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Kang Seung-woo is the Business Desk editor at The Korea Times. Prior to this position, he covered politics, national affairs, finance and sports.

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North Korea

Kim Yo-jong threatens 'overwhelming' action against S. Korea, US

This photo, taken from an observatory in the South Korean border city of Paju, Tuesday, shows a village in the North Korean town of Kaepung. Yonhap By Kang Seung-wooThe North Korean leader's powerful sister warned, Tuesday, that the country is prepared to overwhelmingly respond to military activities by South Korea and the United States. “The demonstrative military moves and all sorts of rhetoric by the U.S. and South Korea, which go so extremely frantic as not to be overlooked, undoubtedly provide the DPRK with conditions for being forced to do something to cope with them,” Kim Yo-jong said in a statement carried by the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).“As already clarified, we keep our eye on the restless military moves by the U.S. forces and the South Korean puppet military and are always on standby to take appropriate, quick and overwhelming action at any time according to our judgment.”She also added that the U.S. and South Korea should refrain from any further behaviors that aggravate the situation.Her remarks came after Seoul and Washington c

Mar 7, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Kim Yo-jong threatens 'overwhelming' action against S. Korea, US
Defense

Black Eagles win top award in Australia

Members of the Black Eagles, the Republic of Korea Air Force's air display team, pose after winning an award for the best overall display at the Australian International Airshow, also called the Avalon Airshow, at Avalon Airport, near Geelong, Australia, Saturday (local time). A total of 36 teams from seven countries participated in the event. The Black Eagles are comprised of 12 pilots flying nine black, white and gold colored KAI T-50B Golden Eagle supersonic advanced trainer jets. Courtesy of ROK Air Force

Mar 5, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Black Eagles win top award in Australia
Politics

Marking independence movement

A group of art college students from Hongik University performs in Seoul, Tuesday, as they reenact the March 1st Independence Movement protesting Japan's colonial rule over the Korean Peninsula. Wednesday commemorates the 104th anniversary of the independence movement that took place in 1919. Yonhap

Feb 28, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Marking independence movement
North Korea

Kim Ju-ae's succession still unclear: unification minister

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, and his daughter Ju-ae, second from right, attend a groundbreaking ceremony for a new street in Pyongyang, Saturday, in this photo provided by the North's official Korean Central News Agency. Yonhap By Kang Seung-wooIt is too early to tell if North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un's headline-grabbing daughter, Ju-ae, is the true heir apparent, South Korea's Unification Minister Kwon Young-se said, Monday. But he did not rule out the possibility either that she might become the next leader of the country, which has been ruled by three generations of the Kim family.“Even if North Korea begins grooming her as the next leader, questions remain as to whether she will be able to lead the military-oriented North Korean system,” Kwon said during a radio interview with CBS. “Kim Jong-un has just turned 40 and the North Korean regime is much more patriarchal and male-dominated than we are.”However, Kwon, a four-term lawmaker, said that the government needs to keep a close eye on whether Ju-ae will assume leadership, given that North Ko

Feb 27, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Kim Ju-ae's succession still unclear: unification minister
Politics

Nuclear-powered sub arrives in South Korea amid NK provocations

The USS Springfield nuclear-powered fast attack submarine arrives at a naval base in Busan, Saturday. Courtesy of US Pacific Fleet US aircraft carrier may participate in next month's combined exercise By Kang Seung-woo, Jung Min-hoSouth Korea and the United States have stepped up deterrence efforts against North Korea's mounting threats, recently stoked by its launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), with their latest warning coming over the weekend ― the arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in Busan.In addition, the allies conducted a tabletop exercise last week to respond to possible North Korean nuclear attacks. A U.S. nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is also expected to participate in the allies' springtime combined exercise, scheduled to begin in the middle of next month. According to the U.S. Pacific Fleet, Saturday, the Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarine USS Springfield arrived in Busan for a scheduled port visit earlier that day.“The USS Springfield is one of five Los Angeles-class fast-attack submarines forward-deployed to Guam and routinely

