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North Korea claims it launched four strategic cruise missiles from Kim Chaek City in North Hamgyong Province as part of a drill early Thursday, in an image provided by the North’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) Friday. [YONHAP]

'Strategic cruise missile' launches demonstrate nuclear 'war posture': North Korea

North Korea claimed Friday it conducted a "strategic cruise missile" launch drill Thursday, demonstrating the "war posture" of its nuclear combat forces.

2023.2.24

Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup addresses a meeting of top military brass at the Defense Ministry in Yongsan District, central Seoul on Wednesday. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

Training scenarios to be adjusted as North threat evolves

South Korea and the United States will implement training scenarios that account for advances in North Korea's nuclear weapons and missile programs in their field exercises next year, according to the South Korean defense ministry.

2022.12.22

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Onlookers in Busan take photographs of the aircraft carrier USS Ronald Reagan as it departs for joint exercises with the South Korean Navy on Monday morning. [YONHAP]

First joint Korea-U.S. naval exercise in five years begins

South Korea and the United States began their first combined naval exercise in five years on Monday, a day after North Korea conducted a ballistic missile launch.

2022.9.26

From left: Gen. Ahn Byung-seok, Gen. Paul J. LaCamera and South Korean Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup walk through the command center of the Combined Forces Command during the minister's visit on Tuesday. [DEFENSE MINISTRY]

Joint drill to be commanded by Korean for first time

This year's joint South-U.S. military exercise is being led by the Korean deputy commander of the allies' joint command for the first time, United States Forces Korea (USFK) said Tuesday.

2022.8.24

Apache helicopters take off from the U.S. Army base Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek on Tuesday, the first day of preliminary drills for the combined South Korea-U.S. military exercises, which take place next week. [YONHAP]

Korea, U.S., Japan conduct missile defense drills

South Korea, the United States and Japan participated in a ballistic missile defense exercise off Hawaii's coast last week, the Pentagon said Tuesday, as the United States and South Korea also began preliminary training for full joint exercises.

2022.8.16

In this photo released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un delivers a speech in Pyongyang celebrating the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. [YONHAP]

Kim Jong-un calls out Yoon Suk-yeol three times in hostile anniversary speech

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un blasted South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol for suggesting Seoul would enhance its preemptive strike capabilities against Pyongyang — a course of action Kim said would lead to South Korea's "annihilation."

2022.7.28

South Korean and U.S. special operations forces train together during the ongoing U.S.-led Rim of the Pacific (Rimpac) exercises in Hawaii on July 3. [U.S. INDO-PACIFIC COMMAND]

Field maneuvers with U.S. grow under Yoon Suk-yeol

Large-scale field maneuvers during South Korea-U.S. joint exercises may take place regularly under President Yoon Suk-yeol's administration beginning in August, a shift from the previous administration's downscaling of the exercises.

2022.7.12

One of six U.S. F-35A stealth fighter jets that arrived in Korea on Tuesday is on a runway at Kunsan Air Base in Gunsan, North Jeolla. [USFK]

F-35A fighters arrive from U.S. ahead of possible North test

Six U.S. F-35A fighter jets arrived in Korea on Tuesday to participate in joint drills, military authorities from both countries said. Their arrival marks the first public deployment of America’s stealth warplanes in Korea in five years.

2022.7.6