The US will deploy a high-tech antiballistic-missile system to South Korea “as soon as possible” now that the allies have reached an agreement. The advanced air defense shield will beef up Seoul’s arsenal amid growing nuclear and missile threats from the North. “South Korea and the US have made the[…]
South Korea unleashed a high-decibel propaganda barrage across its border with North Korea on Friday in retaliation for its nuclear test, while the United States called on China to end “business as usual” with its ally. The broadcasts, in rolling bursts from walls of loudspeakers at 11 locations along the[…]
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un ordered his troops onto a war footing from 5 p.m on Friday after his government issued an ultimatum to Seoul to halt anti-Pyongyang propaganda broadcasts by Saturday afternoon or face military action. South Korean Vice Defence Minister Baek Seung-joo said it was likely the[…]
South Korean President Park Geun-hye postponed a U.S. visit on Wednesday to supervise the handling of an outbreak of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), as two more people died and 13 new cases were reported, lifting the total number of patients to 108. Park had been due to leave for[…]
The United States military has mistakenly sent live anthrax bacteria to laboratories in nine US states and a US airbase in South Korea, after apparently failing to properly inactivate the bacteria last year, US officials have said. The Pentagon said on Wednesday that there was no known suspected infection or[…]
Grief, anger and political tension are marking the first anniversary of South Korea’s Sewol ferry disaster. Relatives mourning the 304 dead, mostly schoolchildren, are accusing top officials of indifference to the tragedy. Bowing to a key demand of the victims’ families, President Park Geun-Hye used the anniversary on Thursday to[…]
The US ambassador to South Korea was knifed early Thursday by an activist shouting pro-unification slogans, officials and news reports said. Mark Lippert was hospitalized with injuries to his right cheek and left wrist, as well as cuts to his arm and fingers, Yonhap News Report said, citing unnamed officials.[…]
High-level military discussions between North and South Korea made no progress on disputed issues such as the maritime border between the two neighbours, the government in Seoul said, according to a media report Thursday. The two sides reached no agreement on their de facto maritime border in the seas west[…]
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