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Pyongyang’s silence sheds doubt on inter-Korean military talks

Prospects are grim for the two Koreas to hold military talks this month, as the North appears to have closed up on all inter-Korean cooperation plans following the breakdown of its second summit with the United States last month. The Ministry of National Defense here said Sunday it recently proposed to hold military talks with the North via a communications line, but it had not received confirmation. Seoul has been pushing to hold military talks before the end of this month, as the implementatio

S. Korea honors victims of N. Korean attacks in 2002, 2010

The South Korean government held an annual ceremony Friday to commemorate more than 50 victims of North Korea's naval and artillery attacks in 2002 and 2010.Addressing the West Sea Defense Day event at the national cemetery in Daejeon, 160 kilometers south of Seoul, Prime Minister Lee Nak-yon underlined a budding peace mood on the peninsula driven by inter-Korean summits last year. The West Sea is South Korea's name for the Yellow Sea. (Yonhap)He said the waters near the Yellow Sea border, where

Mar 22, 2019
Defense
Monday's unintentional missile launch attributable to maintenance

An Air Force investigation team said Thursday that this week's unintentional launch, and mid-air explosion, of an anti-aircraft guided missile was caused by a mistake during a routine maintenance check.The Cheongung medium-range surface-to-air missile exploded in midair near an Air Force base in Chuncheon, 85 kilometers northeast of Seoul, on Monday after being unintentionally fired off. No one was injured in the blast. (Yonhap)The Air Force said that two mechanics mistakenly left an operational

Mar 21, 2019
Defense
Medium-range missile accidentally launches, explodes in air

A surface-to-air missile was accidentally launched from an air base in Chuncheon, Gangwon Province, Monday and exploded in the air, South Korea’s Air Force said.The medium-range Cheongung M-SAM, also known as the Cheolmae-2, was “abnormally” launched at 10:38 a.m. during maintenance work and automatically exploded in the air, the Air Force said in a statement. (Yonhap)According to the statement, for safety reasons the missile was designed to self-destruct in abnormal situations. No damage or ca

Mar 19, 2019
Defense
S. Korea, US defense chiefs to meet in Washington next month

The defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States will hold talks in Washington early next month over the security situation on the peninsula and joint peace efforts, Seoul's defense ministry said Monday.The talks between, Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and acting US Secretary of Defense Patrick Shanahan, are likely to touch on such pending issues as the allies' combined military exercises later this year and the envisioned transfer of wartime operational control. (Yonhap)"(The ministr

Mar 18, 2019
Defense
S. Korea, US defense chiefs to meet later this month

Acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan said Thursday that he and South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo plan to meet later this month.The two would be meeting for the first time since Shanahan took office this year upon the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis."The minister of defense for South Korea ... will come see me at the end of this month," Shanahan said at a hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee.(AP)He said the two will discuss "progress and the findin

Mar 15, 2019
Defense
Korean Navy’s Cheonghae Unit celebrates decade of contribution to global peace

The Cheonghae Unit of the Navy celebrated its decadelong contributions to global peace Wednesday, standing as the very first maritime unit including warships to be deployed overseas.Having set sail from Jinhae Naval Base here on March 13, 2009, the Navy contingent has conducted anti-piracy operations, several rescue operations and has escorted tens of thousands of South Korean and foreign vessels in areas around the Gulf of Aden. “The Cheonghae Unit has carried out operations to counter piracy a

Mar 13, 2019
Defense
S. Korea, US to wrap up new alliance exercise

South Korea and the United States will wrap up their new, weeklong combined defense exercise on Tuesday, amid worries that the apparent downsizing of their springtime drills could hurt military readiness.The allies launched the Dong Maeng command post exercise on Monday last week, replacing the Key Resolve exercise to support ongoing diplomacy to denuclearize North Korea and foster lasting peace on the divided peninsula. Dong Maeng is the Korean word for alliance. (AFP-Yonhap)The computer simula

Mar 12, 2019
Defense
S. Korea to launch new civilian-military exercise in May: source

South Korea plans to launch a new civilian-military exercise in late May, the latest in a series of reorganization moves of its defense drills to support peace efforts with North Korea, a government source said Wednesday.The Ulchi Taegeuk exercise will take place from May 27-30, the source said. It combines two existing programs -- the Taegeuk command post exercise and the Ulchi government exercise, part of the summertime South Korea-US Ulchi Freedom Guardian exercise. (AP-Yonhap)The UFG, usual

Mar 6, 2019
Defense
South Korea-US kick off combined exercise Dong Maeng

South Korea and the United States kicked off their weeklong combined exercise Dong Maeng on Monday, replacing the previous large-scale springtime exercises, as announced by the defense ministries of the two sides Sunday.The newly introduced Dong Maeng, a computer-simulated command post exercise, will run through March 12. It is widely understood to be a downsized version of Key Resolve, which had usually been conducted over a period of two weeks. “Dong Maeng” means alliance in Korean. (AFP-Yonh

Mar 5, 2019
Defense
Allies to launch Dong Maeng exercise this week to replace Key Resolve drills

South Korea and the United States will launch the new Dong Maeng combined exercise this week to replace their springtime Key Resolve drills, their militaries announced Sunday.Seoul's Joint chiefs of Staff and the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command said that the nine-day command post exercise kicks off on Monday, two days after the allies' defense chiefs decided to end the annual Key Resolve and Foal Eagle maneuvers to back diplomacy for the denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. (AFP)"Don

Mar 3, 2019
Defense
KF-16D fighter jet crashes, 2 pilots rescued

A South Korean fighter jet crashed into the West Sea on Wednesday, with the two pilots safely rescued, the Air Force said.The two-seat KF-16D warplane fell into the sea for an unidentified reason at 12:13 p.m., 13 minutes after departing from an air base in Gunsan, 274 kilometers south of Seoul, it said in a text message sent to reporters. The pilots immediately ejected and were rescued. KF-16D (Yonhap)"The two pilots are currently returning to their base, and their condition is confirmed to be

Feb 27, 2019
Defense
[Newsmaker] Seoul, Tokyo at odds again over Japan’s participation in maritime exercises

Seoul and Tokyo are at odds over Japan’s participation in planned multinational maritime exercises in spring, raising tension between the two countries already strained by a recent military spat and historical issues. The 10-member Association of Southeast Asian Nations and eight other partner countries, including Korea, plan to hold maritime exercises first in the coastal waters off Busan from April 29 to May 2, followed by waters off Singapore from May 9 to 13.After finalizing details during t

Feb 25, 2019
Defense
Chinese military plane enters S. Korea's air defense zone

A Chinese military jet entered South Korea's air defense zone without notice three times Saturday, defense authorities said. (Yonhap)The aircraft entered the country's air defense identification zone, called the KADIZ, at around 8:03 a.m. near Ieo Island and exited at 8:27 a.m. according to the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).It re-entered the KADIZ at 9:34 a.m. near the southeastern city of Pohang, and flew between Ulleung and the easternmost islets of Dokdo, eventually leaving the air defense zone

Feb 23, 2019
Defense
Leaders of S. Korea, India celebrate 150th anniversary of birth of Gandhi

South Korean President Moon Jae-in welcomed Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi Thursday with a ceremony to unveil a bust of late Indian leader and activist Mahatma Gandhi that will be put on permanent display in South Korea.Modi arrived here earlier in the day on a two-day state visit.In the unveiling ceremony at Seoul's Yonsei University, President Moon praised the late Indian leader, saying the greatness of Gandhi lies in the fact that he walked the path of peace despite the violence and thre

Feb 21, 2019
Defense

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