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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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Defense

Korea-US defense talks likely to bring up extended deterrence

U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin is greeted by military officers upon his arrival at the Osan Air Base in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, Monday. AP-YonhapContaining China's rise also expected to be high on agendaBy Kang Seung-wooThe U.S. defense chief is expected to use a meeting with his South Korean counterpart as an opportunity to assure Seoul of Washington's extended deterrence commitment against North Korea's evolving nuclear threats. In addition, how to contain a rising China is likely to be high on the agenda as well amid the current geostrategic competition between Washington and Beijing that is developing into a new Cold War.U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin arrived in South Korea, Monday, for his talks with Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, scheduled for Tuesday. “Austin is anticipated to talk about the U.S.' plan to strengthen its commitment to South Korea against North Korea's nuclear threats,” said Cho Han-bum, a senior researcher of the Korea Institute for National Unification.Extended deterrence refers to the commitment to use a full range of capabi

Jan 30, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Korea-US defense talks likely to bring up extended deterrence
  • Adversary that challenges S. Korea challenging Seoul-Washington alliance as whole: US defense chief
Politics

Trilateral maritime exercise

A combat craft medium vessel of the U.S. Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR) participates in a combined exercise with the South Korean Navy SEALs and the British Navy in unidentified Korean waters in this undated photo, released by the SOCKOR, Sunday. The training, held in mid-January, also involved the British Royal Navy patrol ship, HMS Spey. Courtesy of SOCKOR

Jan 29, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Trilateral maritime exercise
Defense

S. Korea to increase joint air defense exercises following N. Korean drone incursions

Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup, right, and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Kim Seung-kyum participate in a plenary session of the National Defense Committee at the National Assembly in Seoul, Thursday. YonhapNorth Korea's unmanned aircraft could not film presidential office clearly: JCS By Kang Seung-woo The South Korean military will expand annual air defense exercises in the wake of North Korean drone infiltrations into the South's airspace late last year, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday.“The South Korean military plans to conduct a joint air defense exercise featuring all units four times a year,” a JCS officer told reporters. The training has been held biannually until now.The JCS plans to operate drones that match the size of North Korean unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) that crossed the Military Demarcation Line and conduct training drills to integrate and operate all available forces in the South Korean military.On Dec. 26, 2022, North Korea flew five drones across the inter-Korean border for the first time in five years and one of them returned to

Jan 26, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
S. Korea to increase joint air defense exercises following N. Korean drone incursions
North Korea

Arms control talks likely to hurt alliance between Seoul and Washington

gettyimagesbankBy Kang Seung-wooAgainst the backdrop of 38 ballistic missiles launched last year, North Korea has shown its intention not to give up on its nuclear ambitions, raising speculation that nuclear arms control is emerging ― in the United States ― as an alternative method to contain Pyongyang's evolving nuclear program.However, the Asan Institute for Policy Studies, a Seoul-based think tank, claims that negotiations with North Korea on nuclear arms control would be the starting point from which the South Korea-U.S. alliance could begin to fragment.An arms control deal would mean curbing North Korea's nuclear development and avoiding the use of its existing weapons, but there are lingering concerns that, should the U.S. reach such a deal with the North, it would formally recognize the Stalinist state as a nuclear power ― a status the country has been aggressively seeking.“Negotiations on arms control between the U.S. and North Korea will open a Pandora's box that could break the alliance and that is what North Korea is aiming for,” its latest report said, Wednesd

Jan 25, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Foreign Affairs

Yoon's 'enemy' remarks escalate into diplomatic row with Iran

A man walks past the Iranian Embassy in Seoul, Thursday. YonhapTehran's strong response to Yoon's comments most likely related to frozen funds: expert By Kang Seung-wooTehran summoned the South Korean ambassador to Iran and threatened to review its diplomatic ties with Seoul in response to President Yoon Suk Yeol's recent remarks describing the Middle Eastern country as the biggest threat to the United Arab Emirates (UAE).In retaliation, the South Korean government also called in the Iranian ambassador to Korea, Thursday, raising concerns that the incident may escalate into a diplomatic row between the two countries. According to Iran's foreign ministry, Wednesday (local time), Reza Najafi, the deputy foreign minister for legal and international affairs, summoned the South Korean Ambassador to Iran, Yun Kang-hyeon, and lodged a “strong protest” against the president's remarks. During his visit to the South Korean Akh Unit in Abu Dhabi, Sunday (local time) to encourage the soldiers, Yoon said Korea and the UAE are in a similar position, with each facing North Korea and Ira

Jan 19, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Yoon's 'enemy' remarks escalate into diplomatic row with Iran
  • Presidential office calls Iran's ire over 'enemy' remark 'misunderstanding'
Politics

Korea's KF-21 fighter jet achieves first supersonic flight

A prototype of the KF-21 Boramae flies over Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, Tuesday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration said the fighter jet surpassed Mach 1 during the flight. Courtesy of DAPA By Kang Seung-woo The KF-21 Boramae, the nation's first domestically developed fighter jet, successfully flew at supersonic speeds for the first time, Tuesday, the state arms procurement agency said. Securing supersonic capability is a major part of the project as it means key functions work smoothly irrespective of flight speeds.According to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), the prototype of the 4.5-generation fighter jet surpassed Mach 1 at an altitude of 40,000 feet at 3:15 p.m. after it took off at the third Flying Training Wing of the Republic of Korea Air Force in Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province at 2:58 p.m. The warplane landed at 3:54 p.m. after flying over the country's southern waters.Since its first test flight in July 2022, three prototypes of the aircraft, manufactured by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), have flown over 80 times at speeds of

