SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The transition team of President-elect Yoon Suk-yeol is embroiled in a controversy over unfair treatment after Yoon recently took selfies with members of the Korean Augmentation to the U.S. Army (KATUSA). The President-elect took selfies with troops on Thursday at Camp Humphreys, a sprawling U.S. base in Pyeongtaek, 70 [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a string of controversies over the poor quality of military meals for service members who are quarantined for prevention of COVID-19 after returning from leave, a Marine Corps soldier has once again highlighted the issue. On Monday, a soldier who was placed in a quarantine facility of Marine [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry decided to lift a vacation ban for enlisted service members after the government eased social distancing guidelines on the new coronavirus, officials said Monday. Since mid-August, the military authorities banned rank-and-file troops from vacationing and off-base movement, as the country saw a surge in confirmed COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering requesting the United States to have its service members and related individuals go through coronavirus testing before their departure for the South amid growing concerns over a surge in imported cases, officials said Tuesday. This month alone, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) reported a total [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) on Tuesday expressed regrets over its soldiers’ unruly behavior in the southeastern city of Busan on U.S. Independence Day last week, vowing to fully cooperate with South Korean authorities’ investigation and to take appropriate disciplinary action against those involved. The unidentified service members are [...]