Dec 27 South Korea military apologizes for failing to shoot down North's drones By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea's military scrambled warplanes and attack helicopters on Monday, but they failed to bring down any of the North Korean drones that flew back home or disappeared from South Korean radars. Continue reading
Dec 26 South Korean military fires warning shots, scrambles jets after North Korean drones enter its airspace By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea's military has fired warning shots, scrambled fighter jets and flew surveillance assets across the heavily fortified border with North Korea after North Korean drones violated its airspace for the first time in five years. Continue reading
Dec 23 N. Korea fires 2 ballistic missiles after U.S. and S. Korea drills By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea's military says North Korea has fired two ballistic missiles toward its eastern waters, its latest weapons demonstration that came days after U.S. and South Korean warplanes conducted joint drills that North Korea views as an invasion rehearsal. Continue reading
Dec 13 BTS member Jin begins military duty at front-line boot camp By Hyung-Jin Kim, Juwon Park, Associated Press Six other members of BTS, the world's biggest boy band, are to join the military over the next few years. The band's management agency has said the group will reconvene around 2025. Continue reading
Dec 01 'Squid Game' actor to stand trial on indecent assault charges By Juwon Park, Associated Press Award-winning "Squid Game" actor Oh Young-soo will stand trial on charges of indecent assault after a woman accused him of inappropriately touching her in 2017. Continue reading
Nov 18 North Korea test-fires ballistic missile with range to strike entire U.S. By Hyung-Jin Kim, Mari Yamaguchi, Associated Press North Korea has fired an intercontinental ballistic missile that landed near Japanese waters in its second major weapons test this month that showed a potential ability to launch nuclear strikes on all of the U.S. mainland. Continue reading
Nov 17 South Korea says North fired suspected long-range ballistic missile toward sea By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press South Korea says North Korea has fired a ballistic missile toward its eastern waters. The South's Joint Chiefs of Staff says the launch was made on Friday but gave no further details. Continue reading
Nov 17 North Korea fires missile after threatening 'fiercer' military response By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea has launched a short-range ballistic missile toward its eastern waters, hours after it threatened "fiercer" military responses to the U.S. bolstering its security commitment with allies South Korea and Japan. Continue reading
Nov 13 U.S., Japan, South Korea vow unified response to North Korea threat By Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press President Joe Biden and the leaders of Japan and South Korea on Sunday vowed a unified, coordinated response to North Korea's threatening nuclear and ballistic missile programs, with Biden declaring that the three-way partnership is “even more important than it's… Continue reading
Nov 07 North Korea confirms recent exercises were practice to attack South Korea, U.S. By Hyung-Jin Kim, Associated Press North Korea’s military said Monday its recent barrage of missile tests were practices to “mercilessly” strike key South Korean and U.S. targets. Continue reading