Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back left for Singapore on Friday to attend an annual security forum, where he is expected to highlight Korea's defense policy and hold a series of bilateral meetings with his counterparts from key partner nations.
The government on Friday posthumously awarded the Order of National Security Merit to four Navy officers who were killed in a fatal maritime patrol aircraft crash during training last year, the Navy said.
Korea and the United States will launch formal negotiations next week to implement security agreements reached between their leaders, Seoul's Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday.
A U.S. House draft of a defense policy bill for fiscal year 2027 contains language tightening restrictions on the use of funds to reduce the number of U.S. troops stationed in Korea, its text showed on Thursday.
The Air Force's Black Eagles aerobatic team performs at the Combined Joint Live-Fire Exercise held at Seungjin Fire Training Field in Pocheon, Gyeonggi, on Thursday.
President Lee Jae Myung stressed on Thursday that the time has come to transform Korea’s military structure and weapon systems to keep pace with modern warfare and strengthen self-reliant national defense.
At the beginning of Canada’s closely watched $40 billion submarine bidding process, Korea appeared to be somewhat behind Germany, but the tide has since shifted.
Korea has received no proposal from the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) to change its agreement to maintain the combined command structure after Seoul retakes wartime operational control (Opcon) from Washington, Seoul's Ministry of National Defense.
The Korea-U.S. alliance remains committed to a "conditions-based" transfer of wartime operational control (Opcon) to Seoul from Washington, a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) spokesperson said Wednesday.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries submitted a bid for the Korea Destroyer Next Generation (KDDX) program, ending two weeks of speculation about whether the company would participate after withdrawing from the first tender.
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