Defense

Defense

#alternative military service
Conscientious objectors to serve at correctional facilities for 36 months
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean men who refuse to join the military due to religious faith will be subject to three years of alternative duty at local correctional facilities, nearly double... 10:40 Dec. 28
#Moon Jae-in
(LEAD) President Moon to make rare trip to military camp
(ATTN: UPDATES with reports of a scheduled dinner with cabinet members in last 2 paras) SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in was set to make a rare trip to a training camp for new milit... 10:01 Dec. 28
#Moon Jae-in
President Moon to make rare trip to military camp
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Yonhap) -- President Moon Jae-in was set to make a rare trip to a training camp for new military service members Friday, his office Cheong Wa Dae said. The president will have lu... 09:21 Dec. 28
#KADIZ
(4th LD) Chinese military plane enters S. Korea's air defense zone
(ATTN: ADDS more details throughout) SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese military jet entered South Korea's air defense zone without notice three times on Thursday, prompting Seoul's Air Force to... 18:40 Dec. 27
(3rd LD) Chinese military plane enters S. Korea's air defense zone
(ATTN: ADDS Seoul's protest in 5th para) SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese military jet entered South Korea's air defense zone Thursday without notice, prompting South Korea's Air Force to scram... 18:08 Dec. 27
#Korea
S. Korea, Japan hold talks over radar strife
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan held working-level talks on Thursday over their recent dispute over a South Korean warship's radar operations, the defense ministry here said. Te... 18:07 Dec. 27
#News Summary
Yonhap News Summary
The following is the second summary of major stories moved by Yonhap News Agency on Thursday. --------------------- Seoul stocks close nearly flat on ex-dividend day SEOUL -- South Korea's main ... 17:01 Dec. 27
(2nd LD) Chinese military plane enters S. Korea's air defense zone
(ATTN: UPDATES with S. Korea's response, other details in lead paras; ADDS image) SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese military jet entered South Korea's air defense zone Thursday without notice, p... 16:22 Dec. 27
(LEAD) Chinese military plane enters S. Korea's air defense zone
(ATTN: UPDATES with details from 2nd para) SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese military jet entered South Korea's air defense zone Thursday without notice, defense authorities here said. The ai... 16:01 Dec. 27
Chinese military plane enters S. Korea's air defense zone
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- A Chinese military jet entered South Korea's air defense zone Thursday without notice, defense authorities here said. The aircraft entered the country's air defense id... 15:45 Dec. 27
#military
Military reviews OPCON transfer capability
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense chief on Thursday said the coming year will be a starting point for the test of the country's ability to command its own troops in the event of a wa... 14:19 Dec. 27
#history
Today in Korean history
Dec. 28 1908 -- After colonizing the Korean Peninsula in 1905, the Japanese colonial government establishes the Oriental Development Company in Seoul as an economic base to control Korea's ... 14:00 Dec. 27
#troop
Conscripts' limited off-base activity to be permitted
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Yonhap) -- Starting next year, South Korea's rank-and-file soldiers will be allowed to go off base after work for several hours up to twice a month, in a policy change aimed at crea... 11:37 Dec. 27
#Army GP wreckage
Army apologizes for souvenir made from guard post barbed wire
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Army apologized Wednesday for its controversial souvenirs made of barbed wires from a border guard post (GP) destroyed under an inter-Korean military accord... 17:14 Dec. 26
#defense project
S. Korea approves plan to develop homegrown Aegis destroyer
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea on Wednesday approved a basic plan to develop a homegrown Aegis-equipped destroyer that will enhance the Navy's capabilities to defend greater maritime intere... 16:45 Dec. 26
#submarine designing
S. Korea completes preliminary design of new submarine
SEOUL, Dec. 26 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has completed the preliminary design of a 3,000-ton indigenous submarine that features capabilities for longer-duration and speedier underwater operations, Se... 09:17 Dec. 26
#defense cost
Korea-U.S. defense cost-sharing talks 'back to square one': sources
SEOUL, Dec. 25 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. officials had significantly narrowed differences in recent negotiations over how to share the upkeep costs for American troops stationed here, but t... 16:40 Dec. 25
#Surion choppers
Army resumes operation of Surion choppers
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Army resumed the operation of dozens of its Surion choppers Monday, after they were grounded for months following the July crash of their Marine version. ... 11:19 Dec. 24
#ship-based interceptor
S. Korea completes development of new ship-based guided interceptor
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has completed the development of an indigenous ship-based guided interceptor to bolster the Navy's defense capabilities, Seoul's state arms procurement agency... 09:44 Dec. 24
#S Korea Japan spat
S. Korea's military rejects claim of targeting Japanese patrol aircraft
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Yonhap) -- 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 tha... 17:13 Dec. 23