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The boat, carrying four fishermen, was reportedly drifting after its engine broke. South Korean fisherman first spotted the boat near waters off Samcheok Port in Jun 14, 2019 Vehicles, equipment of new US rotational unit arrive in S. Korea: Eighth Army By Yonhap Jun 11, 2019 US House draft bill preventing reduction in US Forces Korea The US House Armed Services Committee has revised its draft defense budget bill for next year to add a clause prohibiting a reduction in the number of American forces stationed in South Korea without congressional approval, the committee chairman has said.The Senate version of the National Defense Authorization Act of fiscal year 2020 prevents the US government from curtailing the number of its troops in South Korea below 28,500, but the draft bill presented by the House committee earlier this m Jun 10, 2019 Canadian veteran of Korean War to be laid to rest in S. Korea The remains of a Canadian veteran of the 1950-53 Korean War will arrive in South Korea this week for burial, the veterans affairs ministry said Monday.The remains of the late Albert Hugh McBride are scheduled to arrive at Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, on Tuesday before being buried at the UN Memorial Cemetery in the southern port city of Busan the following day, according to the Ministry of Patriots and Veterans Affairs.McBride fought in the Korean War from November 1951 until Ja Jun 7, 2019 Harris repeats concerns over 5G network security amid anti-Huawei campaign US Ambassador to South Korea Harry Harris on Friday renewed concerns over the security of the fifth-generation (5G) wireless network amid Washington's apparent campaign against Chinese telecom titan Huawei.The United States has recently been prodding its allies and other partner countries to stop using Huawei products on security grounds amid growing trade tensions between Washington and Beijing. "We are naturally concerned about the security implications of how the 5G network will be insta Jun 4, 2019 Seoul, Washington agree to appoint S. Korean general to lead joint command Seoul and Washington have agreed to appoint a South Korean four-star general to lead the envisioned future joint command and relocate its headquarters from Seoul to Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi Province, the Ministry of National Defense said Monday.Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and acting US Defense Secretary Patrick Shanahan met in Seoul to discuss the pending issues and vowed to closely cooperate to back the on-going diplomatic efforts on the denuclearization of North Korea. During the 60-minute t Jun 3, 2019 ‘Recovering war remains a race against time’ The recovery project to return the remains of fallen heroes of the Korean War to their bereaved families is a race against time, as the war generation is aging, the chief of the division in charge of DNA analysis at the Defense Ministry told The Korea Herald.While South Korea is actively carrying out work across the country to recover war remains -- recently expanding the area up to the Demilitarized Zone bordering North Korea -- identifying and returning remains to families continues to make sl Jun 3, 2019 [From the Scene] DMZ uncovered: Traces of Korean War left untouched on Arrowhead Ridge South Korea conducts recovery project to send war dead home Jun 1, 2019 S. Korean, Japanese defense ministers hold first one-on-one talks since radar row The defense ministers of South Korea and Japan held one-on-one talks Saturday in Singapore for the first time since military relations between the two countries soured over a radar row in December.The meeting between South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya took place on the sidelines of the Asia Security Summit, also known as the Shangri-La Dialogue.Defense ties between Seoul and Tokyo have been strained since December when Japan claimed that a S May 31, 2019 Shangri-La Dialogue opens in Singapore amid pressing security challenges One of Asia's biggest annual security meetings opened in Singapore on Friday as major players in the region grapple with complex security challenges, including stalled denuclearization talks with North Korea. The 18th Asia Security Summit, better known as the Shangri-La Dialogue, brought defense chiefs and top-level military officers from 38 countries across the world together for discussion sessions, as well as bilateral and multilateral talks, according to its organizer, the Internationa May 31, 2019 No change in Seoul-Washington shared stance on NK missile tests: minister South Korea's defense minister insisted Friday that the official stance of Seoul and Washington remains the same on the North Korean missiles fired earlier this month, despite the US defense chief's characterization of the launches as a violation of UN sanctions.The remark by Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo indicates that South Korea still has not conclusively determined whether or not the short-range missiles, fired on May 9, were ballistic missiles banned under UN Security Council resolution May 31, 2019 US flew 2 reconnaissance planes over Seoul Two US reconnaissance planes recently flew over Seoul and its surrounding area, an aviation tracker said Friday, on an apparent mission to intensify their surveillance of North Korea in the wake of its short-range missile firings earlier this month.According to Aircraft Spots, an RC-135U Combat Sent and an RC-135W Rivet Joint were detected flying over Seoul and its surrounding Gyeonggi province on Thursday.It is rare for two spy planes to fly simultaneously over Seoul. The deployment came five d May 29, 2019 Korean general to lead joint drills to test Seoul’s readiness for wartime OPCON transfer A Korean four-star general is expected to lead joint military drills with the US in August to test Seoul’s readiness to take over wartime operational control of its troops.The first joint exercise for assessment of initial operational capability (IOC), to be held during the combined command-post exercise in August, is likely to be led by a Korean general, according to the ROK-US Combined Forces Command (CFC) and the Joint Chiefs of Staff. The wartime OPCON transfer to Korea will proceed as May 28, 2019 Envisioned Seoul-Tokyo defense chiefs' talks on hold: Japanese media The defense ministers of South Korea and Japan are expected to hold a brief meeting while standing, rather than formal talks, on the sidelines of an international conference in Singapore early next month, a Japanese newspaper reported Tuesday.The neighboring countries have been pushing to hold the meeting between South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo and his Japanese counterpart Takeshi Iwaya in Singapore on the sidelines of the upcoming Asian security forum, known as the Shangri-La Dia May 24, 2019 S. Korea to stage new civilian-military exercise next week South Korea plans to launch a new civilian-military exercise next week to better brace for various contingencies, the defense and interior ministries said Friday, the latest in a series of reorganizations of defense drills to support peace efforts with North Korea.The inaugural Ulchi Taegeuk exercise will take place from May 27-30 involving around 480,000 civilians, government officials and armed service members from about 4,000 government and related agencies, the ministries said. Replacing the MORE 15 / 3958
