PYEONGTAEK, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Braving subzero temperatures, 10 South Korean Army cadets slogged through this week’s U.S.-led field training designed to gear them up for an annual international military academy contest slated for April. The three-day training at Camp Humphreys, a sprawling U.S. base in Pyeongtaek, 70 kilometers south of Seoul, centered on [...]
PYEONGTAEK, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — One of the main gates leading to a U.S. base in South Korea will be named after a South Korean for the very first time. U.S. Forces Korea reportedly plans to change the name of the main gate leading to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, from ‘Dongchang-ri [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has suggested to South Korea that the Combined Forces Command between the two countries relocate to Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, south of Seoul, despite an earlier plan to keep it in Seoul, a government source said Thursday. The CFC, currently headquartered at Seoul’s Yongsan [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Eighth Army of the United States said Wednesday its new commander Lt. Gen. Michael A. Bills will assume the post this week. Bills, the operations officer of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and the allies’ Combined Forces Command, is replacing Lt. Gen. Thomas S. Vandal as the leader [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 7 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. First Lady Melania Trump spent time with Korean students on Tuesday at a sports event organized by the U.S. Embassy in Korea to promote physical activity among young girls. She arrived in Korea earlier in the day with her husband President Donald Trump for a two-day state visit [...]
DONGDUCHEON, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Camp Casey railroad track was packed on Wednesday with KORAIL (Korea Railroad Corporation) officials and soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division (2ID) of the United States Army loading military tracked vehicles onto the train. The 2-8 Cavalry Regiment was moving to Camp Humphreys. Camp Casey is located in Dongducheon, between [...]