SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States will rename their springtime combined Key Resolve exercise and desist from using the Foal Eagle name for their annual field training, a government source in Seoul said Wednesday. The move appears to be part of efforts to prevent tensions with North Korea amid [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s defense ministry affirmed Tuesday that the country’s troops will conduct combined command-post drills with the United States this year despite Olympics-driven rapprochement with North Korea. The allies will hold the Key Resolve (KR) and the Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) exercises in order to develop their so-called 4D [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military is mulling whether to consult with U.S. forces over a rescheduling of joint military drills slated for early next year that will overlap with the PyeongChang Winter Olympics and Paralympics, a government source said Thursday. Seoul and Washington stage their military exercises annually around March, and [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Defense Minister Han Min-koo stressed Monday there will be no “compromise or concession” on issues directly related to national security when inspecting the ongoing annual combined military training with the United States. In contemporary wars, he said, it’s important to secure the capability of sustaining fighting if necessary [...]
SUWON, South Korea, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) – As part of the Key Resolve Korea-U.S. military exercise, the Ajou University Hospital conducted a medical evacuation exercise dubbed Dragon Lift 2017 on Wednesday, simulating a mass casualty situation for U.S. military personnel in a presumed wartime condition. Six American soldiers with simulated severe injuries were evacuated on [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Friday they are seeking to arrest a South Korean man on attempted murder charges for slashing U.S. Ambassador to Seoul Mark Lippert on the face and wrist in a show of discontent over the ongoing bilateral military drills. None of the wounds were critical, and Lippert was [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Amb. to South Korea Mark Lippert was injured Thursday in an attack by a knife-wielding assailant who said he was against the ongoing military drills between the two countries, police said. The male suspect, identified as 55-year-old Kim Ki-jong, cut Lippert’s face and wrist with a 25-centimeter paring [...]