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JCS seeking organization changes by reducing personnel
May 4, 2023
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) is pursuing organizational changes in the direction of reducing its personnel by 10 percent, an informed source said Thursday, amid the country's push to create a slimmer yet more advanced military. Through the changes, some of the JCS' reduced personnel are expected to be assigned to a new body that will be in charge of cutting-edge military assets, according to the source. The JCS is known to be considering measures to create a new org
S. Korea identifies remains of another Korean War soldier
May 4, 2023
South Korea's military has identified the remains of another soldier killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, about 13 years after their discovery in the Demilitarized Zone separating the two Koreas, the defense ministry said Thursday. The ministry's excavation team confirmed the remains belonged to Staff Sgt. Jeon Bok-hui, after it conducted DNA analysis using a sample from his younger brother. Border troops retrieved the remains in Cheorwon, 71 kilometers northeast of Seoul, in October
US Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine to make visit to S. Korea: Pentagon
May 3, 2023
WASHINGTON -- An Ohio-class nuclear-powered, ballistic missile submarine will be making a visit to South Korea under an agreement reached with South Korea last week to bolster US deterrence against North Korean threats, a Pentagon spokesperson reaffirmed Tuesday. Brig. Gen. Pat Ryder, however, declined to comment when asked if the Ohio-class submarine will be equipped with nuclear weapons. "It will be an Ohio-class SSBN model," the spokesperson said when asked what class submarine wi
Defense chief praises Washington Declaration as upgraded S. Korea-US mutual defense concept
May 1, 2023
South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup has touted a new Seoul-Washington security document as what can be called the allies' "second" mutual defense treaty given that it entails America's reinforced deterrence commitment to the Asian ally. Lee made the remarks in a contribution to the local daily Maeil Business News Korea on Monday, referring to the Washington Declaration that President Yoon Suk Yeol and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, adopted during a White House summit l
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Veterans minister consoles family of decorated US soldier killed in Korean War
Apr 27, 2023
South Korea's Veterans Minister Park Min-shik has delivered to the family of a decorated US solider, killed in the 1950-53 Korean War, soil from the site where his remains were excavated, the minister's office said Thursday. The event honoring late Cpl. Luther H. Story took place at the Wall of Remembrance at the Korean War Veterans Memorial in Washington on Wednesday, after President Yoon Suk Yeol and his US counterpart, Joe Biden, adopted a joint statement on the identification of th
S. Korea completes project to improve command system against ballistic missiles
Apr 27, 2023
South Korea has completed a development project to improve a command and control system overseeing defense operations against ballistic missiles, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday, amid efforts to bolster response capabilities against Pyongyang's military threats. Earlier this month, the defense ministry gave combat approval for the improvements to the Korea Theater Missile Operation Cell after the project first began in 2019, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Admin
Biden warns nuclear attack by N. Korea will result in end of regime
Apr 27, 2023
S.Korea, US agree to respond swiftly, overwhelmingly in event of North Korean nuclear attack
Full text of Washington Declaration
Apr 27, 2023
President Joseph R. Biden of the United States of America and President Yoon Suk Yeol of the Republic of Korea (ROK) met on this 26th day of April, 2023, to mark the 7oth anniversary of the US-ROK Alliance. The Alliance between our two nations has been forged in shared sacrifice, fortified by enduring security cooperation, and nourished by close kinship that has enabled both countries to leverage their diplomatic resources to peaceably achieve crucial, strategic outcomes. What began as a secur
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Apr 26, 2023
S. Korea, US, Japan should improve regional military cooperation to make contingency plans jointly
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Apr 25, 2023
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S. Korea to promulgate laws on relocation of military airports
Apr 24, 2023
The South Korean government plans to promulgate a set of special acts later this week to facilitate efforts to relocate military airports in the southern cities of Daegu and Gwangju, the defense ministry said Monday. The promulgation is set to come Tuesday following their passage through the National Assembly on April 13 and the Cabinet last Tuesday -- a move welcomed by the residents who have complained of aircraft noise and concomitant development restrictions. One of the acts involves a plan
Military aircraft arrives in Djibouti to relocate S. Korean nationals in Sudan
Apr 22, 2023
A military aircraft on its mission to evacuate South Korean nationals in war-torn Sudan arrived at a US base in the nearby Djibouti on Saturday, the defense ministry said. The C-130J transport plane, carrying some 50 personnel, including security and medical staff, left for Djibouti the previous day, as the airport in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum is currently closed. The evacuation plan came as the fighting between rival forces in the African nation has been intensifying recently. The total
Yoon orders dispatch of naval unit to war-torn Sudan to protect Korean nationals
Apr 22, 2023
President Yoon Suk Yeol on Saturday ordered the swift deployment of an anti-piracy naval unit to waters off Sudan to protect South Korean nationals, his spokesperson said. Yoon made the order after he was briefed on the current fighting in Khartoum between the military and a rival paramilitary force, Lee Do-woon said in a written press briefing. The 304-strong Cheonghae Unit is currently docked at the Port of Salalah in Oman. Earlier in the day, the presidential office held a meeting, chaired by
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