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Mattis says U.S. takes N. Korea's missile capability 'very seriously': Yonhap WASHINGTON -- The United States takes the threat of North Korea's ballistic missiles "very seriously," U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in the wake of recent diplomatic efforts to denuclearize the regime. Mattis was speaking at a press conference in Alaska en route to China, South Korea and Japan. "That capability still exists today, so clearly we take that very, very seriously," he said, referring to North Korea's ability to launch in June 27, 2018
S.Korean defense chief to visit Singapore ahead of N. Korea-U.S. summit A file picture shows Defense Minister Song Young-moo. SEOUL -- South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo will visit Singapore this week to participate in a regional security conference that will probably come ahead of a historic summit between North Korean and U.S. leaders on removing nuclear threats on the Korean peninsula. The 17th Asia Security Summit in Singapore is the largest in Asia to discuss security issues in the Asia-Pacific region. The three-day meeting, wh May 31, 2018
Explosion leaves seven workers dead or injured at Hanwha munitions plant An explosion rips open the wall of a Hanwha munitions plant in Daejeon. SEOUL -- A mid-day explosion at a munitions plant run by South Korea's Hanwha group left nine people dead or injured, crippling operation at one of the country's key defense contractors involved in the production of guided weapons. Hanwha said the explosion at one plant on its munitions complex in the central city of Daejeon killed two workers and injured seven others. The extent of damage was May 30, 2018
S. Korea, China hold defense ministers talks: Yonhap The defense chiefs of South Korea and China held their first bilateral talks nearly in two years, an official said. South Korean Defense Minister Song Young-moo met with his Chinese counterpart Chang Wanquan for about half an hour in Clark, the Philippines, on the margins of a regional security forum. The meeting came as Seoul hopes to warm relations with Beijing, which have been chilled by a row over the deployment of the THAAD missile defense system on the peninsula. October 24, 2017
Defense chief slams Pyongyang for violating truce accord with spy drone South Korea's outgoing defense chief slammed North Korea for violating a truce accord by sending a drone across the heavily guarded inter-Korean border to spy on the site for a US missile shield. Defense Minister Han Min-koo said South Korea would send a letter of protest to North Korea through the United Nations Command (UNC), describing the drone flight as a "serious" violation of the truce accord signed at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War. During the war, US June 14, 2017
Deputy defense minister accused of playing key role in THAAD scandal A file picture shows a launcher for a US missile shield deployed in a golf course in Seongju. A deputy defense minister has been relieved of his duty for playing a key role in covering up the delivery of more interceptor launchers for a US missile shield in a report to the commander-in-chief, but investigators failed to discover any systematic wrongdoing by top security officials. Wee Seung-ho in charge of the defense ministry's policy planning will face punitive meas June 5, 2017
[GLOBAL PHOTO] US Defense Secretary joins hands at 2017 Defense and Security Forum in Asia U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, centre, links hands with South Korean Minister of Dense Han Minkoo, left, and Japan's Minister of Defense Tomomi Inada, right, ahead of a trilateral meeting at the 2017 International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) Shangri-la Dialogue, and annual defense and security forum in Asia, on Saturday, June 3, 2017 in Singapore. June 3, 2017
Defense ministry suspected of lying about US missile shield South Korea's defense ministry came under fire for covering up or lying about the delivery of more missile interceptor launchers for a US missile shield as the Pentagon said it was made in a transparent way. Senior military officials were questioned after President Moon Jae-in ordered a full probe Tuesday into allegations that the defense ministry has kept under wraps the arrival of four additional launchers for a Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, the pre May 31, 2017
[GLOBAL PHOTO] US Secretary of Defense and Lithuania President meet at Palace U.S. Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis, left, speaks with Lithuania's President Dalia Grybauskaite prior to their meeting at the president's palace in Vilnius, Lithuania, Wednesday, May 10, 2017. May 10, 2017
S. Korea's K21 in race to win Indonesia's military contract: Jane's South Korean defense firm Hanwha Defense Systems is competing with its Russian and Turkish counterparts for Indonesia's 95 million US dollar military program to acquire 50 armored personnel carriers, according to a British defense magazine. The Indonesian Ministry of Defence is currently evaluating proposals from Russia's Military-Industrial Company, Turkey's FNSS, and Hanwha, IHS Jane's Defence Weekly said in an article on its website February 14, 2017