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Sun, September 15, 2019 | 15:28

Service members stationed overseas celebrate Chuseok

When most office workers enjoy a long weekend over Chuseok, a nationwide harvest festival holiday celebrated in both Koreas, military service personnel at home and abroad continue to serve on their missions. For the service personnel with South Korea's four overseas units - Hanbit, Dongmyeong, Akh and Cheonghae - Chuseok is still meaningful as they celebrate with traditional ...

2019-09-13 09:00

Female service members deserve bigger leadership role

When it comes to promoting gender equality in military barracks, some might think it is about giving preferential treatment to female personnel. Kang Seo-yeon, a chief petty officer of the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy, realized this after an article spotlighting her service received comments to such effect online.

2019-09-11 16:38

48 caught this year for trying to avoid military service

Forty-eight people have attempted to dodge their compulsory military service this year, government data showed, Monday. According to recently disclosed information from the Military Manpower Administration through Rep. Kim Su-min of the minor Bareunmirae Party, they all tried to get exemptions from the mandatory service as of Aug. 22.

2019-09-03 16:06

US also positive on prompt return of military bases in South Korea: Seoul ministry

South Korea's push for a prompt return of American military bases in the country has long been discussed between the allies and the U.S. is also positive on the move, the defense ministry said Tuesday, guarding against any political interpretation of the issue. Last week, the presidential office Cheong Wa Dae vowed to push for a prompt return of 26 U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) ba...

2019-09-03 13:38

Seoul accelerates CFC relocation to Pyeongtaek, seeks early return of Yongsan base

The government wants to accelerate the relocation of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC) from Yongsan to Pyeongtaek for an early return of U.S. Army Garrison (USAG) Yongsan to Korea, according to military officials, Monday.

2019-09-02 17:14

'Seoul-Tokyo conflict challenges US' East Asia policy by giving boost to China'

Ongoing disputes centering on trade and security policies between South Korea and Japan, the key U.S. allies in Northeast Asia, are putting the U.S. leadership in a difficult position in its competition with China for regional hegemony, according to international relations professors who visited Seoul last week.

2019-09-01 09:00

USFK to close Yongsan Garrison within this year

The U.S. Forces Korea will end all services at a major military base in the heart of Seoul within this year to prepare the return of the land to the government, military officials said Saturday. The U.S. military has been moving its bases from around the country to a refurbished garrison in Pyeongtaek, some 70 kilometers south of Seoul, since 2017.

2019-08-31 18:50

Seoul to budget over 50 trillion won for defense to counter growing security threats

Seoul is seeking to spend 50.1527 trillion won (about $41.23 billion) on defense next year, according to the Ministry of National Defense, Thursday. This would be the first time for South Korea's annual defense budget to exceed 50 trillion won, if the ministry's plan to increase the budget by 7.4 percent from this year's 46.7 trillion won is approved by the National Assembly....

2019-08-29 17:30

Trump's North Korea policy affects security map

U.S. President Donald Trump's “America first” strategy is changing the security landscape in Northeast Asia region. In efforts to keep promoting his engagement policy toward North Korea as a “success” amid the stalled denuclearization negotiations, Trump has repeatedly said Pyongyang's weapons test of short-range ballistic missiles and multiple rocket launchers were not in vi...

2019-08-28 17:07

ROK Navy Cruise Training Task Group kicks off 66th journey

A Navy sailor hugs his family member at a sendoff ceremony for the Republic of Korea Navy Cruise Training Task Group, composed of ROKS Munmu the Great (DDH-976) and ROKS Hwacheon (AOE-59), as well as 630 Navy personnel including 140 cadets, at the port of Jinhae in Changwon, South Gyeongsang Province. The task group commenced a trip around the world Wednesday during which it ...

2019-08-28 16:58

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