Feb 26, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Nuclear-powered sub arrives in South Korea amid NK provocations
Politics

Defense chief visits Poland

Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, left, shakes hands with his Polish counterpart, Mariusz Blaszczak, during his visit to a firing range in Torun, Poland, Thursday (local time), to inspect a firing drill of K9 self-propelled howitzers, which Korea exported to the Eastern European country. Courtesy of Ministry of National Defense

Feb 24, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Defense chief visits Poland
Politics

Seoul requests US military to rectify its reference to waters between Korea, Japan

This captured photo shows a press release from the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command describing the body of water between South Korea and Japan as the Sea of Japan. Korea Times photo by Kang Seung-wooBy Kang Seung-wooThe South Korean government requested the U.S. military, Thursday, to change the name of the body of water where South Korea, the United States and Japan held a three-way naval exercise, the previous day.The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command described the venue of the joint missile defense drill as the Sea of Japan, although South Korea calls it the East Sea. When the allies held a similar exercise in October last year, the U.S command referred to the venue as the waters between South Korea and Japan.“After finding that the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command used the Sea of Japan, we requested the U.S. side to correct it,” Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) spokesman Army Col. Lee Sung-jun said in a press briefing, Thursday. Seoul's JCS said it requested the U.S. side to describe the venue of the joint drill as open waters.On Wednesday, three warships from South Korea, Japan and the United

Feb 23, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Seoul requests US military to rectify its reference to waters between Korea, Japan
Defense

South Korea, US, Japan conduct missile defense exercise

South Korea, the United States and Japan conduct a trilateral missile defense exercise in the international waters of the East Sea, Wednesday. Courtesy of Joint Chiefs of Staff. By Kang Seung-wooThree warships from South Korea, Japan and the United States carried out a ballistic missile defense drill, Tuesday, in the waters east of Korea in an apparent show of force against a recent North Korean intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) test, according to Seoul's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).The Republic of Korea Navy's Aegis destroyer ROKS Sejong the Great held a drill with Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry and a Japanese Atago-class Aegis destroyer.The trilateral exercise took place shortly after North Korea launched a Hwasong-15 ICBM last Saturday that is believed to be theoretically capable of hitting targets anywhere on the U.S. mainland. It also fired two short-range ballistic missiles towards the East Sea, Monday, an act that seemed to simulate targeting South Korean and U.S. air bases in Cheongju, North Chungcheong Province, and Gunsan, North Jeolla Provin

Feb 22, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
South Korea, US, Japan conduct missile defense exercise
Politics

Aerial refueling exercise

A KC-330 multi-role tanker transport aircraft performs aerial refueling with an F-35A fighter during a Republic of Korea Air Force exercise, Tuesday. The drill was revealed to the media for the first time in a show of force following North Korea's launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile, Saturday. Courtesy of ROK Air Force

Feb 21, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Aerial refueling exercise
Politics

Foreign minister stresses need for responsible use of AI in military domain

Dutch Foreign Minister Wopke Hoekstra, left, and Foreign Minister Park Jin at the Summit on Responsible AI in the Military Domain in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday (local time). Courtesy of Ministry of Foreign AffairsKorea to host second REAIM meeting next yearBy Kang Seung-wooForeign Minister Park Jin has called for the international community to be responsible in the military use of artificial intelligence (AI). His comment was made at the Summit on Responsible AI in the Military Domain (REAIM 2023) in The Hague, Netherlands, Thursday (local time). “Over the past two days, we had productive discussions with experts from diverse backgrounds on the opportunities and challenges presented by AI. With the wisdom gained from the conference, we should proceed and act to prevent wrong uses of AI in the military domain,” Park said during the summit's closing ceremony. Korea and the Netherlands were the co-hosts of the meeting regarding the responsible use of AI in defense contexts. The two-day event brought together 80 government delegations and hundreds of researchers and de

Feb 17, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Foreign minister stresses need for responsible use of AI in military domain
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