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South Korea has decided to buy eight advanced multi-purpose maritime helicopters from the United States for its Navy, military sources said Tuesday. The MH-60R Seahawk helicopter manufactured by Sik...
Updated : 2013.01.01 21:44
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PENDLETON, Ore. (AP) -- A tour bus careened through a guardrail along an icy Oregon highway and 100 feet down a steep embankment Sunday, killing nine people and injuring more than 20 others, authorit...
Updated : 2012.12.31 15:55
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South Korea has rejected a protest by Japan over Seoul's annual defense report that reaffirms its bid to protect the easternmost islets of Dokdo, a senior official said Monday. Japan recently sent t...
Updated : 2012.12.31 15:40
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A hacker suspected of stealing customer data last year from Hyundai Capital, a subsidiary of South Korea’s top automaker, has been arrested in the Philippines, police here said Wednesday. The 39-yea...
Updated : 2012.12.26 19:25
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Global Hawk advanced spy drone on display inside a hangar. (Yonhap News) With the United States moving toward the sales of Global Hawk advanced spy drones at a higher than expected price, South Kore...
Updated : 2012.12.26 19:24
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A model of Global Hawk surveillance drone, made by U.S.-based Northrop Grumman Corp. (AP) With the United States moving toward the sales of Global Hawk advanced spy drones at a higher than expected ...
Updated : 2012.12.26 14:45
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The Pentagon has formally informed Congress of a plan to sell four Global Hawk surveillance drones to South Korea, a related agency said Monday. The deal under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) progr...
Updated : 2012.12.25 10:50
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South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense said on Friday that the country and its U.S. ally have been sharing intelligence and tracking down potential North Korean facilities used to develop highly ...
Updated : 2012.12.21 20:29
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The Defense Ministry said Thursday that it will allow a local church to light up a Christmas tower near the tense border with North Korea, reversing its reluctant attitude over the sensitive traditio...
Updated : 2012.12.20 20:30
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The Ministry of National Defense said Thursday that problems would occur should the new government of president-elect Park Geun-hye seek to reduce the country’s mandatory military service period. “P...
Updated : 2012.12.20 20:30
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South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration said Monday that it has decided to use Germany-made key engine and transmission parts, or the so-called power packs, over Korean parts for the...
Updated : 2012.12.17 20:43
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Three North Korean fishermen were rescued earlier this week while drifting aboard a small boat off South Korea's east coast but they had no apparent intention to defect, a government source said Frid...
Updated : 2012.12.14 21:45
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South Korean authorities on Friday moved to analyze the debris of a North Korean long-range rocket, launched earlier this week in defiance of repeated international warnings. “The debris will be im...
Updated : 2012.12.14 20:21
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The Defense Ministry denied accusations on Wednesday that the military and intelligence authorities were in the dark about North Korea’s preparation of a rocket launch. The Minister of National Def...
Updated : 2012.12.12 20:23
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Greenpeace said Monday it had filed a lawsuit against the South Korean government for denying entry to half a dozen key campaigners and seeking to “silence” criticism of its nuclear policies. The en...
Updated : 2012.12.10 14:21
