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Xinhua
April 28, 2018
The U.S. troops have stayed in South Korea ever since the signing of an armistice treaty at the end of 1950-1953 Korean War. Bilateral relations have been strained over issues like defense burden sharing, the U.S. army's harassment of South Korean civilians and Seoul's initiative to take back the war-timeÃâà...
Colorado Springs Gazette
April 28, 2018
The United States, South Korea's security ally, regularly sends nuclear-capable aircraft and ships to the South during military exercises, so this clause will raise suspicions that Pyongyang is calling for a significant change in the U.S.-South Korea alliance. Moon had previously said that Kim would not insistÃâà...
MarketWatch
April 27, 2018
SEOUL — Kim Jong Un became the first North Korean leader to set foot in the South since the Korean War when he stepped across the military demarcation line Friday and shook hands with Moon Jae-in, the South Korean president. The outcome of their meeting is set to determine the future of relations onÃâà...
New York Times
April 27, 2018
Kim Jong-un became the first North Korean leader to cross into South Korean territory on Friday, walking over the Military Demarcation Line where he was welcomed by President ... Some of Panmunjom's buildings are administered by North Korea, some by the United Nations and some by South Korea.
Business Insider
March 16, 2018
South Korean officials are looking for clarification on comments President Donald Trump made about the status of US troops in the country. During a speech, Trump referenced what he called the US's "big trade deficit" and its military presence in South Korea, prompting speculation over whether he wasÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
March 16, 2018
“One of the Army's key operational focuses is the improvement of an air assault capability,” according to Kim Dae-young, a research fellow at Korea Research Institute for National Strategy, a Seoul-based think tank. “Toward that end, the South Korean Army now seeks to model after the U.S. 101st AirborneÃâà...
South China Morning Post
March 16, 2018
A spokesman at the US-South Korea Combined Forces Command said the date, duration and other details of the annual Key Resolve/Foal Eagle exercises will be announced next week. North Korea has made no official comment on Kim's proposed face-to-face meetings with Trump and South KoreanÃâà...
The Straits Times
March 16, 2018
SEOUL (AFP) - South Korea and the United States will scale down and shorten annual joint military exercises in light of a diplomatic thaw with ... But according to a senior official in Seoul's presidential office, Kim told a visiting South Korean envoy last week that he would "understand" if the drills went ahead.
Newsweek
March 15, 2018
Students on other bases in South Korea, however, did participate in the walkout. Around 100 students at Daegu Middle/High School at Camp Walker participated in the walkout, and between 150 and 200 students at Humphreys High School at Camp Humphreys held a vigil, according to Stars and Stripes.
Georgetown University The Hoya
March 15, 2018
South Korean officials hoped Cha would be officially appointed before last month's Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, according to The Washington Post. Although the United States and South Korea agreed to pause joint military exercises during the Olympics and North Korean athletes joined the SouthÃâà...
Stars and Stripes
March 15, 2018
G-Dragon is the leader and main songwriter for the South Korean pop group Big Bang. ... SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's military is facing a new danger — fans of K-pop superstar G-Dragon. The recruit training ... “G-Dragon is thankful for your support and concern about his military duty,” it added.
Dream Team FC
March 14, 2018
Spurs face losing striker Heung-Min Son for TWO YEARS to the South Korean Army. Under Korean law, all men must do ... Son has two other get-out routes. If South Korea and Son were to win either the 2018 Asian Games or the 2019 Asian Cup, the Spurs man would be given his exemption by the Army.
CNN
March 5, 2018
Seoul, South Korea (CNN) North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told a high-ranking South Korean government delegation that he wants to "write a new history of ... occasions and was photographed clasping hands with Liu Yunshan, a former top leader of China's Communist Party, at a military parade in 2015.
CNBC
March 3, 2018
North Korea threatened on Saturday to "counter the U.S." if the United States holds joint military exercises with South Korea, saying the drills would harm reconciliation efforts on the peninsula. The United States is due to start joint exercises in early April, a South Korean presidential security adviser said thisÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
February 28, 2018
A senior policy adviser to the South Korean president says his country is “very much worried about American unilateral military action on North Korea” and a possible “full-blown escalation conflict.” Moon Chung-in, the South Korean president's senior foreign policy and unification adviser and a seasonedÃâà...
The Hill
February 16, 2018
The main reason South Korea has not attained “military superiority” and “self-reliant defense capabilities,” in President Moon's words, is because of the attraction ... South Korean politicians have begun to raise the issue, and two-thirds of South Koreans indicate their support for their own nuclear deterrent.
New York Times
December 31, 1999
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea turned off loudspeakers blaring bouncy music and other propaganda into North Korea on Monday, silencing weapons of ... Because of electricity shortages in the North, its loudspeakers have not been as powerful as the South's, South Korean military officials said.
ABC News
December 31, 1999
"North Korea objects to Foal Eagle because it involves U.S. troops coming to South Korea, and participating in realistic joint training, said Steve Ganyard, ABC News contributor. "It directly counteracts North Korean propaganda and points out the strength of the U.S. and South Korean military alliance.".
