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Yonhap News
April 28, 2018
2010 -- South Korea holds a mass funeral for 46 sailors killed in North Korea's sinking of the warship Cheonan. ... 2017 -- The USS Carl Vinson, a U.S. aircraft carrier, starts a joint naval drill with the South Korean Navy in the East Sea amid heightened tensions from North Korea's failed ballistic missileÃâà...
Inc.com
April 28, 2018
The meeting earlier today between North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un and South Korea's president Moon Jae-in was something most of us never ... And although the two nations have lived side by side relatively uneventfully since the cease-fire was signed in 1953, their navies have had skirmishes aroundÃâà...
Gloucester Daily Times
April 27, 2018
They then took a photo inside the Peace House, where the summit took place, in front of a painting of South Korea's Bukhan Mountain, which towers over the South Korean Blue House presidential mansion and where dozens of North Korean commandos trying to assassinate the then-dictator in Seoul wereÃâà...
The Guardian
April 27, 2018
The leaders of North and South Korea have promised after a landmark summit to bring “lasting peace” to the peninsula with a commitment to ... There have been occasional outbreaks of violence, most recently in 2010 when 50 people were killed when a South Korean navy corvette was sunk and severalÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 27, 2018
Kim Yong Chol, head of national intelligence: A former four-star general, Kim Yong Chol is a hardliner who South Korean intelligence believes ordered the sinking of the South Korean navy vessel in 2010, killing 46 sailors. Eight years later, he was heading North Korea's delegation to the PyeongChangÃâà...
Times of San Diego
April 26, 2018
Wilske, a retired Navy SEAL, on Wednesday noted that documents showing Voepel's military record contain no reference to service with South Korean forces in Vietnam. “My guess is that this is just a tall tale,” Wilske said, adding that he had spoken to a Vietnam vet who said: “Unless the guy was a forwardÃâà...
NavyTimes.com
April 25, 2018
In Seoul, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said Wednesday that Seoul and Washington have been cooperating to fill the post, but stopped short of confirming ... The senior U.S. Navy officer overseeing military operations in the Pacific says North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's long-term goal is to reunify theÃâà...
Military Times
April 24, 2018
But as a reminder of the underlying tensions, training to evacuate Americans from South Korea during a contingency was also held this month, though not formally part of the Foal Eagle program. To augment computer simulations and reflect the possibility of a larger battle area, about 100 volunteers wereÃâà...
The Cipher Brief
April 12, 2018
Seeking to establish an anti-access, area denial strategy, Pyongyang has developed short-range surface-to-ship anti-ship cruise missiles, testing them to showcase its ability to prevent U.S. and South Korean vessels from operating in North Korean waters. North Korea has been reported to maintain someÃâà...
NK News
April 11, 2018
The UK's Royal Navy has deployed a frigate to the Asia-Pacific to help monitor illicit North Korean trade activities in the region, according to a Ministry of ... While South Korea seized two oil tankers last year for their involvement in shipping petroleum products to North Korea, it did so after the vessels enteredÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
April 10, 2018
The system will meet or exceed South Korea's requirements, but will also be able to be upgraded in the future with emerging technologies like pilot breathing sensors, the company said in a news ... The South Korean Air Force intends to buy more than 100 KF-X jets once production starts in the mid 2020s.
The Diplomat
April 9, 2018
Major players including the United States, China, Japan, and South Korea are preparing for series of summits to address issues of denuclearization and bringing peace and stability to ... It is going to be the first time since former President Lee Myung-bak for a South Korean president to step foot in Japan.
The Nation.
April 9, 2018
The US and Chinese navies have been repositioning warships and establishing naval bases as if they were so many pawns on a geopolitical chessboard. .... As the Cold War came to Asia in 1951, Washington concluded mutual defense pacts with Japan, South Korea, the Philippines, and Australia thatÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
April 3, 2018
The Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) has received its third Cheonwangbong (LST-2)-class tank landing ship from local shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy ... once commissioned, was handed over to the service 2 April, South Korea's Defense Administration Program Agency (DAPA) announced on the same day.
