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Wed, July 24, 2019 | 13:33

Trump says Washington-Seoul in talks for 'long-term' defense cost

U.S. President Donald Trump said Washington is in talks with Seoul on their cost-sharing agreement for the stationing of U.S. troops in South Korea for the “long term” rather than “short term,” unlike earlier announcements.

2019-04-12 17:28

Navy flight crew sets 8,000 hours of safety record

South Korea has 3,348 islands and islets to defend, according to government data. Jang Yong-duk, 45, master chief petty officer with patrol squadron 615 of the Republic of Korea Navy's Airwing 6, says he has seen almost all those islands himself while carrying out missions over the past 23 years aboard a P-3 Orion maritime patrol aircraft.

2019-04-10 17:11

Moon to replace five military chiefs

The Republic of Korea Armed Forces will have new chiefs of the Army, Air Force and Marine Corps as well as a new deputy commander of the ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command and chief of the Ground Operations Command, according to the Ministry of National Defense, Monday.

2019-04-08 17:54

South Korea replaces Army, Air Force chiefs

South Korea on Monday replaced the Army and Air Force chiefs in a regular reshuffle of top uniformed officers, as its military seeks to maintain robust readiness amid peace efforts with North Korea.

2019-04-08 13:53

British Korean War veteran to be honored

A British Korean War veteran will be named an honorary resident of Nam-gu District in Busan in recognition for his contribution to the establishment of the U.N. Memorial Cemetery.

2019-04-05 16:42

Allies launch committee for OPCON transfer

The defense ministries of South Korea and the U.S. have launched a special monthly committee to discuss the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) to the Republic of Korea's Armed Forces.

2019-04-02 17:20

Seoul, Washington hold regular defense dialogue

Soldiers tested to use mobiles off-duty

The military on Monday began to conduct a three-month pilot program to allow all rank-and-file soldiers to use their mobile phones after daily duties before it decides whether to implement it, the defense ministry said.

2019-04-01 11:57

South Korea, US to hold high-level defense talks in Washington

Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and acting U.S. Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan will meet in Washington D.C., Monday (early Tuesday in KST), to discuss security on the Korean Peninsula after the failure of the second summit between the U.S. and North Korea in Hanoi last month.

2019-03-31 17:08

Korea's first stealth fighter jets arrive

The first two F-35 stealth fighter jets for South Korea arrived at 2:35 p.m. Friday at a military air base in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province.

2019-03-29 17:08

North Korean media slam South's deployment of stealth fighter jets

Defense ministry to push forward inter-Korean project without North's response

South Korea will push forward with a planned project for inter-Korean excavation of war remains in the border area, independently, the Ministry of National Defense said Friday.

2019-03-29 17:07

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