SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — In a major step to enhance transparency in American forces stationed here, South Korea and the United States agreed on Tuesday to make public any non-confidential information they have in relation to the United States Forces Korea. “The Joint Committee discussed cooperative efforts to further enhance transparency of SOFA-related [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has completed the process to provide a site for the deployment of the advanced U.S. Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system, the foreign ministry said Thursday. Since the official announcement of a decision to install a THAAD battery in South Korea, Seoul and Washington have been negotiating [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A contaminant detected in groundwater beneath a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) garrison in Seoul was above the permissible level, a government report showed Tuesday. The U.S. Army base in Yongsan, central Seoul, has long been suspected as the source of oil that has contaminated the nearby water and land. [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States agreed Wednesday to seek a “comprehensive and systematic” measure to prevent the recurrence of a live anthrax shipment to the peninsula, the Foreign Ministry said. The two sides also agreed to continue joint efforts to resolve disputes over the cleaning of polluted American [...]