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SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — United States troops began delivering a missile defense system that has infuriated China to a deployment site in South Korea Wednesday, amid heightened tensions over the North’s nuclear ambitions. Washington is urging Beijing — Pyongyang’s sole major ally — to do more to rein it in, but the Asian giant has reacted with fury to the planned installation of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system. The US and ally […]
GUNSAN, South Korea (Reuters) — The United States and South Korea air forces conducted a joint drill on Thursday (April 20) at Gunsan Air Base, amid mounting tensions on the Korean peninsula. About 1,500 US and South Korean pilots participated in the annual Max Thunder exercise, with 80 aircraft including F-16s and F-15Ks mobilized from both sides, in a bid to boost cooperation in combat situations. Tension has escalated sharply on the Korean peninsula, amid concerns that […]
MANILA, Philippines (Eagle News) — The South Korean Foreign Ministry has issued a special travel advisory for Bohol province, warning its citizens to avoid visiting the region, following the clashes of police and soldiers with suspected members of the Abu Sayyaf. According to the South Korean Foreign Ministry, the travel advisory would remain in place until April 23. “Judging that public insecurity could continue for some time on the Island of Bohol, the venue of […]
(AFP) — South Korean prosecutors on Monday charged the chairman of retail giant Lotte in connection with the corruption scandal that brought down former president Park Geun-Hye. Shin Dong-Bin is accused of using more than $6 million to bribe Park and her secret confidante Choi Soon-Sil, the prosecutors said on the same day they charged Park with bribery and abuse of power. Shin, 62, allegedly offered seven billion won ($6.15 million) to a sports foundation […]
(AFP) — South Korea’s ousted President Park Geun-Hye was Monday charged with bribery involving millions of dollars over the corruption scandal that sparked her downfall. Park, whose impeachment was confirmed by Seoul’s top court last month, also faces charges of abusing her powers and leaking state secrets, Seoul prosecutors probing the scandal said in a statement. “We have formally charged Park… with multiple offenses including abuse of power, coercion, bribery and leaking state secrets,” they […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — The United States and South Korea agreed on the early deployment of a controversial US missile defense system in the region, the South’s acting president said Monday after talks with visiting US Vice President Mike Pence. “We have agreed to further strengthen the readiness posture of ROK-US alliance that matches the threats posed by North Korea through a swift deployment of THAAD (Terminal High Altitude Area Defense),” said Hwang Kyo-Ahn at […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean Defense Ministry spokesman Moon Sang-kyun said on Monday (April 10) the U.S. Navy’s decision to redirect its Carl Vinson strike group to near the Korean peninsula is an indication of the seriousness of the situation in the area. A U.S. Navy strike group that includes a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier is headed to near the Korean peninsula on Monday, diverted from a scheduled destination of Australia, as concerns grew […]
GANGNEUNG, South Korea (Reuters) — North and South Koreas reunited at a rare game between two rival North and South Korean women’s ice hockey teams in Gangneung on Thursday (April 7). Seoul has given the North Korean women’s ice hockey team the green light on March 29 to take part in the game as the North’s athletes needed approval from Seoul to enter the South after their 1950-53 Korean War ended with a truce, not […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — South Korea has successfully test-fired a home-developed ballistic missile with a range long enough to hit any part of North Korea, Yonhap news agency reported Thursday. It comes a day after the North fired its own ballistic missile into the Sea of Japan — which analysts dubbed a warning ahead of a China-United States summit, at which Pyongyang’s accelerating atomic weapons program is set to top the agenda. South Korea […]
SEOUL, South Korea (Reuters) — South Korean software mogul Ahn Cheol-soo clinched the nomination of his centrist People’s Party on Tuesday (April 4) to run for president on May 9, roaring back into contention after abandoning his presidential ambitions in 2012. Ahn has taken a tougher stance on national security than the liberal frontrunner for president, Moon Jae-in, who won his Democratic Party’s nomination on Monday (April 3). Ahn said there should be no mistake […]
SEOUL, South Korea (AFP) — Nuclear-armed North Korea on Wednesday fired a suspected missile into the Sea of Japan, South Korea’s defense ministry said. “North Korea fired an unidentified projectile into the Sea of Japan this morning from (the eastern port of) Sinpo,” the ministry said in a statement. If confirmed to be a missile, it would be the latest such launch by Pyongyang and will fuel international concerns about the isolated regime’s military ambitions. It […]
