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3 US aircraft carriers to conduct combined drill near Korea

Three U.S. aircraft carriers and their strike groups will soon begin rare combined exercises in waters near the Korea Peninsula while President Donald Trump is traveling in Asia, the U.S. Navy announced Thursday. The three carriers _ USS Ronald Reagan, USS Nimitz and USS Theodore Roosevelt _ are also set to train together with the South Korean Navy in the East Sea, according to Seoul’s Ministry of National Defense.

Defense Affairs | 2017-11-09 16:19

Radar, missiles, patrol aircraft possibly on arms shopping list

All eyes are on which U.S. military assets are on Seoul’s shopping list, following the agreement between President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump to begin consultations on South Korea’s acquisition and development of advanced U.S. weapons. At a joint news conference after their summit in Seoul Tuesday, Moon said talks will begin between the allies on Seoul’s acqu...

Defense Affairs | 2017-11-08 16:26

ROK to purchase strategic arms from US

South Korea will begin talks with the United States to purchase the latter’s strategic arms, such as surveillance assets and nuclear-powered submarine, Cheong Wa Dae said after a summit between the leaders of the two nations, Tuesday. South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump agreed on the South’s purchase of cutting-edge military weapons to improve i...

Defense Affairs | 2017-11-07 22:00

71 foreign terror suspects deported since 2010

Seventy-one foreigners have been deported since 2010 for suspected links to international terrorist groups, South Korea’s spy agency said on Thursday. The statistics were included in a counter-terrorism report the National Intelligence Service (NIS) published before the PyeongChang Winter Olympics that begin Feb. 9 for a 17-day run. The agency warned that the Olympics could b...

Defense Affairs | 2017-11-03 16:16

US flies B-1B bombers over Korean Peninsula ahead of Trump's visit

"The two B-1B Lancers took off from Andersen Air Force Base, Guam, and transited south of Korea and west of Japan to integrate with Koku Jieitai (Japan Air Self-Defense Force) fighters," it said. "The Lancers then transited overland to Korea to integrate with Republic of Korea fighters in the Yellow Sea. Upon completion of bilateral integration, the aircraft returned to their respective home stations."

Defense Affairs | 2017-11-03 11:00

Moon, Trump to discuss military options against North Korea: McMaster

Trump's first destination will be Camp Humphreys

U.S. President Donald Trump will visit Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, as the first destination during his visit to South Korea from Nov. 7 to 8, officials said Tuesday. It will be the first visit of a U.S. president to the headquarters of the Eighth U.S. Army which relocated there in July. The Eighth Army moved to the post after more than 60 years at Yongsan, central Seoul, as part of the U.S. Department of Defense’s relocation project for U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) following more than a decade of planning since 2003.

Defense Affairs | 2017-11-01 15:21

Moon rules out nuclear armament

Allies agree to speed up OPCON transfer

South Korea and the United States have agreed to speed up their negotiations for Seoul’s prompt takeover of wartime operational control (OPCON) of its troops from Washington, raising expectations that the allies are drawing up a roadmap for the transfer as early as next October. Defense Minister Song Young-moo and his U.S. counterpart James Mattis reached the agreement during their annual Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) in Seoul, Saturday, to make joint efforts “to enable the expeditious conditions-based transfer of OPCON,” according to their joint statement.

Defense Affairs | 2017-10-29 16:44

'Our goal is not war': South Korea, US defense chiefs

U.S. Secretary of Defense James Mattis said Friday that Washington did not want to go to war with Pyongyang, but hoped the Korean Peninsula would be denuclearized. He made the remark during a visit to the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that divides North and South Korea. The U.S. defense chief arrived in Seoul earlier in the day to attend the 49th Security Consult...

Defense Affairs | 2017-10-27 17:01

US Congress bill to prohibit Trump's preemptive strike of North Korea

Mattis: 'We want no war, seek denuclearization of Korean Peninsula'

Standing several meters away from North Korea, he urged the Kim Jong-un regime to halt provocations that threaten others "with catastrophe." "As Secretary of State Tillerson has made clear, our goal is not war but rather the complete, verifiable and irreversible denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula," the Pentagon chief said in a brief statement at the truce village of Pan...

Defense Affairs | 2017-10-27 15:10

ROK, US defense chiefs to hold talks

Defense Minister Song Young-moo and his U.S. counterpart James Mattis will discuss ways of coping with North Korea’s growing threats and other bilateral issues in Seoul Saturday. Mattis will arrive here Friday and visit the truce village of Panmunjom and the Joint Security Area (JSA) with Song, where he will deliver a warning message to the North, the Ministry of National Defense said Thursday. The next day, they will attend the 49th Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) that will bring together high-level defense and diplomatic officials from the two sides.

Defense Affairs | 2017-10-26 15:45

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