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Mon, July 22, 2019 | 06:13

Chinese military plane enters South Korea's air defense zone

A Chinese military jet entered South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ) without notice three times Saturday, according to defense officials the same day. The aircraft entered the KADIZ, at around 8:03 a.m. near Ieo Island and exited at 8:27 a.m. the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. It re-entered the KADIZ at 9:34 a.m. near the southeastern city of Pohang, and fl...

2019-02-23 15:58

Former defense chiefs sentenced 30 months

Former Defense Minister Kim Kwan-jin was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in prison, Thursday, for ordering a massive online operation by the military to rig public opinion in favor of the then-conservative ruling party in 2012. The Seoul Central District Court found Kim guilty of intervening in politics contrary to the Military Criminal Act; but allowed him to remain free a...

Kim Jae-heun | 2019-02-21 18:11

Court acquits 1st 'non-religious' conscientious objector

A court has recognized personal pacifist beliefs as a valid reason for rejecting follow-up mandatory military service for the first time in Korea. Previous recognition was given to firmly held religious beliefs such as those of Jehovah's Witnesses. The Suwon District Court said Tuesday that it had ruled in favor of a 28-year-old conscientious objector who had been indicted 14...

Lee Suh-yoon | 2019-02-19 16:31

Remains of British Korean War hero to arrive in S. Korea for burial at UN cemetery

The remains of a British hero of the Korean War will arrive in South Korea next week for burial at a United Nations cemetery in Busan, a southern port city, the government here said Friday. The Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs said that the remains of the late William Speakman will arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, Monday afternoon ahead of buri...

2019-02-15 12:32

Marine wins national snowboard championships

A marine who is on a mission to protect the country's northwestern maritime border against North Korea won two national snowboard championship titles, according to the Marine Corps, Wednesday. It said Hong Seung-young, 20, a lance corporal of the sixth Marine Brigade on Socheong Island, won parallel slalom and parallel giant slalom events at a national championship hosted by ...

Yi Whan-woo | 2019-02-13 19:38

Trump wants Seoul to pay more for US troops

U.S. President Donald Trump said South Korea's payment for the U.S. troop presence will increase further only days after both sides signed a one-year deal on defense cost sharing. “Working with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and National Security Adviser John Bolton, they (South Korea) agreed to pay, yesterday, $500 million (560 billion) more toward their defense,” Trump...

Lee Min-hyung | 2019-02-13 17:15

Troop pullout linked to peace treaty

Robert Abrams, commander of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on Tuesday said U.S. troops need to stay here until a peace treaty is signed. The remarks came during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing. To a question about the need for the USFK to maintain its presence in South Korea, even if the nuclear threat from the North were to be eliminated, the commander said “Yes, unt...

Kim Bo-eun | 2019-02-13 16:36

Cheong Wa Dae denies Trump remarks on defense cost-sharing

South Korea's presidential office Cheong Wa Dae on Wednesday dismissed the possibility of steep hikes in the country's share of the costs to maintain U.S. troops here, hours after U.S. President Donald Trump said Seoul has agreed to nearly double its share. Trump also claimed that Seoul's share of the costs will continue to rise over the coming years.

2019-02-13 13:45

Trump says South Korea should pay US more for defense

Trump says South Korea should pay US more for defense

U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday called for a further increase in South Korea's share of the cost of stationing American troops on the peninsula. Trump's remarks came only days after the allies signed a preliminary agreement renewing their cost-sharing deal for the 28,500-strong U.S. Forces Korea.

2019-02-13 11:43

Cheong Wa Dae denies Trump remarks on defense cost-sharing

Fallen Korean War soldier receives posthumous high school diploma

It happened 69 years after Park perished in a bloody battle between South Korean and North Korean troops near Jangjin reservoir in December 1950 and two months after the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs recognized him as a person of national merit.

Park Si-soo | 2019-02-12 15:09

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