SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military is expected to resume exercises in buffer zones set under a 2018 inter-Korean military accord as they have become effectively invalid after North Korea’s recent artillery firing, officials said Tuesday. On Monday, the South’s military said it will resume artillery firings and drills near the sea [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States were set to kick off major combined military drills this week as the allies seek to bolster joint readiness against evolving military threats from North Korea. The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, based on an all-out war scenario, is set to take [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United Arab Emirates were staging combined high-tech military drills, Seoul’s Army said Wednesday. The exercise is under way at the Korea Combat Training Center (KCTC), a facility employing cutting-edge technologies for realistic ground drills, in the northeastern county of Inje. The drills mobilized some 2,500 troops to [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States will kick off a major combined military exercise next week to beef up their joint defense, both sides said Monday, amid North Korea’s hardening rhetoric fueling concerns about the possibility of North Korea unleashing new provocations. The annual Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States wrapped up a major combined military exercise Thursday, Seoul officials said, in a conclusion highlighting their pursuit of stronger deterrence against North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. The allies completed the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, which kicked off Aug. 22, despite North [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States are expected to revive a comprehensive combined military exercise abolished in 2018, Seoul officials said Thursday, amid the allies’ efforts to reinforce deterrence against North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats. The exercise set for Aug. 22-Sept. 1 is likely to combine the [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States have been conducting combined military drills, involving a high-tech training system, Seoul official said Monday, amid the allies’ stepped-up efforts to sharpen deterrence against North Korea’s evolving security threats. The 11-day training got under way at the Army’s Korea Combat Training Center (KCTC) [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Slightly more than half of all South Koreans do not support the idea of postponing the regular joint summertime military drills between Seoul and Washington, a poll showed Monday. In the poll of 500 people aged 18 and older nationwide conducted by Realmeter last Friday, 50.4 percent of the [...]