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By Kang Yoon-seung and Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired three short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea Thursd...
19:28 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired an unspecified ballistic missile toward the East Sea Thursday, the South Korean military said, in its latest saber-rattling just two days after the inaug...
18:46 May. 12
By Kang Yoon-seung and Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top military officer on Thursday visited units in charge of coastal and maritime defense to check their readiness amid gro...
17:49 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 1,114 additional COVID-19 cases Thursday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 143,138, the defense ministry said.
Th...
14:07 May. 12
SEOUL, May 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military plans to revive the reference to North Korean ballistic missile tests as "provocations," informed sources said Thursday in an apparent reflection of...
10:43 May. 12
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By Song Sang-ho and Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- New South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup called Wednesday for a "stern and im...
16:40 May. 11
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 1,399 additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 142,024, the defense ministry said.
T...
16:30 May. 11
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top military officer and his counterparts from 22 countries attended a videoconference Wednesday to discuss impacts of climate change on national security an...
15:32 May. 11
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By Song Sang-ho and Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- New South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup called Wednesd...
11:51 May. 11
By Song Sang-ho and Kang Yoon-seung
SEOUL, May 11 (Yonhap) -- New South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup took office Wednesday, vowing to "sternly" respond to North Korea's possible provocation...
10:08 May. 11
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, May 10 (Yonhap) -- Former U.S. President Donald Trump had repeatedly proposed completely withdrawing U.S. troops from South Korea, former Secretary of Defense Mark Esper...
01:46 May. 11
SEOUL, May 10 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) congratulated new South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol on his inauguration, stressing its commitment to maintaining "fight tonight" readiness ...
22:31 May. 10
SEOUL, May 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea expressed deep concern Tuesday over last week's deadly terrorist attack in northeastern Egypt that reportedly killed at least 11 people and wounded five others...
16:17 May. 10
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SEOUL, May 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold its first meeting of top military commanders under the Yoon Suk-yeol administrat...
14:44 May. 10
SEOUL, May 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 1,225 additional COVID-19 cases Tuesday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 140,626, the defense ministry said.
The...
14:12 May. 10
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SEOUL, May 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will hold its first meeting of top military commanders under the Yoon Suk-yeol administration this we...
11:14 May. 10
SEOUL, May 10 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has developed a homegrown radar technology to identify and track ballistic missile warheads as part of efforts to strengthen the nation's air defense, its stat...
10:33 May. 10