SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea should take a prudent and guarded approach in its negotiations with the Trump administration over his proposed “package deal” on tariffs and security issues, as it would be better not to hastily respond to such talks under Seoul’s current acting leadership, experts said Thursday. Experts said South [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States signed a new joint wartime operations plan (OPLAN) last year to counter evolving North Korean military threats, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Wednesday. Gen. Xavier Brunson made the remarks in a written statement to the House Armed Services Committee, as [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military said Tuesday it fired warning shots at a group of North Korean soldiers who briefly crossed the military demarcation line (MDL) inside the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. About 10 armed North Korean soldiers returned to the North after the South Korean military aired [...]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean military surveillance unit played a critical role in the recent seizure of what authorities believe to be the country’s largest-ever shipment of cocaine, the Army’s 23rd Guard Brigade confirmed Tuesday. On April 2, a joint operation by the East Sea Regional Coast Guard and Seoul [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry on Tuesday expressed “strong protest” against Japan’s territorial claim to South Korea’s easternmost islets of Dokdo in its latest foreign policy paper, calling for an immediate withdrawal. Releasing this year’s Diplomatic Bluebook earlier in the day, the Japanese government once again renewed its claim to the [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The unification ministry vowed Friday to monitor any movements by North Korea and stably manage the security situation on the Korean Peninsula after the Constitutional Court’s ruling that ousted impeached former President Yoon Suk Yeol from office. “The ministry will closely monitor North Korea’s movements while making every effort [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean defense giant Hanwha Aerospace Co. said Thursday it has signed a 371.4 billion-won (US$253.6 million) deal to export homegrown K9 self-propelled howitzers to India. Under the agreement, the company will deliver the K9 howitzers to the Indian Army by September 2030, in cooperation with Mumbai-based company Larsen [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (korea Bizwire) — The top military officers of South Korea and Canada met in Seoul on Thursday and discussed ways to strengthen their cooperation for peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific region. Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) Chairman Adm. Kim Myung-soo and Gen. Jennie Carignan, Canada’s Chief of the Defence Staff, held [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The military plans to heighten its surveillance posture against North Korea as the Constitutional Court is set to deliver its ruling on President Yoon Suk Yeol’s impeachment, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday. The Constitutional Court plans to announce its verdict on Yoon’s impeachment Friday, nearly four [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States appears to have unexpectedly included South Korea’s defense offset program in an annual trade barrier report in a bid to possibly use it as a bargaining chip for future defense trade deals with Seoul, observers said Tuesday. On Monday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative [...]