SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent survey showed that 96.5 percent of South Koreans think the nation’s contribution to the joint defense costs for American troops in South Korea, a thorny issue that is being negotiated between South Korea and the U.S., should be reduced or maintained at a current level. The Korea [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) took key electronic equipment out of its THAAD missile defense base in South Korea on Monday after replacement equipment was brought into the base last month, officials said. On May 29, the U.S. military, with the assistance of the South Korean defense ministry, brought [...]
SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Thousands of South Korean employees for the U.S. Forces Korea returned to work Monday following months of unpaid leave, after Seoul and Washington agreed upon a wage deal amid their stalled defense-cost sharing negotiations. More than 4,000 South Korean workers had been on the furlough since April 1, as [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The portion of a fence dividing the commissioned officers’ quarters at the Yongsan base of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and the outside world has been taken down to begin the first phase of opening up the old military apartment complex to the public. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and [...]
UIJEONGBU, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Saturday they have apprehended members of a survival game club who had illegally trespassed onto an abandoned U.S. Army base. Early this month, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) reported graffiti and other signs of trespassing inside Camp Jackson, an abandoned base located in Uijeongbu, just north of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has notified the United States of its plan to pay wages in advance for its citizens who work for the U.S. Forces Korea but have been furloughed amid a deadlock in their defense cost-sharing negotiations, a government source said Sunday. Around 4,000 employees were furloughed indefinitely starting [...]
SEOUL, April 16 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Thursday it has removed travel restrictions for South Korea’s southeastern city of Daegu as new coronavirus cases in the area have been on the decline recently. In February, USFK designated Daegu as a coronavirus “hot spot” and banned all service members from making nonessential [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — An American citizen working at a U.S. air base in the city of Pyeongtaek tested positive for the coronavirus Tuesday, bringing the total number of USFK-related infections to 20, the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said. The civilian worker has been in quarantine at his off-installation residence since Thursday, when [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) is randomly conducting vinegar smell tests at entrances of its bases to screen people possibly infected with the new coronavirus, the military said, following reports that losing the sense of smell or taste could be an indication of virus infection. “We are now performing random [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) Commander Gen. Robert Abrams has drawn criticism over a tweet that appeared to mock South Korea for hastily expecting a deal in defense cost-sharing negotiations between the two countries. On Thursday evening, Abrams retweeted a dictionary explanation of the traditional Korean idiom “to drink kimchi [...]