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Fri, July 3, 2020 | 08:17

US continues to seek defense cost deal with South Korea: official

US continues to seek defense cost deal with South Korea: official

The United States is continuing to seek a defense cost-sharing agreement with South Korea as neither side wants to see the alliance erode, a State Department official said Friday. R. Clarke Cooper, the assistant secretary of state for political-military affairs, said communication between the relevant parties, including the two countries' presidents, top diplomats, and top ne...

2020-05-09 09:40

Soil contamination

Soil contamination

Chuncheon City officials carry out an on-site survey at the former site of U.S. military base Camp Page, Friday, as oil residue has been found in the land returned to Korea, provoking controversy over soil contamination. Yonhap

Jun Ji-hye | 2020-05-08 17:03

US has asked South Korea to pay $1.3 billion in shared defense costs: official

US has asked South Korea to pay $1.3 billion in shared defense costs: official

The United States has asked South Korea to pay US$1.3 billion a year for the stationing of American troops on the peninsula, an increase of nearly 50 percent from last year, a senior Trump administration official said Thursday. The new figure represents a cutback from the $5 billion initially sought by the U.S., but almost four times the increase South Korea offered in its la...

2020-05-08 09:21

Korea already made best offer in defense cost talks with US: Yonhap

Korea already made best offer in defense cost talks with US: Yonhap

South Korea has already made its best possible offer in defense cost-sharing talks with the United States, a diplomatic source said Wednesday, after a senior U.S. official urged Seoul to show flexibility. On Tuesday, Marc Knapper, deputy assistant secretary of state for Korea and Japan, renewed Washington's call for flexibility, stressing that the U.S. has been "very flexible...

2020-05-06 13:44

US expects Korea to be flexible in defense cost-sharing talks: official

US expects Korea to be flexible in defense cost-sharing talks: official

US expects Korea to be flexible in defense cost-sharing talks: official

The United States expects South Korea to be flexible in their defense cost-sharing negotiations, a U.S. official said Tuesday, amid a prolonged impasse in talks. The comment by Marc Knapper, deputy assistant secretary of state for Korea and Japan, suggests Washington continues to seek significant increases in Seoul's contributions to the cost of stationing 28,500 American tro...

2020-05-06 09:04

Korea already made best offer in defense cost talks with US: Yonhap

South Korean guard post takes fire from North Korea

South Korean guard post takes fire from North Korea

A South Korean guard post in a central section of the demilitarized zone was hit by at least four bullets fired from North Korea, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Sunday. The shots were a clear violation of an inter-Korean military agreement under which the two Koreas halted all hostile activities at the border, but do not seem to have been fire intentionally, the JCS add...

Jung Da-min | 2020-05-03 17:01

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

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