RT
April 1, 2018
The latter is expected to start in mid-April, which means they are going to overlap with a historic summit between North Korea's leader Kim Jon-un and South Korea's President Moon Jae-in on April 27. The date for the first meeting between the leaders of the two countries in more than 10 years was set onÃâà...
Xinhua
April 1, 2018
ACCRA, March 31 (Xinhua) -- The Ghanaian Navy is making joint efforts with neighboring partners to try to locate and rescue three missing South Korean sailors, a military spokesperson told Xinhua Saturday. Eric Aggrey, spokesperson of the Ghana Armed Forces, said the Ghanaian Navy is collaboratingÃâà...
Korea JoongAng Daily
April 1, 2018
The United States and South Korea kicked off their annual joint military exercises Sunday after a month-long delay due to the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, ... Foal Eagle drill was launched with the start of the Ssangyong joint military exercises, participated in by U.S. and South Korean Marines and Navy.
Korea Times
April 1, 2018
Three South Korean sailors are presumed to have been kidnapped in seas off Ghana, Seoul's foreign ministry said Saturday, with a South Korean navy ship in ... South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said the ship was seized by Nigerian pirates, and Munmu the Great, a South Korean warship which has beenÃâà...
Business Insider
March 30, 2018
Here, US Marines run out from a South Korean LVT-7 during a joint landing exercise for Foal Eagle, in Pohang, South Korea, March 31, 2014. ... US Navy sonar technicians from the sonar central room of Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Barry monitor ship bearings for contact during FoalÃâà...
The Diplomat
March 30, 2018
According to Defense News, a South Korean Navy spokesperson noted that they are reviewing the report, which was produced by the Korea Defense Network over five months. “After thorough review, we'll report it to the defense minister and the presidential office subsequently for final decision.”.
The Drive
March 30, 2018
South Korea's Navy is looking into the practical and political feasibility of domestic design and production of a nuclear-powered submarine. The study comes amid heightened tensions with North Korea and concerns about that country's own submarine-launched ballistic missile developments, but couldÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
March 29, 2018
SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's Navy is reviewing a plan to build a 5,000-ton nuclear-powered submarine in an effort to boost its deterrence ... Under a revised U.S.-South Korean nuclear deal signed in 2015, Seoul is not allowed to enrich uranium and reprocess spent fuel for military purposes.
USNI News
March 29, 2018
The purpose, according to Pentagon officials, is purely defensive, to protect South Korea and the region from a North Korean strike. Last year, for ... In March 2017, USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) joined roughly 300,000 South Korean and U.S. military personnel in Foal Eagle 2017. Navy spokespersons wouldÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
March 15, 2018
South Korea has long sought to boost its fleet of maritime patrol and surveillance jets in response of North Korea's naval capabilities, including ... During the briefing, an Airbus representative touted the C295 MPA fitted with Elta Systems AESA as a potential candidate for the South Korean Navy's new MPAÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
March 6, 2018
South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) is to launch an initiative aimed at boosting exports through offsets. ... These include contracts linked to the development of FFX-III frigates for the Republic of Korea Navy, and the upgrade of CH-47D Chinook heavy-lift helicopters operatedÃâà...
NHK WORLD
March 6, 2018
... trained and completely ready to respond to any regional emergency that might occur if the US government calls on the military for support. Asked about the possibility of postponing or scaling down the US-South Korea joint military exercises, he only said it is a matter to be decided by government leaders.
The Hill
March 6, 2018
"The two sides will discuss to produce a reasonable pact that can help strengthen the joint defense readiness of South Korea and the U.S. and be accepted by our people," the South Korean Foreign Ministry said, according to Yonhap news agency. The negotiations come at a critical time for the alliance,Ãâà...
Washington Examiner
March 6, 2018
2 p.m. Rayburn 2118. Subcommittee hearing on the Navy's Fiscal Year 2019 Budget Request for Seapower and Projection Forces with James Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Vice Adm. William Merz, Deputy Chief of Naval Operations; and Lt. Gen. Robert Walsh, Commanding General Marine CorpsÃâà...
