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Navy's new fleet command holds first major maritime drills

The Navy's new fleet command, tasked with operating key warships, conducted its first major maritime exercise this week since the unit's launch earlier this month, officials said Thursday.

2025-02-27

Former defense intelligence chief indicted for drawing up Dec. 3 martial law plan

Retired Army Maj. Gen. Noh Sang-won is accused of conspiring with military officials to implement the short-lived declaration, including orders to seize control of the National Election Commission

2025-01-10

Military intelligence commander arrested in connection with martial law operations

The chief of the Defense Intelligence Command was formally arrested on Friday for his alleged involvement in President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law, according to a joint investigative task force.

2024-12-21

Former general implicated in Dec. 3 martial law plot ran fortune-telling business: Reports

A former military official who is accused of involvement in President Yoon Suk Yeol's short-lived imposition of martial law worked as a shaman and ran a fortune-telling business out of his home.

2024-12-20

'I was shocked': Commander of troops that marched on parliament recounts martial law mayhem

Brigadier General Lee Sang-hyun, commander of the 1st Airborne Brigade that was deployed to Yeouido, revealed to the JoongAng Ilbo what happened that night, and his utter disbelief at what he was ordered to do.

2024-12-07

Top U.S. commander says North Korea lacks proven reentry technology for intercontinental ballistic missiles

The commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said that the U.S. has "not yet" seen North Korea's atmospheric reentry capability, a key technology required for the recalcitrant regime to advance its intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) program.

2024-11-20

Army officer awaiting promotion admits to killing woman, dismembering corpse

The man suspected of killing a woman and dismembering her body before dumping it into a river turned out to be an Army officer who was soon to be promoted.

2024-11-04

United Nations Day marked at Busan's UN Memorial Cemetary

South Korean Navy service members stand in silent vigil during a ceremony to mark United Nations Day at the UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea in Busan on Thursday.

2024-10-24

South Korea, UNC member states demand end to North-Russia military cooperation

South Korea and 17 member states of the United Nations Command (UNC) called on Russia and North Korea to “immediately cease” military cooperation at the command's second defense ministerial meeting in Seoul on Tuesday.

2024-09-11

South Korean military set to launch new 'strategic command' around October

The Cabinet on Tuesday passed a presidential decree to create a new military command in charge of strategic operations later this year to enhance deterrence against growing North Korean military threats, the defense ministry said.

2024-07-30