SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup visited the Navy's submarine unit Thursday and called on troops to maintain a "full" combat readiness posture, his office said.
His visit...
21:00 Mar. 09
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SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the Yellow Sea on Thursday, Seoul's military said, in t...
20:23 Mar. 09
SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- North Korea fired a short-range ballistic missile toward the Yellow Sea on Thursday, Seoul's military said, in the latest show of force ahead of a major South Korea-U.S. ...
20:01 Mar. 09
SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Navy plans to shorten enlisted service members' seaborne duty requirement by two months on a trial basis in an effort to attract new recruits, officials sai...
11:47 Mar. 09
SEOUL, March 9 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Poland are in "early-stage" consultations on possible bilateral cooperation over Warsaw's major infantry fighting vehicle (IFV) acquisition project, an in...
10:47 Mar. 09
SEOUL, March 8 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military plans to launch a drone operations command as early as July, officials said Wednesday, in what would be a culmination of its efforts to bolster rea...
09:47 Mar. 08
SEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean military on Tuesday denied as "groundless" North Korea's claims that it fired more than 30 artillery shells at a shooting range near the inter-Korean bor...
21:18 Mar. 07
SEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and Saudi Arabia agreed Tuesday to install a regular ministerial-level dialogue on arms industry cooperation during their talks in Seoul...
20:03 Mar. 07
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SEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. Air Forces staged landing and takeoff drills on an emergency runway Tuesday, officials said, following North Korea's claims th...
15:42 Mar. 07
SEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. Air Forces staged landing and takeoff drills on an emergency runway Tuesday, officials said, following North Korea's claims that its multiple rocket...
14:45 Mar. 07
SEOUL, March 7 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. military authorities are in consultations on a possible visit to Seoul by U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark A. Milley later this month, ...
09:31 Mar. 07
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SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States staged combined air drills Monday, involving at least one U.S...
16:34 Mar. 06
SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States staged combined air drills, involving at least one U.S. nuclear-capable B-52H strategic bomber, sources said Monday, in the latest show ...
15:32 Mar. 06
By Song Sang-ho
SEOUL, March 6 (Yonhap) -- South Korea seems to have opted for a workable solution to the longstanding row with Japan over how to compensate victims of wartime forced labor as part ...
15:31 Mar. 06
SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. guided-missile destroyer visited South Korea's southern island of Jeju last week, the U.S. Pacific Command said Sunday, in an apparent show of force and a warning ...
20:26 Mar. 05
SEOUL, March 5 (Yonhap) -- The South Korean Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team won the top award at a major international air show in Australia, the Air Force said Sunday.
The Black Eagles ...
14:53 Mar. 05
SEOUL, March 4 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military has prepared its readiness against possible North Korean provocations as the combined springtime military exercise with the United States is set to...
12:49 Mar. 04
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SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States plan to kick off a combined springtime military exercise later this month, the a...
16:29 Mar. 03
SEOUL, March 3 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military will bring in a more effective operational concept with the aim of neutralizing threats from North Korea's evolving nuclear and missile systems eve...
15:33 Mar. 03