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Sat, August 15, 2020 | 08:53
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...
Kang Seung-woo | 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...
Kang Seung-woo | 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.
Jung Da-min | 2020-04-30 14:47
Trump says S. Korea agreed to pay more for defense cost: report
Trump says S. Korea agreed to pay more for defense cost: report
"We can make a deal. They want to make a deal," Trump was quoted as saying in an interview with Reuters on Wednesday (U.S. time), referring to the negotiations to determine how to divide the cost for the upkeep of about 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea.
2020-04-30 13:55
Inter-Korean military hotlines in normal operation: defense ministry
Military communication lines between South and North Korea are operating normally, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday, as the two Koreas quietly marked the second anniversary of the first summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
2020-04-27 16:04
  • Moon proposes cooperation with North Korea on COVID-19
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'Thanks to you'
'Thanks to you'
Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo, center, makes a thumbs up gesture, which means “respect” and “pride” in sign language, together with newly commissioned medical and veterinarian officers during a commissioning ceremony at the Armed Forces Medical School in Daejeon, Friday. The gesture was part of a campaign titled “Thanks to you,” which s...
Jung Da-min | 2020-04-24 17:00
Golf caddie hit by stray bullet from Army shooting range
Golf caddie hit by stray bullet from Army shooting range
A female caddie at a South Korean golf club has been injured by a stray bullet fired from a nearby military shooting range, the Army headquarters and police said Friday. The incident occurred at a golf course in Damyang, 350 kilometers south of Seoul, at 4:40 p.m. Thursday when the 20-year-old assistance collapsed with a head injury and was taken to a hospital.
2020-04-24 16:40
Defense chief says North Korean military plane activities on 'unusual' rise
Defense chief says North Korean military plane activities on 'unusual' rise
North Korea has shown an "unusual increase" in inspecting its artillery's readiness and carrying out air force flight operations, heightening tensions in the region, Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo said Friday. The South Korean defense chief made the remark in a congratulatory message for a commissioning ceremony of medical and veterinary officers, noting that the North has...
2020-04-24 14:07
Trump urges Korea to pay more for USFK
Trump urges Korea to pay more for USFK
U.S. President Donald Trump has made it clear that Korea should pay more of the costs for the upkeep of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK), raising speculation that defense cost-sharing talks between the allies may be protracted.
Kang Seung-woo | 2020-04-21 16:40
Military criticized for lax discipline over series of incidents
Military criticized for lax discipline over series of incidents
The military has come under fire for lax discipline after a series of incidents in the Army, including one in which a corporal assaulted an officer commanding his company with an entrenching shovel.
Jung Da-min | 2020-04-21 16:15
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