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Chilliest fall weather yet expected over National Foundation Day weekend

Temperatures in Seoul are forecast to fall to 10 degrees Celsius (50 degrees Fahrenheit) on Sunday morning, with rain also possible around the country.

2026.10.1

French Korean War veteran André Datcharry, left, stands before the memorial to members of the United Nations French Battalion who died defending Arrowhead Ridge at a ceremony in Cheorwon County, Gangwon, on Tuesday. Next to him stands Patrick Beaudouin, president of the French Korean War Veterans Association. [REPUBLIC OF KOREA ARMY]

[UNFORGOTTEN HEROES] French Korean War veteran recalls day the guns fell silent

Seventy years after hostilities on the Korean Peninsula ended, French veteran André Datcharry stood before Arrowhead Ridge, where artillery shells rained down in the hills around him hours before the armistice came into effect on July 27, 1953.

2023.7.26

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A tweet from the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division on Thursday described the Dec. 5-6 artillery drill as a routine training exercise. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

USFK calls recent drills 'routine'

The United States Forces Korea (USFK) described an artillery drill conducted last week, which the North Korean military cited as a pretext for shelling the eastern and western maritime buffer zones, as a "routine" training exercise.

2022.12.15

United Nations Command Spokesperson Col. Lee Peters delivers a statement on the results of an investigation of the exchange of gunfire between the two Koreas at the demilitarized zone on May 3. [SCREEN CAPTURE]

UNC finds fault with South and North after DMZ gunfire

The United Nations Command (UNC) on Tuesday said both Koreas violated the armistice agreement with an exchange of gunfire at the border earlier this month, sparking an objection from Seoul...

2020.5.27

A North Korean guard post at the DMZ at Paju, Gyeonggi. [YONHAP]

South's response to gunfire from North took over 30 minutes

South Korea’s military on Wednesday held a press conference to clear up controversy surrounding its exchange of gunfire with North Koreans at the demilitarized zone (DMZ) last week sparked by an unexpected volley from the North...

2020.5.13

UN Command to investigate North's gunshots at DMZ

The United Nations Command said Monday it would send a team to the demilitarized zone to investigate whether North Korea's military violated the armistice with its gunshots over the border on Sunday. North Korea fired several rounds at a South...

2020.5.4