The number of reports of sexual misconduct against female service members has surged in recent years, increasing by more than sixfold from 2020 to 2023, a lawmaker said Wednesday, citing data from the Defense Ministry.
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin arrived in Seoul on Monday for talks with his South Korean counterpart over deterrence against North Korean nuclear and missile threats, and other security issues, officials here said.
The outgoing and incoming presidents are clashing over the relocation of the presidential office to the Ministry of National Defense building in Yongsan in central Seoul.
Military prosecutors indicted 10 people for sexual assault, intimidation, evidence destruction and defamation after the suicide of an Air Force officer who was sexually harassed.
Prosecutors retrieved Tuesday a transcript of a phone call made to the Ministry of National Defense to request an extension of a medical leave for Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae’s son in 2017, according to sources.
It has been found that Justice Minister Choo Mi-ae, a former judge, and her husband, an active lawyer, pressured the Ministry of National Defense to help extend their son’s sick leave during his military service in 2017, when...
South Korea will resume its ongoing project to excavate the remains of its fallen troops from the 1950-53 Korean War after delays brought on by the coronavirus outbreak, announced its Ministry of National Defense Wednesday.
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