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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Missile Administration launched strategic sea-to-surface cruise missiles from the Yellow on Oct. 28, citing a test conducted by the Yellow Sea fleet, the Korean Central News Agency reported on Oct. 29. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]

North Korea fires multiple artillery rockets coinciding with Hegseth's visit to JSA

North Korea fired about 10 artillery rounds from a multiple rocket launcher on Monday right before the defense chiefs of South Korea and the United States visited the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas.

2025.11.4

A church lies damaged after the Air Force discharged eight bombs onto Pocheon, Gyeonggi, during a live-fire exercise on March. 6. [NEWS1]

15 injured by Korean Air Force's accidental bombing of village in Pocheon amid joint drill with U.S.

The South Korean Air Force mistakenly released eight bombs onto a village in Gyeonggi, on Thursday, injuring fifteen people during a joint live-fire exercise with the United States.

2025.3.6

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A person in military uniform is seen at a severely damaged home after eight bombs fell over Pocheon, Gyeonggi, during a Korean Air Force live-fire exercise on March 6. [YONHAP]

Pocheon village in ruin after Korean Air Force fighter jet misfires

Seven people were reportedly injured after eight bombs fell on a village in Pocheon, Gyeonggi, at around 10:05 a.m. on Thursday, including two pedestrians and two occupants of a civilian truck, according to fire authorities.

2025.3.6

Hanwha exhibits K9A2 self-propelled artillery at U.S. exhibition

Hanwha Aerospace introduces its K9A2 self-propelled artillery at the Association of the U.S. Army (AUSA) 2024 Annual Meeting & Exposition in Washington on Monday.

2024.10.15

A Spike anti-tank missile is fired from Yeonpyeong Island during the South Korean Marine Corps' first live-fire artillery exercise in seven years near the Northern Limit Line on June 26. [YONHAP]

South conducts first live-fire artillery drills near DMZ in six years

South Korea conducted live-fire exercises at artillery ranges near the demilitarized zone (DMZ) on Tuesday for the first time in six years following its decision to suspend participation in an inter-Korean military pact that banned such activities.

2024.7.2

A K-9 howitzer on Yeonpyeong Island fires a round during the South Korean Marine Corps' first live-fire artillery exercise in seven years near the Northern Limit Line on Wednesday. [YONHAP]

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.

2024.6.26

A Korean Tactical Surface-to-Surface Missile strikes a target during a test at an undisclosed location in this undated filed photo. [AGENCY FOR DEFENSE DEVELOPMENT]

South Korean military to deploy bunker-buster missiles this year

The South Korean military will deploy domestically developed bunker-buster missiles capable of striking subterranean enemy targets this year, the Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

2024.3.19

A stern yet careful response is needed

The government must be careful not to be exploited by North Korea to prompt our internal conflict ahead of the April 10 parliamentary elections.

2024.1.7

Ukrainian servicemen fire artillery during an anti-drone drill in the Chernihiv region in northern Ukraine on Nov. 11. [AFP/YONHAP]

Korea denies change in Ukraine policy, despite U.S. report it provided more artillery than Europe

The Ministry of National Defense said Tuesday that its position of not providing lethal weapons to countries at war remains unchanged, despite a U.S. media report that Korea supplied more ammunition for Ukraine than all European nations combined.

2023.12.5

In this footage released by the North's state-controlled Korean Central Television, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, shakes hands with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov during the latter's visit to Pyongyang on Oct. 19. [YONHAP]

North's artillery shells fueling Russia's war in Ukraine

Ammunition supplies from North Korea, coupled with Russia’s domestic production of artillery shells, will “allow Russian forces to sustain sufficient rates of artillery fire in Ukraine” next year, according to the Institute of the Study of War.

2023.10.25