A rocket fell just outside a base in Afghanistan, where South Korean aid workers and troops are stationed, early Saturday, but there were no reports of injuries, officials at the Foreign Ministry said. The RPG-7 rocket appears to have landed about 200 meters away from the base in Charikar City in the northern Afghan province of Parwan, according to them. The attack was the seventh one apparently a

Politics May 14, 2011

 North Korea proposed joint inter-Korean cooperation in dealing with the naming dispute over the East Sea in which a South Korean organization responded positively, an official said Friday.   The North sent a notification on Wednesday that historians of the two Koreas join hands in coping with the naming dispute of the East Sea, a government official said.   Upon the request, the South's Northeast

North Korea April 29, 2011

 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's Marine Corps said Friday that it will launch a large-scale landing drill next month as part of efforts to sharpen its combat capabilities against North Korea.   About 3,000 marines and an unidentified number of troops from the Army, Navy and Air Force will be mobilized for the drill set to take place in Pohang, 374 kilometers southeast of Seoul, in late May, it said.   "

Defense April 15, 2011

(Yonhap) -- A tourist bus overturned in Vietnam Friday, leaving 10 South Korean tourists injured, Seoul's foreign ministry said.   The accident took place in Uongbi, Quang Ninh Province, in the northeastern region of Vietnam at around 2:30 p.m. (local time), according to the ministry.   The injured tourists were moved to nearby hospitals and are not in life-threatening condition, it said.   South

Social Affairs April 15, 2011

(Yonhap) -- South Korea and the United States are conducting a joint study on Seoul's own missile defense system amid high tensions following North Korea's two deadly attacks last year, sources said Friday.   South Korea is aiming to complete the building its own missile defense system by 2015 that is designed to intercept ballistic missiles from North Korea.   South Korea, which has ruled out joi

Politics April 15, 2011

U.N. Command says Yeonpyeong shelling a “planned attack” The United Nations Command in South Korea has concluded North Korea's attack on a South Korean border island last year was a planned provocation, dismissing the communist nation's claim the attack was part of a self-defensive measure, the foreign ministry said Wednesday.   The UNC, overseeing the armistice between the divided Koreas since th

Foreign Affairs March 9, 2011

The Navy and Air Force plan to select female officers through a college-based training program for the first time this year, following the Army in giving women more opportunities in the military, officials said Wednesday.   The Navy and Air Force will pick a total of 10 female cadets for the Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) program, while the Army will recruit 250 female ROTC cadets this year

Defense March 9, 2011

  South Korea on Wednesday decided to ban its nationals from traveling to or staying in Libya amid intensifying violence between protesters and government forces there, the foreign ministry said.   The ban will take effect early next week for a period of one month after undergoing necessary procedures. Those who do not comply will face punishment of up to one year in prison or at least 3 million w

Foreign Affairs March 9, 2011

South Korean Foreign Minister Kim Sung-hwan was set to leave on Saturday for a six-day visit to the United Arab Emirates and Algeria, where cooperation in the energy sector is expected to be high on the agenda, Kim's office said.    The Feb. 5-10 trip includes talks with UAE Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan and Algeria's Foreign Minister Mourad Medelci, officials at the foreig

Foreign Affairs Feb. 5, 2011

South Korea has confirmed three additional cases of foot-and-mouth disease in the country's central region, after initial vaccination of all livestock in the country has been completed, the government said Saturday.   The additional cases bring the total number of officially confirmed FMD outbreaks to 144, after animals started showing symptoms in late November, the Ministry of Food, Agriculture,

Social Affairs Feb. 5, 2011

The five Somali pirates, captured during a navy commando raid on a hijacked South Korean freighter in the Arabian Sea last month, have confessed to hijacking the ship and shooting its captain, police said Saturday.   The five Somali bandits, aged from 19 to 25, have been questioned by maritime police since Jan. 31, when they were airlifted to this southern port city. They are the first pirates ope

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