(ATTN: UPDATES with Constitutional Court ruling in last 3 paras)
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- In the first ruling of its kind, South Korea's top court on Thursday upheld lower courts' acquittal of a ...
15:35 Feb. 25
(ATTN: UPDATES with convictions of other objectors in last 5 paras; ADDS photo)
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- In the first ruling of its kind, South Korea's top court on Thursday upheld lower courts' ...
14:36 Feb. 25
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- Twelve American service members and two of their family members have tested positive for the coronavirus upon arrival here from the United States recently, U.S. Forces Ko...
14:28 Feb. 25
Feb. 26
1948 -- The United Nations decides to conduct general elections in what is now South Korea, giving up on plans to establish a single Korean government after a Soviet-backed regime took...
14:00 Feb. 25
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have yet to finalize the schedule and other details of a planned combined springtime military exercise, the defense minis...
13:46 Feb. 25
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- In the first ruling of its kind, South Korea's top court on Thursday upheld lower courts' acquittal of a man charged with refusing to fulfill mandatory reservist duty for...
11:40 Feb. 25
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- An Army soldier based in Paju, north of Seoul, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Thursday.
The soldier was confirmed to have cont...
10:47 Feb. 25
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- Joint military exercises of South Korea and the United States are a key method of ensuring their combined defense readiness, a Pentagon official said...
07:40 Feb. 25
Duty posture
: Latest North Korean defector case again reveals lax discipline in South Korea's military
The results of a probe into the military's latest failure to promptly spot a North Korean de...
07:02 Feb. 25
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- A military officer of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) tested positive for the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Wednesday.
It is the second COVID-19 case amo...
10:55 Feb. 24
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has approved a male citizen's request to substitute his mandatory military service for other public service due to his personal beliefs, marking the first suc...
10:30 Feb. 24
(ATTN: UPDATES with additional information in paras 7-10; RESTRUCTURES)
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The United States' missile defense capability is "clearly" focused on North K...
07:19 Feb. 24
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- The United States' missile defense capability is "clearly" focused on North Korea and must continue to advance to meet evolving threats from the Nort...
07:06 Feb. 24
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- An American service member stationed at an air base in Seongnam, south of Seoul, has tested positive for the new coronavirus, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Tuesday.
...
19:42 Feb. 23
(ATTN: ADDS defense minister's remarks in paras 19-20)
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean man was caught on military surveillance cameras along the east coast 10 times after ...
17:36 Feb. 23
(ATTN: CHANGES headline; ADDS more probe results, his identification, way of border crossing throughout)
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean man was caught on military surveill...
14:13 Feb. 23
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean man was caught on military surveillance cameras along the east coast 10 times after he swam ashore in the South last week, but soldiers fail...
11:30 Feb. 23
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. and South Korea have maintained an adequate level of defense readiness and will continue to do so, an official from the U.S. Department of D...
06:06 Feb. 23
(ATTN: UPDATES paras 2, 4 with latest figures; ADDS more details in paras 3, 9)
SEOUL/PYEONGTAEK, South Korea, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) -- Eight foreigners and one South Korean have tested positive for the...
19:42 Feb. 22
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will push to deploy a light aircraft carrier by 2033 to boost the country's defense capabilities, the arms procurement agency said Monday.
The defense proj...
17:15 Feb. 22