Articles by Kim Arin
Kim Arin
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North Korea conducts fifth cruise missile launch of year
North Korea on Wednesday conducted a launch of cruise missiles for the fifth time since the start of the year. “Our military detected several unidentified cruise missiles off the northeast coast of Wonsan, Gangwon Province, at around 9 a.m. the details of which are being closely analyzed by the intelligence agencies of South Korea and the US,” South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said. The JCS said the South Korean military was “working closely with the US side amid heig
Defense Feb. 14, 2024
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Kim Jong-un’s rhetorical aggression to intensify throughout year: experts
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un will likely continue his verbal aggression, on top of weapons tests and military exercises through the remainder of the year, experts in Seoul believe. In the latest threats made on the founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Army on Thursday, Kim said he was willing to obliterate the country’s enemies -- namely South Korea and the US -- stressing the North’s “combat readiness.” “If hostile forces attempt to touch the dignit
North Korea Feb. 12, 2024
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Defense minister back from Middle East with $3.2b deal
Shin Won-sik, South Korea’s Minister of National Defense, wrapped up his three-country Middle East trip with large defense industry deals. Shin struck a deal to export some $3.2 billion worth of ballistic missile interceptor system known as Cheongung II in a meeting with his Saudi counterpart, Khalid bin Salman Al Saud. The deal -- first floated about a month after President Yoon Suk Yeol’s state visit to Saudi Arabia in October last year -- was finalized at the meeting of the defens
Defense Feb. 7, 2024
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South Korea to set up command for defense against North Korean nuclear threats
South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense is mulling a plan to establish a new command for countering North Korean nuclear threats in Seoul. The plan would involve expanding the existing Joint Chiefs of Staff headquarters for responding to nuclear and weapons of mass destruction threats to South Korea, according to the Defense Ministry on Tuesday. The JCS headquarters was set up in January last year. The Defense Ministry said the new command would oversee South Korea’s “three-
Defense Feb. 6, 2024
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After suspected KF-21 leak, lawmakers blame weak laws on military secrets
Indonesian employees at the Korea Aerospace Industries are under investigation on suspicion of attempting to leak secrets about South Korean fighter aircraft. The incident sparked calls for laws on leaks of confidential military information to be strengthened, the bills for which are currently stuck at the National Assembly. The KAI, the developer for the KF-21 fighters, caught the employees trying to take removable drives containing secret data last month. They have since been reported to the D
Politics Feb. 5, 2024
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South Korea, Saudi Arabia agree to boost cooperation in defense industries
South Korea's public agency for defense acquisition and its Saudi counterpart agreed to expand cooperation between the two countries' defense industries Sunday. According to South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration, the two sides signed a memorandum of understanding on developing partnerships between the defense industries of South Korea and Saudi Arabia. Under the MOU, South Korea and Saudi Arabia will form a working group for jointly developing and manufacturing
Politics Feb. 5, 2024
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Victims fume at Lee Jae-myung for ‘flattering’ North Korean regime
South Korean opposition Democratic Party of Korea chair Rep. Lee Jae-myung is facing criticism from the families of victims of North Korean abuses and defectors over his remarks “flattering” the Kim Jong-un regime. Lee Rae-jin, whose brother was killed by North Korean soldiers at sea in September 2020, told The Korea Herald on Friday he was “utterly dismayed” at the leader of a South Korean major political party “fraternizing with the criminal regime.” In rema
Politics Feb. 2, 2024
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Indonesians investigated for suspected theft of South Korean fighter jet secrets
Some Indonesian employees at the Korea Aerospace Industries have been barred from leaving South Korea on suspicions they were trying to steal secrets about KF-21 fighter technology. KAI reported the employees to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration last month after becoming suspicious of an attempted leak. The administration, a public affiliate of the Ministry of National Defense, said that an investigation is underway to determine if the information the employees are suspected of stor
Defense Feb. 2, 2024
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Seoul’s defense chief to head to Middle East in first overseas trip
Shin Won-sik, the South Korean Minister of National Defense, on Thursday embarked on a trip to three Middle Eastern countries of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. He will begin the trip with a meeting with his UAE counterpart, Mohamed Mubarak Fadhel Al Mazrouei on Friday. He will also visit the Akh unit, one of whose chief aims is to protect Korean nationals in the region in contingencies. He will then travel to Saudi Arabia on Saturday to attend the second World Defense Show in
Politics Feb. 1, 2024
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US F-16 fighter crashes near base in South Korea
An F-16 Fighting Falcon belonging to the 8th Fighter Wing at the US air base in Gunsan, a port city in western South Korea, crashed at around 8:41 a.m. Wednesday. The crash happened during a routine training and the pilot was recovered after ejecting safely, according to Kunsan Air Base. “We are very thankful to the Republic of Korea rescue forces and all of our teammates who made the swift recovery of our pilot possible,” Col. Matthew C. Gaetke, 8th FW commander, said in a release.
