SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Force Lt. Gen. Jin Yong-sung has been tapped to lead South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), the defense ministry said Monday, in the first major military reshuffle under the Lee Jae Myung government. Jin, who has led the Strategic Command as its inaugural chief, was promoted to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea increased the number of loudspeakers against South Korea installed along border areas between May and June, but none of them are currently in operation, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday. The move came as North Korea remains unresponsive to South Korea’s completion of dismantling its [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s top military officer met with the chief of the U.S. Transportation Command on Monday and discussed ways to bolster cooperation, such as regularizing combined transportation drills, the South’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. JCS Chairman Adm. Kim Myung-soo and Gen. Randall Reed held talks in Seoul, [...]
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, Jun. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea sent more than 180 trash-carrying balloons toward South Korea overnight, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Thursday, in what marked its third consecutive balloon launch this week. Some 70 balloons, largely carrying small pieces of paper, mostly landed in Seoul and the northern part of Gyeonggi Province [...]