cost talks

South Korea and the United States held another round of negotiations in Seoul on Tuesday over dividing the cost for the stationing of the 28,500-strong US Forces Korea (USFK), Seoul officials said. ...

Dec 11, 2018
Defense

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