SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Marine Corps has staged regular defense drills on border islands in the Yellow Sea as part of efforts to maintain readiness against North Korean military threats, officials said Friday. The three-day joint exercise involving the Army, Navy and Air Force began Wednesday on islands near the Northern Limit [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea conducted regular military drills last month to enhance defense capabilities of its easternmost islets of Dokdo, a defense official said Friday. The exercise took place in waters near the islets late last month at a similar scale as the previous year, the official told reporters on condition [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea conducted regular military drills earlier this week to enhance the defense of its easternmost islets of Dokdo, an informed source said Friday, following Japan’s renewed claims to the East Sea outcroppings in a revised security document. Personnel of the Navy and Coast Guard staged the biannual drills [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea conducted regular military drills to strengthen the defense of its easternmost islets of Dokdo last week, multiple sources said Wednesday, amid lingering tensions caused by Japan’s persistent claims to the East Sea outcroppings. The country’s military staged the drills to ensure their readiness to fend off potential [...]