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Lee turns to a general for defense minister a year after nonofficer experiment

The pivot to Ret. Gen. Kang Shin-chul comes as the Blue House gears up for contentious drives to reclaim Opcon and merge the military academies.

2026.8.30

32 PPP lawmakers joined by 2 others in urging president to drop military academy integration

The resolution called on Lee Jae Myung to drop the initiative and retract his assertion that all past coups were led by Korea Military Academy graduates.

2026.8.7

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PPP slams Lee for suggesting coup risk from Army academy graduates

During a policy briefing, President Lee Jae Myung called for the swift integration of military academies, noting that graduates of the Korea Military Academy had been behind all the country's military coups.

2026.8.6

A bust of Hong Beom-do, second from the right, is erected at the Ministry of National Defense on Monday. [YONHAP]

Commemorating Hong Beom-do was an attempt to improve inter-Korean ties: sources

The Yoon Suk Yeol government's push to relocate the bust of the Korean independence fighter Hong Beom-do from the military academy is to correct the attempt by the previous Moon Jae-in government to reframe the military's identity...

2023.8.31

A bust of freedom fighter Hong Beom-do, located in front of the Ministry of National Defense building in Yongsan District, central Seoul, is seen Monday. The Defense Ministry said this bust could also be relocated after announcing plans last week to possibly remove busts of alleged communist-affiliated independence activists erected in front of the Korea Military Academy. [YONHAP]

Plan to move freedom fighters’ busts sparks ideological clash

The Defense Ministry is considering the relocation of the busts of late Korean freedom fighters with alleged communist affiliations both from a military academy and its own headquarters, a move spurring ideological debate and controversy.

2023.8.28

Cadets of the Korea Military Academy (KMA) pose with Lt. Gen. Willard Burleson, center, second row, KMA Superintendent Maj. Gen. Jeon Sung-dae, fifth from left, second row, Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Lee Seo-young, president of the Korea Defense Veterans Association-Korea Chapter, third from left, second row, and Korea JoongAng Daily CEO Cheong Chul-gun, second from left, second row, and others following the unveiling of a memorial plaque for U.S. Military Academy class of 1946 graduates who fell in the Korean War at the KMA campus in Nowon District, northern Seoulon Friday morning. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Plaque unveiled to honor USMA class of 1946

A plaque to honor the sacrifices made by the United States Military Academy (USMA) class of 1946 in the 1950-53 Korean War was unveiled Friday at the Korea Military Academy (KMA) in Nowon District, northern Seoul.

2022.10.9

Tossing hats

Cadets celebrate their graduation and toss their hats during the commission ceremony at the Korea Military Academy in Nowon District, northern Seoul, Tuesday.

2021.3.2

Appreciation

Lt. Gen. Chung Jin-kyung, right, superintendent of the Korea Military Academy, awards a plaque of appreciation to Ryu Kwon-ha, left, CEO of the Korea JoongAng Daily, to recognize his contribution to the education of cadets...

2020.10.26

Colin Powell, a former U.S. secretary of state during the George W. Bush administration, on the right screen, and former United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, on the left screen, talk about the 1950-53 Korean War and the future of the Korean Peninsula during a virtual military forum held Thursday at the Korea Military Academy (KMA) in Nowon District, northern Seoul. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Colin Powell downplays threat from North at military conference

Former U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said Thursday that Seoul and Washington should not be terrified of Pyongyang, saying that whenever he sees a photo of the North test-firing a missile on television, he “kind of smile[s] at it.”

2020.9.24

Military officials gather at the Korea Military Academy (KMA) in Nowon District, northern Seoul, on Friday to unveil a plaque honoring the fallen soldiers in the United States Military Academy (USMA) class of 1948 during the 1950-53 Korean War. Standing center left is Lt. Gen. Chung Jin-kyung, superintendent of the KMA, and at center right is Maj. Gen. Steve Gilland, commanding general of the 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division. [PARK SANG-MOON]

Plaque to remember fallen USMA graduates unveiled at KMA

A plaque to honor the sacrifices made by the United States Military Academy (USMA) class of 1948 in the 1950-53 Korean War was unveiled last Friday at the Korea Military Academy (KMA) in Nowon District, northern Seoul.

2020.9.20