Defense Jan. 31, 2024
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North Korea fires cruise missiles again after just 2 days
North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles on Tuesday into waters near its western coast, just two days after test-launching its new cruise missiles from a submarine. South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea fired “several” cruise missiles into the sea at around 7 a.m., the details of which are being analyzed by South Korean and US intelligence authorities. “We are closely coordinating with the US and maintaining heightened vigilance and surveillance,”
Defense Jan. 30, 2024
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Tae Yong-ho announces second bid for Assembly
Ruling People Power Party Rep. Tae Yong-ho, who was formerly a senior diplomat for North Korea, said Monday he will run for a second term in the National Assembly in a Seoul district typically lenient toward the rival party. Tae, who is the first North Korean defector to be elected in a constituency, said he would vie for a second Assembly term in Guro against Democratic Party of Korea Rep. Youn Kun-young. “Gangnam has been my political hometown after I left North Korea and began a new lif
Politics Jan. 29, 2024
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North Korea claims of cruise missile performance likely exaggerated: JCS
South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff on Monday said in a preliminary analysis it found North Korea’s claims of the capabilities of its new strategic cruise missiles to be exaggerated. The South Korean military detected North Korea launching cruise missiles at around 8 a.m. Sunday toward waters near the port city of Sinpo, South Hamgyong Province, the home to a North Korean base for submarines. “We are looking into the possibility that the flight time claimed by North Korea may h
Defense Jan. 29, 2024
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[일문일답] 신원식 “김정은, 美 대선 계기로 ‘어게인 2018’ 노릴 것”
[코리아헤럴드=김아린 기자] 신원식 국방부 장관은 김정은 북한 국무위원장이 차기 미국 대통령으로부터 원하는 것을 얻을 수 있다면, 언제든지 연내에 핵실험을 감행할 수 있다고 밝혔다. 22일 신 장관은 본지와 인터뷰에서 김 위원장이 미국 대선 정국을 기습해 의도적인 위기 고조를 통해 미국의 대북 정책 전환을 도모할 수 있다고 전망했다. 그는 김 위원장이 “벼랑 끝 효과를 달성해 미국의 차기 정부가 북한이 원하는 바를 주겠다는 정책으로 전환을 하는 데에 (7차 핵실험이) 도움이 된다고 판단하면, 언제든지 할 수 있다고 본다”고 했다. 그러면서 김 위원장이 “핵을 가지고 가장 좋았던 시절”이 도발을 단행해 북한에 유리한 상황을 조성하는 게 가능했던 2018년이라면서, 미국 대선을 기점으로 “2025년을 ‘어게인 2018(again 2018)’으로 만들려는 시도를 할 것”이라고 말했다. 최근 계속되는 북한
한국어판 Jan. 28, 2024
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Seoul denies avoiding drills near border
The Ministry of National Defense in Seoul on Sunday denied reports that the South Korean military was still putting off drills near the shared border, as per the 2018 inter-Korean agreement that North Korea withdrew from earlier. “Our military can hold drills according to its own plan, only there aren’t such plans yet,” a senior defense ministry official told The Korea Herald. “There is no official decision or guidance in place that is preventing our military from conduct
Defense Jan. 28, 2024
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