SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top military officer has inspected combined special operations drills with the United States and called on the troops to maintain their capabilities to "str...
11:08 Mar. 02
SEOUL, March 2 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Navy has received a new frigate with enhanced anti-submarine capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday, amid the country's stepped-up ef...
09:56 Mar. 02
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- The United States and South Korea agree on the need to further strengthen U.S. extended deterrence, a U.S. defense department spokesperson said Tuesd...
03:55 Mar. 01
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SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. special commandos are conducting "realistic" combined drills here, i...
20:26 Feb. 28
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korean and U.S. special operations forces are conducting combined drills amid tensions over North Korea's missile launches, Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff said Tuesd...
18:29 Feb. 28
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- A group of South Korean T-50B supersonic jets streaked over a southeastern Australian city during the opening ceremony of a major international air show Tuesday, marking ...
15:36 Feb. 28
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's veterans ministry has chosen a late Colombian battalion commander as next month's Korean War hero for his leadership in front-line combat operations during ...
10:38 Feb. 28
SEOUL, Feb. 27 (Yonhap) -- The top Ukrainian envoy in Seoul reiterated Kyiv's hope Monday for South Korea to provide lethal arms to help its fight against Russia, stressing the need for such outsid...
15:42 Feb. 27
SEOUL, Feb. 25 (Yonhap) -- A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine has arrived in South Korea for a scheduled visit, the U.S. Pacific Fleet said Saturday, in an apparent show of force and a warning to Nor...
19:13 Feb. 25
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By Yi Wonju
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- A North Korean foreign ministry official on Friday warned that Pyongyang will regard what it claims to b...
15:12 Feb. 24
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and Poland have agreed to launch a ministerial dialogue on arms industry cooperation and joint military drills during their talks in War...
14:51 Feb. 24
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's defense ministry on Friday made public the draft of its environmental impact assessment on a U.S. THAAD missile defense unit in a southern county, a procedu...
13:56 Feb. 24
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SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are in consultation over the possible deployment of a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to Korea for allied...
10:34 Feb. 24
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are in consultation over the possible deployment of a U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to Korea for allied drills next month, an in...
09:47 Feb. 24
By Byun Duk-kun
WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States have agreed to hold additional tabletop exercises (TTXs) in the near future to enhance their joint deterrence again...
08:10 Feb. 24
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean Navy officer has taken the rotating command of a multinational task force conducting anti-piracy operations in waters off the Horn of Africa, officials in ...
15:21 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has requested the U.S. military rectify the name of waters between the Korean Peninsula and Japan that it used in a press release to describe the venue for th...
15:19 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea plans to extend nearly 3.1 trillion won (US$2.3 billion) mostly in low-interest loans to the local defense industry this year, the state arms procurement agen...
10:42 Feb. 23
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup has visited a Polish arms company in Warsaw, his office said Thursday, a trip highlighting his focus on deepening defense indu...
09:31 Feb. 23
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SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan held a trilateral missile defense exercise in the international waters ...
17:23 Feb. 22