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Fri, August 14, 2020 | 02:34

North Korea remains silent on joint exercise

North Korea remains silent on joint exercise

North Korea has been unusually mute about the joint military exercise between South Korea and the United States. Pyongyang watchers believe recent floods there as well as the rescaled drill have made the country shift away from warlike rhetoric against the exercise that it denounces as a rehearsal for an invasion of the North.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-08-13 16:29

Soldiers aid rain damage recovery

Soldiers aid rain damage recovery

Soldiers set up a temporary portable bridge on a collapsed one in Inje, Gangwon Province, Wednesday. Residents of a village there have been isolated for about a week after part of the bridge collapsed in the torrential rain that hit the area. Some 25,000 soldiers have been mobilized to help with rain damage recovery work nationwide. Yonhap

Jung Da-min | 2020-08-12 17:22

Wartime OPCON transfer plan may face setback

Wartime OPCON transfer plan may face setback

The government's goal to finish the transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) of the Korean military from Washington to Seoul by 2022 may face a setback as this year's joint military exercises with the United States will be scaled down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This means procedures necessary for the transition will not be carried out as planned.

Jung Da-min | 2020-08-11 16:40

Forcibly discharged transgender soldier files lawsuit against Army decision

Forcibly discharged transgender soldier files lawsuit against Army decision

A former South Korean solider, who was forcibly discharged after a sex reassignment surgery, on Tuesday filed an administrative suit against the Army's decision, saying it was unconstitutional. Byun Hee-soo, 22, who had the rank of staff sergeant, underwent the operation in Thailand last year and expressed desire to serve in the female corps. The Army, however, kicked her out...

2020-08-11 14:38

Pray for Lebanon

Pray for Lebanon

Army Col. Kim Do-yul, fourth from right, who commands the Dongmyung Unit in Lebanon, poses with Lebanese and Korean military officers Saturday after delivering emergency relief items to help the country recover from a recent massive explosion in Beirut that killed at least 153 people and injured more than 6,000. According to the defense ministry, the Korean unit, which has be...

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-08-09 16:59

'US to ratchet up pressure on SMA talks'

'US to ratchet up pressure on SMA talks'

The appointment of a new U.S. envoy for defense cost-sharing negotiations with Korea is seen as Washington's attempt to add more pressure on Seoul to pay more for the cost of maintaining American troops here, according to government officials and diplomatic pundits, Tuesday.

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-08-04 16:44

2 more service members test positive for coronavirus

An Army draftee and a military intelligence command officer tested positive for the new coronavirus, bringing the total number of infections among the military population to 79, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The soldier based in Pocheon, some 45 kilometers north of Seoul, has been in isolation after coming into close contact with an outside counselor who was infected wit...

2020-08-04 11:00

S. Korea reports 34 new coronavirus cases

South Korea's 1st military satellite enters geostationary orbit

South Korea's 1st military satellite enters geostationary orbit

South Korea's first military communications satellite ANASIS-II entered geostationary orbit 10 days after launch, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced Friday.

Jung Da-min | 2020-07-31 17:24

Two-star general to be relieved after North Korean defector's border crossing

Two-star general to be relieved after North Korean defector's border crossing

The military decided to relieve a two-star Marine Corps general of his command over a border security failure in connection with a North Korean defector's recent return to his communist homeland, a military official said Friday. The border crossing by the 24-year-old man, surnamed Kim, became known after North Korea reported Sunday that a "runaway" returned home in the border...

2020-07-31 11:54

Why do NK defectors flee to destitute North?

'New missile guideline to help OPCON transition'

'New missile guideline to help OPCON transition'

A newly revised missile guidelines agreement between South Korea and the United States will contribute to a smoother transition of wartime operational control (OPCON) of South Korean military forces from Washington to Seoul, according to diplomatic experts, Thursday. However, they denied speculation that the new deal has to do with the U.S.'s policy to get Korea to pay more f...

Kang Seung-woo | 2020-07-30 16:47

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