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Fri, September 20, 2019 | 02:55

[INTERVIEW] 'I feel closer to my father in Seoul'

When letters of love and yearning from her husband abruptly stopped arriving, Jo Reinert, then an 18-year-old bride who married two years earlier, was too shocked to understand that she had lost her beloved. She miscarried from the shock.

Jung Da-min | 2019-05-29 16:53

Memorial ceremony for US war dead and missing soldiers

Seoul to keep flying KF-16s following recent crash

South Korea plans to partially resume flights this week of its KF-16 fighter jets that were grounded after one of them crashed in February, as an investigation has determined a cause and safety checks were carried out on the other jets, the Air Force said Wednesday.

2019-05-29 14:30

Memorial ceremony for US war dead and missing soldiers

Bereaved family members of U.S. soldiers who were killed or went missing during the 1950-53 Korean War attend a memorial ceremony at the War Memorial of Korea in Yongsan, Seoul, Tuesday. They were given framed oil paintings of the soldiers. Korea Times photo by Bae Woo-han

Jung Da-min | 2019-05-28 17:27

[INTERVIEW] 'I feel closer to my father in Seoul'

Seoul, Washington to carry out drill led by ROK forces

South Korea and the United States will carry out a joint exercise this August to ensure that the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) of forces here to the Korean military will progress smoothly, sources said Tuesday. The drill, which will be led by a South Korean four-star general, is designed to test Seoul's initial operational capability (IOC) in a time of war. ...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-05-28 17:04

Sendoff ceremony held for Navy official killed in accident

A funeral ceremony for the late Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Choe Jong-keun, 22, who died in an accident on the Navy's destroyer Choi Young last Friday, was held at the Marine Medical Center in Jinhae, South Gyeongsang Province, Monday.

Jung Da-min | 2019-05-27 20:39

North Korea criticizes Seoul over military drills with US

North Korea criticized the latest military exercises between South Korea and the United States, saying it should faithfully implement a cross-border agreement aimed at easing tensions and trust-building. The North was also critical of the South's plan for humanitarian aid, saying “It is merely aimed at manipulating public opinion” and it instead should focus on “resolving fun...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-05-26 16:54

Families of 21 missing US soldiers to visit S. Korea next week

Some 50 family members of 21 U.S. soldiers still unaccounted for were scheduled to arrive here on Sunday for a five-day trip hosted by the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.

2019-05-25 15:01

South Korea to stage military exercise without US next week

South Korea next week will stage a new civilian-military exercise Ulchi Taeguek, without the U.S. military following an earlier decision to suspend the larger-scale South Korea-U.S. joint drill Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG).

Jung Da-min | 2019-05-24 17:34

1 Navy sailor dead and 4 wounded as mooring rope snaps

One Navy sailor was killed and four others were injured after a mooring rope snapped on a destroyer returning home from an overseas deployment.

Kim Hyun-bin | 2019-05-24 17:21

USFK 2nd Infantry Division welcomes new deputy commander

Maj. Gen. Dennis S. McKean, center, commanding general of the U.S. Forces Korea’s 2nd Infantry Division, the Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined Division, giving a patch of the division to its new Deputy Commanding Officer Col. Gene Meredith at an inauguration ceremony at Camp Casey in Dongducheon, Gyeonggi Province, Thursday. Yonhap

Jung Da-min | 2019-05-23 17:40

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