The National Interest Online (blog)
March 4, 2018
On the night of March 26, 2010 the Republic of Korean Navy corvette ROKS Cheonan was on patrol off the coast of Baengnyeong Island. The Cheonan was a Pohang-class ... South Korea built twenty-four Pohang-class ships, divided between anti-surface and anti-submarine warfare variants. Cheonan, anÃâà...
Xinhua
March 3, 2018
PYONGYANG, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The official media of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Friday that a recent U.S.-South Korean military drill was a prelude to the resumption of large-scale war games held by the United States in South Korea. U.S. and South Korean troops conductedÃâà...
Foreign Policy (blog)
March 2, 2018
China still views North Korea as a strategic buffer against democratic South Korea and, by proxy, the United States, but the cost of propping up an embarrassing regime is outweighing the strategic value. What China seeks most of all is regional stability, and North Korea's actions are having a markedlyÃâà...
Defenseworld.net
March 1, 2018
The Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) has officially taken delivery of the first of eight Daegu-class frigates, built by Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering Co. and powered by Rolls-Royce, in a ceremony on Tuesday. Daewoo Shipbuilding & Marine Engineering (DSME) launched the lead ship of theÃâà...
The Japan Times
February 22, 2018
SEOUL – South Korea said it approved the Winter Olympic visit by a sanctioned North Korean official, blamed for the deadly 2010 sinking of a South Korean Navy ship, in the pursuit of peace and asked for public understanding. Some lawmakers protested Friday over the visit, labeling Kim Yong Chol a warÃâà...
Department of Defense
February 20, 2018
Navy underwater construction teams from the U.S., Thailand and South Korea are training and operating together at Thung Prong Bay Sattahip Navy Base here during ... This 37th iteration of Cobra Gold is the first multilateral exercise between U.S., Thai and South Korean underwater construction teams.
CNBC
February 10, 2018
Sixty-five years later, the U.S. Army and Navy veterans have come back to the country where they once served to watch the Olympics Games in Pyeongchang. ... to South Korea, traveling to the peninsula in 2006 and 2015, respectively, thanks to the Revisit Korea Program organized by the South KoreanÃâà...
Puget Sound Business Journal (Seattle)
February 7, 2018
South Korea wants to boost its fleet of maritime patrol jets amid rising tensions and repeated ballistic missile tests by its cantankerous northern neighbor. The move could be great news for Boeing's Renton factory because it's selling one of the leading candidates: the P-8A sub-hunter and maritimeÃâà...
IHS Jane's 360
February 2, 2018
The Republic of Korea Navy (RoKN) has received its first FFX-II-class guided-missile frigate, according to a statement on 1 February by South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA). Named Daegu (with pennant number 818), the 122 m-long ship was handed over to the service byÃâà...
DefenseNews.com
December 31, 1999
The South Korean Navy wants to procure 12 more helicopters for maritime operations by 2022 to mainly help thwart North Korea's submarine threats, according to Navy sources. The service now operates eight AW159 Wildcats that can be mounted on combat ships and can perform anti-submarine,Ãâà...
Washington Examiner
December 31, 1999
2 p.m. Rayburn 2212. Subcommittee Hearing on Submarine Industrial Base: Options for Construction with James Geurts, Assistant Secretary of the Navy; Rear Adm. Michael Jabaley, Navy Program Executive Officer for Submarines; and Rear Adm. John Tammen, Director of the Navy Undersea WarfareÃâà...
Department of Defense
December 31, 1999
Defense Secretary James N. Mattis and South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo have agreed to resume their annual combined exercises, including Foal ... South Korean and U.S.underwater construction teams prepare for a dive in Jinhae, South Korea, during exercise Foal Eagle, April 5, 2017.
CNN
December 31, 1999
Kim Yong Chol is widely believed to have masterminded the 2010 sinking of the corvette Cheonan, a South Korean navy ship, killing 46 sailors. He is on a list of people sanctioned by both Seoul and Washington. During his recent trip to South Korea, Pence visited the Cheonan memorial and used theÃâà...
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