Korea Joongang Daily
Korea JoongAng Daily

Korea's Marine Corps participates in multilateral exercise led by U.S., Philippines

South Korea's Marine Corps said Sunday it has participated in the annual Kamandag exercise led by the United States and the Philippines for the third consecutive year.

2024-10-20

South Korean, U.S., British marines to begin Ssangyong amphibious landing exercise Monday

South Korean Marines and naval forces are set to kick off the annual Ssangyong amphibious landing exercise with U.S. and British counterparts in Pohang and along the eastern coast on Monday, defense officials said Sunday.

2024-08-25

PPP threatens filibuster if DP tries to pass special probe bill

The PPP threatened to filibuster a plenary session of the National Assembly on Tuesday to block a a DP-backed bill mandating a special counsel examine allegations that the Defense Ministry meddled in an investigation into a Marine's death last year.

2024-07-02

South Korea conducts first live-fire artillery drill along maritime border in seven years

South Korea's military conducted a live-fire artillery exercise on islands near the western inter-Korean maritime border for the first time in seven years on Wednesday, according to the Marine Corps.

2024-06-26

Higgins, creator of the ‘ghost-catching marine’

But there is one clear fact. “It doesn’t help the nation to insult or anger the Marine Corps.”

2023-10-02

Incheon landing was turning point for war, nation and world

The landing of over 75,000 UN troops at Incheon from Sept. 15 to 19 rewrote the fate of the fledgling South Korean republic. Today, near the same beachheads where the tide of the war was reversed, modern Incheon stands as a symbol of that success.

2023-09-14

U.S. vows to ensure readiness against North's threats

The United States will continue to ensure its readiness to defend itself and regional allies against North Korea's advancing nuclear and missile capabilities, White House National Security Council (NSC) spokesman John Kirby said Tuesday (local time).

2023-03-29

Island inspection

Interim chief of the People Power Party Chung Jin-suk and other leadership of President Yoon Suk-yeol’s party visit a marine base stationed on Baengnyeong Island, which borders North Korea on the west of the peninsula, on Tuesday.

2022-12-27

Clean up

Marines clean mud and garbage in Pohang, North Gyeongsang, on Monday after Typhoon Hinnamnor severely battered the region on Sept. 6.

2022-09-12

Investigation into deadly helicopter crash ends without indictment

Prosecutors decided on Friday to not pursue an indictment with regards to the crash of an MUH-1 helicopter in July 2018, which took the lives of five Marines and seriously injured another.

2021-06-06