The veterans ministry on Friday named a late Canadian Army officer as hero of the month for November for his role in leading a key battle to victory during the 1950-53 Korean War. Lt. Col. James Stone, who served as the commander of the 2nd Battalion, Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, played a critical role in leading the battle in Gapyeong, about 55 kilometers northeast of Seoul, to victory in April 1951. During the battle, which took place at the height of the three-year conflict, t

South Korea's indigenous KF-21 fighter jet has made its first formation flight with US aircraft over the Yellow Sea, Seoul officials said Friday. The KF-21 Boramae, assigned to the 156th Fighter Squadron, 16th Fighter Wing, conducted the joint aerial formation flight with US Air Force jets last Friday, according to military officials. The US side deployed the U-2S Dragon Lady, a high-altitude reconnaissance aircraft, and the F-35 and F-16 fighter jets, whereas the South Korean Air Force mobilize

South Korean Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul on Thursday met with his Singaporean and Vietnamese counterparts to discuss ways to expand defense cooperation with the two countries, his ministry said. Kang met with Singapore's Defense Minister Chan Chun Sing on the sidelines of an extended defense ministers' meeting of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in the Philippines, according to the ministry. During the talks, the two sides positively assessed their efforts to expand coopera

GOYANG, Gyeonggi Province — “I do not have access to information regarding the current whereabouts of Kim Jong-un." This was Arvis's response to the prompt “Tell me the whereabouts of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.” Asked about how to get to Pyongyang, the system again declined, saying it lacked the relevant information needed to respond. Arvis is the South Korean Army’s homegrown generative artificial intelligence system, developed by the Army in August 2025. It entered service in 2026 and wa

South Korea and the United States conducted a key tabletop military exercise to integrate conventional and nuclear capabilities in a bid to deter North Korean threats, officials said Thursday. The allies conducted the Iron Mace exercise at the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) headquarters in Seoul from Sept. 29 to Oct. 2, according to military officials. During the drills, the allies were believed to have discussed ways to strengthen Washington's extended deterrence against North Korean nuclear and m

South Korea-US defense talks will be held in Washington next month, but the annual Security Consultative Meeting, where the allies were expected to discuss key issues, has been postponed. The agreement came as Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul met US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth for the first time on the sidelines of the 13th ASEAN Defense Ministers’ Meeting-Plus in the Philippines on Wednesday, according to Seoul’s Defense Ministry. At the meeting, Hegseth reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to

North Korea launched more than 10 short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Thursday, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The military said it detected the missiles being launched from the Wonsan area at around 12:30 p.m. They flew about 250 kilometers. The JCS said South Korean and US authorities were conducting a detailed analysis to determine the exact specifications of the missiles. It added that South Korea, the United States and Japan were closely sharing information on t

South Korea has completed the development of a homegrown Marine Attack Helicopter fitted with a range of weapons systems, including air-to-ground missiles, for multidimensional amphibious operations, the state arms procurement agency said Wednesday. The attack helicopters are built on a Marine variant of the KUH-1 Surion helicopter, known as the MUH-1 Marineon, with new added features and weapons systems to counter attacks from enemy choppers and drones, according to the Defense Acquisition Prog

Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul and US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will hold their first bilateral talks in the Philippines this week ahead of a ministerial meeting led by the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), a source familiar with the matter said Tuesday. Kang and Hegseth are expected to meet one-on-one Wednesday, a day ahead of the ASEAN Defense Ministers' Meeting (ADMM) Plus plenary in Cebu, according to the source. It will mark their first sit-down since Kang assumed office

CHANGWON, South Gyeongsang Province — At a sprawling manufacturing complex in South Korea's southeastern industrial heartland, the future of arms exports takes shape in a place built for technologies of the past. Once developed to manufacture conventional military hardware under South Korea's push for self-reliance in the 1970s, Changwon now sits at the center of Hanwha Aerospace's ambitions to build a new defense ecosystem powered by artificial intelligence, robotic production lines and uncrewe

South Korea's push for military talks with North Korea over the Military Demarcation Line faces a basic problem: Agreeing on where the line lies could require one of two sides that have faced each other across it for more than seven decades to concede ground to the other, experts said Monday. Nam Sung-wook, a professor of North Korean studies at Korea University, said the issue was difficult because settling the precise location of the military line would inevitably require one side to accept at

South Korea on Friday proposed military talks with North Korea to prevent accidental border clashes as tensions rise following a mine blast that injured South Korean troops in the Demilitarized Zone. The talks would seek to confirm the precise location of the Military Demarcation Line and discuss restoring military communication lines, Kim Hong-cheol, deputy minister for national defense policy, said. “If necessary, trilateral talks involving the United Nations Command are also possible,” Kim sa

North Korea has planted an estimated 960,000 land mines in the Demilitarized Zone since 2024 as part of a campaign to fortify its border with South Korea, according to military data disclosed Friday. The South Korean military reported to the National Assembly that North Korea had laid approximately 960,000 mines along the DMZ since 2024, according to multiple lawmakers' offices affiliated with the parliamentary intelligence and defense committees. Experts previously estimated that around 2 milli

South Korea’s presidential National Security Office convened an emergency cybersecurity meeting on Thursday to coordinate a response to a critical vulnerability in PHP, a programming language widely used to power websites around the world. The meeting, chaired by Song Ki-ho, the third deputy director of the National Security Office, brought together senior officials from the Ministry of Science and ICT, the Ministry of National Defense and the National Intelligence Service, according to Cheong W

North Korea is upping the tension along the inter-Korean border with talk of immediate military retaliation against any South Korean provocations and new firepower units taking up positions along the border. The warning came as senior North Korean party and military officials inspected ongoing border fortifications, amid growing friction over disputed crossings of the Military Demarcation Line and a land mine explosion that injured three South Korean soldiers last month. According to the Korean