SINGAPORE, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States is looking to “modernize” its alliance with South Korea and “calibrate” U.S. force posture on the Korean Peninsula to deter China, a senior U.S. defense official said Thursday, apparently leaving open the possibility of an adjustment to the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) presence. In a press [...]
WASHINGTON, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A Pentagon spokesperson on Friday dismissed reports on the United States’ consideration of a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) troop drawdown as “not true,” reaffirming that America remains “fully” committed to the defense of South Korea. Chief Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell issued a statement after The Wall Street Journal reported [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s defense ministry said Friday it has not held any discussions with the Pentagon over the possibility of scaling back U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) troops stationed in South Korea, stressing it is a matter that requires bilateral consultation. The remark came in response to a report by The [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — An envisioned U.S. national defense strategy may lead South Korea and the United States to explore “greater flexibility” of the 28,500-strong U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) to help keep an assertive China in check, a former senior Pentagon official said Tuesday. Randall Schriver, former assistant secretary of defense for Indo-Pacific [...]
SEOUL, March 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A general supervising operations of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has pledged to maintain a “strong, forward-deployed force” in South Korea in a bid to ensure its security commitment in the face of North Korea’s military threats. Maj. Gen. William D. “Hank” Taylor, director of operations for United Nations [...]
BUSAN, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A fire at a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) warehouse in the southeastern port city of Busan has been brought under control, with no casualties reported, officials said Friday. The Busan Metropolitan City Fire Disaster Headquarters said the fire was nearly under control by 7:24 a.m., with the fire response [...]
WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — House and Senate negotiators released their compromise draft of an annual defense policy bill Thursday, which calls for maintaining 28,500 U.S. troops in South Korea and deepening nuclear deterrence coordination between Seoul and Washington. They unveiled the final draft of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for the 2024 [...]
CHANGWON May 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry and U.S. Forces Korea have begun work to construct a shooting range for U.S. troops in the southeastern city of Changwon, without prior notification to the local authorities, sources said Tuesday. According to city officials and local politicians, logging work to build the firing range began in [...]
SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Prime Minister Han Duck-soo on Friday volunteered as a one-day English teacher at an elementary school inside a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) base. He joined a group of family members of USFK personnel to participate in an English play class for Korean students at Humphreys West Elementary School in [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Friday it has conducted the first training on the deployment of a “remote” launcher of its Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) missile defense system in South Korea. The U.S. military made public a set of photos of Sunday’s training, hours after the [...]