Jan 17, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Korea's KF-21 fighter jet achieves first supersonic flight
Foreign Affairs

Yoon's remarks draw ire from Iran

President Yoon Suk Yeol speaks during his visit to the Akh Unit in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Sunday (local time). YonhapSeoul seeks to defuse controversy By Kang Seung-wooPresident Yoon Suk Yeol's description of Iran as the “enemy” of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has provoked protest from Tehran as it calls Yoon's remark undiplomatic and asks for Seoul's explanation.The government is stepping up to prevent the issue from creating diplomatic problems with Iran. Yoon made the remarks during his visit to the Akh Unit, which trains the UAE's special operations forces, Sunday (local time), as part of his efforts to encourage its soldiers. “You are here because the UAE is our brother nation,” Yoon told the troops. “And (defending) our brother nation's security is as important as that of South Korea's. The UAE's enemy ― the most threatening nation ― is Iran and our enemy is North Korea… We are in a very similar position to the UAE.” He was on a four-day state visit to the Middle Eastern country when he made the comment. Iranian Foreign Min

Jan 17, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Yoon's remarks draw ire from Iran
  • Opposition leader raps Yoon over remarks on Iran
Foreign Affairs

Talks on wartime forced labor issue pick up pace

A public hearing on ways to resolve the thorny issue of how to compensate victims of Japan's wartime forced labor at the National Assembly in Seoul, Thursday. Korea Times file By Kang Seung-wooLess than a week after South Korea delivered a proposal to resolve a wartime forced labor dispute with Japan, the two sides seem to be on the same page to find a speedy “solution” to the long-running issue that has caused bilateral ties to deteriorate to their lowest level in decades. Seo Min-jeong, director-general of the Asian and Pacific Affairs Bureau at Korea's foreign ministry, held working-level talks with her counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, in Tokyo for follow-up discussions on finalizing adjustments to Seoul's proposal, and Japan taking sincere steps in response, including offering an apology to surviving South Korean victims of its forced labor during Japan's 1910-45 occupation of Korea. It marked their first face-to-face meeting following the proposal. Last Thursday, the Korean government unveiled a plan at a public hearing to compensate the victims through a public fou

Jan 16, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Talks on wartime forced labor issue pick up pace
Politics

Two Koreans among passengers of plane that crashed in Nepal

Rescue teams work at the wreckage of a Yeti Airlines ATR72 aircraft that crashed in Pokhara, Nepal, Sunday. EPA-YonhapBy Kang Seung-wooA passenger aircraft carrying 72 people, including two Koreans, crashed in Nepal, Sunday, according to Seoul's foreign ministry. Chances of finding survivors appear to be slim.According to the Civil Aviation Authority of Nepal (CAAN), the ATR-72 plane, operated by Nepal's Yeti Airlines flying from Kathmandu to Pokhara, took off at 10:33 a.m. from Kathmandu's Tribhuvan International Airport, with 68 passengers and four crew members aboard. It crashed around 11 a.m. while landing on the runway of Pokhara International Airport. The cause of the crash was not immediately clear. Pokhara is a tourist town in Nepal that is also known as the gateway to the Annapurna Circuit, a popular hiking trail in the Himalayas.As of 9:40 p.m., Sunday, 68 people had been confirmed dead, according to the CAAN, although it did not elaborate on the nationalities of the recovered bodies. Along with the two Koreans, the passenger list also included 13 other foreign nationals:

Jan 15, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
Two Koreans among passengers of plane that crashed in Nepal
  • At least 68 killed in Nepal's worst air crash in nearly five years
  • 68 dead, 4 missing after plane crashes in Nepal resort town
North Korea

North Korea likely to take advantage of new 'Cold War' paradigm: experts

gettyimagesbankBy Kang Seung-wooWith the global order shifting to a new “Cold War” paradigm, where North Korea partners with China and Russia against a U.S.-led trilateral alliance with South Korea and Japan, Pyongyang is expected to go its own way of advancing its nuclear program, according to diplomatic observers. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un noted that the structure of international relations has been apparently shifted to the new Cold War system, further expediting a push for multipolarization, and accused the United States of establishing a military bloc similar to NATO, in a plenary meeting of its ruling Workers' Party last week. In addition, he hinted that his country will focus heavily on the security situation and its defense plans.“I think North Korea views Seoul, Tokyo, and Washington as aligned in their policy approach with the goal of denuclearization and sees little value in dialogue with either of them. Pyongyang is not interested in talks that continue to pursue denuclearization and holds out little hope for concessions that they seek. As a result

Jan 7, 2023By Kang Seung-woo
North Korea likely to take advantage of new 'Cold War' paradigm: experts
  • Trilateral cooperation with S. Korea, Japan most important to US: State Dept.
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