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South Korea has scaled down its troop deployment to Afghanistan as its civilian reconstruction team is to end its mission in the war-torn country next month, the Army said Thursday. The number has d...
Updated : 2012.11.29 20:11
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More than 17,000 conscientious objectors have been given prison sentences since the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, according to data from civic groups. The number of conscientious objectors has...
Updated : 2012.11.28 20:14
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A satellite image by a U.S. company on Tuesday showed increased activity at North Korea's launch site used to fire off long-range missiles amid wide speculation over the North's looming missile test....
Updated : 2012.11.27 15:42
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(Yonhap News) The South Korean military has deployed two Aegis destroyers off its southern coast to trace a space rocket to be launched later this week, the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesday. The ...
Updated : 2012.11.27 13:25
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Hyundai Rotem, a unit of Hyundai Motor Group, has been chosen as the preferred bidder to develop proprietary amphibious armored vehicles by the Defense Acquisition Program Administration. DAPA plans...
Updated : 2012.11.27 01:33
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Defense officials in South Korea and the U.S. are closely monitoring signs that North Korea may be preparing to test-fire a long-range ballistic missile. The U.S. recently informed South Korea and J...
Updated : 2012.11.23 23:43
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A new fire station will go into operation in the joint inter-Korean industrial complex in the North Korean border city of Gaeseong, Seoul’s Unification Ministry said Friday. “The Gaeseong complex fi...
Updated : 2012.11.23 23:39
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South Korea on Friday commemorated the second anniversary of North Korea's shelling of Yeonpyeong Island near the tensely guarded western sea, as it prepared to conduct military drills to prepare for...
Updated : 2012.11.23 10:50
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South Korea is still facing difficulties on placing key advanced weapons in the northwest islands and boosting its military preparedness against North Korea, defense sources said. The country has no...
Updated : 2012.11.20 20:29
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South Korea’s Agency for Defense Development is seeking to revise laws to allow it to share and transfer ideas and technology more easily between itself, the Defense Acquisition Program Administratio...
Updated : 2012.11.19 20:43
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff’s operational readiness inspection unit will be restructured by the end of this year, defense officials said. The unit will be re-established under the wing of the Ministry...
Updated : 2012.11.18 22:35
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Gen. James Thurman, the commander of the United Forces in Korea, got a Korean name in a gesture of friendship and goodwill for his service in the nation, an alliance association said Friday. The Rep...
Updated : 2012.11.16 20:50
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The military has come under mounting criticism once again for failing to appropriately care for an enlisted soldier. Corporal Kim Yoo-seung, who was stationed at an armored brigade in Pocheon, Gyeon...
Updated : 2012.11.15 17:34
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An Air Force aerobatic jet crashed in northeastern South Korea on Thursday, killing its lone pilot and sparking a brush fire, police said. The T-50B plane went down at 10:28 a.m. on a mountain in Ho...
Updated : 2012.11.15 11:45
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The Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected to have the full authority to oversee the armed forces’ armaments and operational capability beginning next year. This is in line with efforts to streamline the...
Updated : 2012.11.08 20:14
