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Wed, May 27, 2020 | 11:44
Two more service members test positive for coronavirus
Two more service members test positive for coronavirus
An Army officer and an enlisted service member have tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of cases reported in the military to 42, the defense ministry said Saturday. The enlisted service member is one of 103 people working at the defense ministry compound who went through the COVID-19 test after having contact with a staff sergeant at the Cyber O...
2020-05-09 13:34
US continues to seek defense cost deal with South Korea: official
US continues to seek defense cost deal with South Korea: official
The United States is continuing to seek a defense cost-sharing agreement with South Korea as neither side wants to see the alliance erode, a State Department official said Friday. R. Clarke Cooper, the assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, said communication between the relevant parties, including the two countries' presidents, top diplomats, and top ne...
2020-05-09 09:40
Soil contamination
Soil contamination
Chuncheon City officials carry out an on-site survey at the former site of U.S. military base Camp Page, Friday, as oil residue has been found in the land returned to Korea, provoking controversy over soil contamination. Yonhap
2020-05-08 17:03
US has asked South Korea to pay $1.3 billion in shared defense costs: official
US has asked South Korea to pay $1.3 billion in shared defense costs: official
The United States has asked South Korea to pay US$1.3 billion a year for the stationing of American troops on the peninsula, an increase of nearly 50 percent from last year, a senior Trump administration official said Thursday. The new figure represents a cutback from the $5 billion initially sought by the U.S., but almost four times the increase South Korea offered in its la...
2020-05-08 09:21
Korea already made best offer in defense cost talks with US: Yonhap
Korea already made best offer in defense cost talks with US: Yonhap
South Korea has already made its best possible offer in defense cost-sharing talks with the United States, a diplomatic source said Wednesday, after a senior U.S. official urged Seoul to show flexibility. On Tuesday, Marc Knapper, deputy assistant secretary of state for Korea and Japan, renewed Washington's call for flexibility, stressing that the U.S. has been "very flexible...
2020-05-06 13:44
  • US expects Korea to be flexible in defense cost-sharing talks: official
US expects Korea to be flexible in defense cost-sharing talks: official
US expects Korea to be flexible in defense cost-sharing talks: official
The United States expects South Korea to be flexible in their defense cost-sharing negotiations, a U.S. official said Tuesday, amid a prolonged impasse in talks. The comment by Marc Knapper, deputy assistant secretary of state for Korea and Japan, suggests Washington continues to seek significant increases in Seoul's contributions to the cost of stationing 28,500 American tro...
2020-05-06 09:04
  • Korea already made best offer in defense cost talks with US: Yonhap
South Korean guard post takes fire from North Korea
South Korean guard post takes fire from North Korea
A South Korean guard post in a central section of the demilitarized zone was hit by at least four bullets fired from North Korea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Sunday. The shots were a clear violation of an inter-Korean military agreement under which the two Koreas halted all hostile activities at the border, but do not seem to have been fire intentionally, the JCS add...
2020-05-03 17:01
Air chiefs' COVID-19 video conference
Air chiefs' COVID-19 video conference
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. Won In-choul speaks at the Gyeryongdae military headquarters in South Chungcheong Province, Thursday, during a video conference with air force chiefs from across the Indo-Pacific region. Won shared the Korean military's knowhow related to containing COVID-19. Twenty countries, including the United States, France and Japan, participated in the con...
2020-04-30 16:06
S. Korea remains firm against US pressure for defense cost-sharing
S. Korea remains firm against US pressure for defense cost-sharing
Seoul is standing firm against Washington's repeated pressure for a hefty increase in its share of the cost for the upkeep of the 28,500-strong United States Forces Korea stationed here. Although the lack of deal has put thousands of Korean workers at U.S. military bases on unpaid leave, the government is not accepting the U.S. demand, but instead responding by setting up spe...
2020-04-30 16:06
KAI donates coronavirus test kits to Indonesia's defense ministry
KAI donates coronavirus test kits to Indonesia's defense ministry
Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) announced Wednesday that the company and Daewoo Shipbuilding and Marine Engineering (DSME) jointly donated coronavirus test kits to Indonesia's defense ministry to help the country battle the COVID-19 outbreak.
2020-04-30 14:47
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