Gen. Park Han-ki, chairman of South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff, was aboard the E-737 Peace Eye aircraft early Tuesday morning. Park communicated with key commanders from each branch of the armed forces and encouraged them to carry on their unwavering pursuit of “complete military read

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un chaired the first part of a key ruling party meeting in Pyongyang on Saturday, amid speculation that the communist state may proclaim a “new path” in the face of stalled disarmament talks with the US Attended by key party and military officers, the fifth

The US Department of Defense on Monday dismissed local reports that a recent US-South Korea joint military exercise was a rehearsal for a “decapitation strike” against key North Korean figures. The reports said the combat exercise, which took place in Gunsan, South Jeolla Province, from

South Korea has brought in a US-made advanced spy drone that will improve its surveillance of North Korean military activities, the military said Monday. The RQ-4 Block 30 Global Hawk arrived at the Air Force base in the city of Sacheon, South Gyeongsang Province, earlier on the day. It is th

“Deeply concerned,” the Washington-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea said in a statement Nov. 7, when South Korea had deported North Koreans for the first time since the 1953 Korean War armistice. The two North Korean fishermen were suspected of fleeing to the South o

The main opposition Liberty Korea Party on Tuesday said the parliament could open an investigation into what really happened when Seoul deported two North Korean fishermen on Thursday a week ago. “The committees -- intelligence, defense and foreign affairs -- will convene to find out what hap