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By Kim Kwang-tae
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday that it will reduce its number of troops to 50...
09:27 Nov. 06
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea said Wednesday that it will reduce its number of troops to 500,000 by 2022 in the latest move to tackle looming demographic challenges as Asia's fourth-largest...
09:04 Nov. 06
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By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- The top U.S. negotiator in defense cost-sharing talks with South Korea arrived in Seoul o...
17:59 Nov. 05
By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- The top U.S. negotiator in defense cost-sharing talks with South Korea was set to arrive in Seoul on Tuesday, apparently to gauge public sentiment here ove...
15:26 Nov. 05
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- The Army said Tuesday it has suspended the operation of Surion choppers, after one helicopter made an emergency landing due to signs of a malfunction during military opera...
14:29 Nov. 05
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By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are not considering resuming their annual Vigilant Ace joint air exerc...
11:39 Nov. 05
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- The United States flew a RC-135S surveillance plane over South Korea's East Sea, an aviation tracker said Tuesday, on an apparent mission to collect intelligence regarding...
11:10 Nov. 05
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Nov. 5 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are not considering resuming their annual Vigilant Ace joint air exercise and will instead hold a scaled-back flying train...
10:18 Nov. 05
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korea is believed to have striven to master capabilities to launch intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM) from transporter erector launcher (TEL) vehicles, and S...
14:23 Nov. 04
By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The United States appears to be heaping pressure on South Korea to retract its decision to end a military intelligence-sharing pact with Tokyo amid North K...
10:49 Nov. 04
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- Senior officials from 21 countries are on a visit to South Korea to take part in a U.N. training program for future leaders of peacekeeping missions, the defense ministry ...
10:21 Nov. 04
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Navy said Monday it has deployed a 1,200-ton submarine to a multinational submarine rescue exercise set to begin off the coast of Australia later in the d...
09:13 Nov. 04
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are expected to skip a combined wintertime air exercise just as they did last year to support ongoing diplomacy for the denuclearization ...
08:01 Nov. 03
SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military is expected to resume a project next week to excavate and identify war remains near the border with North Korea after it was suspended due to the ou...
10:53 Nov. 02
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Friday it does not oppose South Korea's project to build a floating solar power plant near the Saemangeum reclamation area on the west coast ...
16:09 Nov. 01
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan did not exchange military information with each other regarding North Korea's test-firing of short-range projectiles this week under t...
15:21 Nov. 01
By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Nov. 1 (Yonhap) -- North Korea's latest test of a new "super-large" multiple rocket launcher appears to mark the completion of development of yet another short-range tactical ...
14:21 Nov. 01
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By Oh Seok-min
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired two short-range projectiles from a wester...
19:44 Oct. 31
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SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Security Council (NSC) expressed "strong concern" Thursday over North Korea's latest firin...
19:39 Oct. 31
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's National Security Council (NSC) expressed "strong concern" Thursday over North Korea's latest firing of two unidentified projectiles.
The presidential NS...
19:27 Oct. 31