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#Yoon Biden base visit(3rd LD) Yoon, Biden to visit key Air Force operations center
(ATTN: UPDATES with more details in paras 5-7) SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, plan to jointly visit a key Air Force operations c... 18:21 May. 20 -
#Yoon Biden base visit(2nd LD) Yoon, Biden to visit key Air Force operations center
(ATTN: UPDATES with U.S. plane operation in last para) SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, plan to jointly visit a key Air Force oper... 16:41 May. 20 -
#Yoon Biden base visit(LEAD) Yoon, Biden to visit key Air Force operations center
(ATTN: CHANGES headline, lead; UPDATES throughout with presidential office's release) SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol and his U.S. counterpart, Joe Biden, plan to joi... 16:16 May. 20 -
#militaryMilitary reports 1,256 more COVID-19 cases
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 1,256 additional COVID-19 cases Friday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 151,632 the defense ministry said. The n... 14:03 May. 20 -
#Yoon Biden base visitS. Korea, U.S. coordinating over Yoon-Biden visit to key air base: sources
SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are fine-tuning details over a possible visit by Presidents Yoon Suk-yeol and Joe Biden to a key Air Force operations center south of Seo... 11:03 May. 20 -
#NK ICBMN. Korea apparently on 'cusp of potentially another ICBM test': U.S. general
By Song Sang-ho SEOUL, May 20 (Yonhap) -- North Korea appears to be on the "cusp of potentially another intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test," a top U.S. military officer in South Korea h... 10:15 May. 20 -
#S Korea US Japan talksS. Korea, U.S., Japan in talks over possible defense chief talks in Singapore next month: official
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea, the United States and Japan are in talks over the idea of holding trilateral defense ministerial talks on the margins of an annual security forum in Singapore ... 16:24 May. 19 -
#defense systemS. Korea to reinstate hawkish names for key elements of '3-axis' defense system related article
By Kang Yoon-seung and Song Sang-ho SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will revive hawkish names for the core elements of its "three-axis" defense system designed to counter North Korea's militar... 15:32 May. 19 -
#military-coronavirus
Military reports 1,127 more COVID-19 cases related article
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 1,127 additional COVID-19 cases Thursday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 150,376, the defense ministry said. The ... 15:05 May. 19 -
#US planeU.S. flies spy plane to East Sea amid concerns about possible N.K. missile launch related article
SEOUL, May 19 (Yonhap) – The U.S. military has flown a reconnaissance plane toward the East Sea, an aviation tracker said Thursday, amid concerns about the possibility of another intercontinental b... 09:51 May. 19 -
#S Korea-US-defense talks(LEAD) Defense chiefs of S. Korea, U.S. discuss N.K. nuke, missile threats in phone call related article
(ATTN: UPDATES with reports of a press release from U.S. Department of Defense, minor edits in paras 7-10; CHANGES dateline) By Kang Yoon-seung, Byun Duk-kun SEOUL/WASHINGTON, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Th... 01:42 May. 19 -
#S Korea-US-defense talksDefense chiefs of S. Korea, U.S. discuss N.K. nuke, missile threats in phone call related article
By Kang Yoon-seung SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States held phone talks Wednesday to discuss North Korea's recent missile launches and its preparations... 22:30 May. 18 -
#UAE president-condolenceDefense minister offers condolences over death of UAE President related article
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup expressed his condolences over the recent death of United Arab Emirates (UAE) President Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan during a visit to ... 17:02 May. 18 -
#NK missile test preparationS. Korea, U.S. on alert for possible N. Korean ICBM test: official
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are keeping close tabs on the possibility of another long-range missile launch by North Korea, a Seoul official said Wednesday, amid a ne... 15:05 May. 18 -
#military-coronavirus
Military reports 1,364 more COVID-19 cases related article
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's military reported 1,364 additional COVID-19 cases Wednesday, raising the total caseload among its service members to 149,263, the defense ministry said. T... 14:45 May. 18 -
#frontline unitFrontline Army soldier injured in unidentified blast related article
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean soldier in a frontline Army unit was wounded due to an unidentified explosion during a border defense mission earlier this week, officials said Wednesday. ... 14:16 May. 18 -
#USFK chiefUSFK chief stresses need for 'unfettered access' to THAAD unit in S. Korea
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Paul LaCamera has called for "unfettered" access to its THAAD missile defense unit here, stressing its absence would undermine the ... 13:49 May. 18 -
#Apache unitU.S. Forces Korea launches permanent Apache helicopter unit
SEOUL, May 18 (Yonhap) -- The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has held a ceremony launching a permanently stationed air cavalry squadron consisting of new Apache attack helicopters in a key U.S. base sout... 10:04 May. 18 -
#JCS chiefJCS chief visits frontline Army unit to check readiness related article
SEOUL, May 17 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's top military officer on Tuesday visited an Army unit on the eastern front to check its readiness against possible threats from North Korea and border breache... 20:22 May. 17
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(LEAD) Yoon says revision of 52-hour work week not yet official -
Yoon meets with S. Korean, foreign veterans ahead of Korean War anniversary -
(LEAD) New COVID-19 cases drop below 7,000 amid slowdown in omicron spread -
New U.S. ambassador to S. Korea to arrive in Seoul on July 10 -
N. Korea looks set for 'fire and fury' provocations: U.S. expert
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Yoon, Biden agree to broaden, deepen alliance amid N.K. threats, China's assertiveness
