SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC), an institution established to ensure the implementation of the 1953 armistice agreement, is overcoming its previous feeble reputation and expanding its role. When five North Korean unmanned drones infiltrated South Korean airspace last year, Seoul responded by sending drones into the North’s territory. [...]
PYEONGTAEK, March 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The deputy commander of the U.N. Command (UNC) stressed the significance of the upcoming South Korea-U.S. military exercise for peace on the peninsula, dismissing North Korea’s pugnacious rhetoric coupled with blatant threats of taking provocative acts in response. Lt. Gen. Andrew Harrison pointed out that the Freedom Shield (FS) [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – The United Nations Command (UNC) reversed a plan Thursday to make public footage of a North Korean soldier making a desperate defection dash to South Korea earlier this week. It cited concern over unnecessary speculation on what happened at the truce village of Panmunjom on Monday afternoon. The North’s soldier suffered multiple gunshot wounds, chased by his fellow soldiers [...]