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MILITARYAug 28South Korea leans toward military conscription for womenFacing a population decline, fewer potential service members and calls for social equality to be extended to national military service, Korea is inching closer to breaking the taboo on women on the front line.DW News [en]
MILITARYAug 28US, South Korea, and Japan to conduct trilateral exercises as the North increases pressure on the USClarín
MILITARYAug 28South Korea says will hold joint military drills with US and JapanThe three allies will carry out air defense, maritime missile defense, anti-submarine and cyber defense exercises, even as Donald Trump seeks to revive dialogue with Pyongyang.Le Monde [en]
MILITARYAug 28U . S ., South Korea and Japan to hold drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on U . S . The U.S., South Korea, and Japan are scheduled to hold a military drill amidst North Korea's increasing pressure on the U.S. This signifies a coordinated military response to rising geopolitical tensions in the region.wvasfm.org · United States
MILITARYAug 28South Korea, Japan and U.S. to hold North Korea-focused nuclear missile drillSouth Korea, Japan and the United States ‌will conduct joint military drills from September 9 to 11 to test ‌readiness against North Korea's ⁠missile and nuclear weapons ⁠threats,…Japan Today
MILITARYAug 28U . S ., South Korea and Japan to hold drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on U . S . The United States, South Korea, and Japan are preparing for a joint military drill. This exercise comes as North Korea reportedly increases pressure on the U.S.northernpublicradio.org · United States
MILITARYAug 28U . S ., South Korea and Japan to hold drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on U . S . The U.S., South Korea, and Japan are preparing to conduct a joint military drill in response to increased pressure from North Korea on the U.S., indicating rising regional tensions.kgou.org · United States
MILITARYAug 28U.S., South Korea and Japan to hold drill as North Korea ramps up pressure on U.S.NPR News
BUSINESSAug 28South Korea Kospi falls 1 . 2 % as Asian shares riseThe South Korea Kospi stock index experienced a 1.2% decline while other Asian shares generally rose. This indicates a divergent performance in the region's financial markets.businesstimes.com.sg · Singapore
POLITICSAug 28South Korea backs Trump’s North Korea outreach, but warns against being sidelinedSouth Korea supports US President Donald Trump’s efforts to resume dialogue with North Korea, ‌but aims to ensure its security posture is not weakened and that Seoul is not sidelined, according to South Korea’s national security adviser. Seoul believed the resumption of talks between the US and North Korea should focus on progress on the North Korean nuclear weapons issue and must not undermine the country’s security readiness, Wi Sung-lac told reporters on Friday. “One point to keep in mind is...South China Morning Post
MILITARYAug 28South Korea, Japan and US set joint drills despite Trump cutsSouth Korea said on Friday it would hold joint military exercises with the United States and Japan in September, after Washington scaled back annual drills with Seoul in an apparent bid to encourage dialogue with North Korea. The three countries would conduct the North Korea-focused Freedom Edge exercise from September 7 to 11 in international waters east and south of South Korea’s Jeju Island, Seoul’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. “This exercise is a defensive drill conducted annually by...South China Morning Post
BUSINESSAug 27‘Strong signal’: South Korea raises rates again to fight inflation, rising home pricesSouth Korea’s central bank has raised interest rates for a second straight month, with analysts saying its semiconductor boom has given policymakers room to confront inflation, a weak won and rising home prices, but at the cost of a deeper squeeze on indebted households and small businesses. The Bank of Korea (BOK) lifted its benchmark rate by 0.25 percentage point to 3.0 per cent on Thursday, a month after an identical increase took it to 2.75 per cent in July. The latest move brought the rate...South China Morning Post
CONFLICTAug 27North Korea vows ‘powerful response’ to US$125 million US-South Korea arms dealSouth China Morning Post
BUSINESSAug 27South Korea announces second successive rate hikeSouth Korea has announced its second consecutive increase in interest rates. This decision signals a continued shift in the nation's monetary policy.freemalaysiatoday.com · Malaysia
DISASTERAug 27South Korean police look to charge 7 for lying about concrete structure in Jeju Air crashSouth China Morning Post
MILITARYAug 27South Korean ex-spy reveals toll of secret missions to North: ‘treated as expendable’In 1984, Ha Tae-jun, then 24, spotted a notice recruiting for a special unit at the Military Manpower Administration office in central Seoul’s Yongsan district. The notice was scrawled on the wall in marker, with little explanation. Ha applied, and his life was changed forever – training as a South Korean operative for covert missions into North Korea. “About a month after submitting background check documents, they said I’d passed and told me to meet at a cafe near my house,” said Ha, now 66...South China Morning Post
POLITICSAug 27South Korea hands police more power even as dead bodies expose the liesOn a farm up in the hills of South Korea’s Jeju Island, investigators this week uncovered what a mother had spent three months fearing they would not find: the body of her daughter. Jang Mi-ran, 37, vanished without a trace in May. Police records would later show her case had been quietly closed without anyone ever verifying if she was alive. It was the second such discovery in a matter of days. The first was the skeletal remains of a man in his sixties, found on Saturday after his family warned...South China Morning Post
POLITICSAug 26Foreign Minister Velasco boosts culture, trade and education during busy 2-day visit to South KoreaThe SRE head's broad-ranging and productive visit to Mexico's fifth-largest trading partner will be capped by the upcoming visit to Mexico of South Korean President Lee Jae Myung to sign the Mexico-Korea Action Plan. The post Foreign Minister Velasco boosts culture, trade and education during busy 2-day visit to South Korea appeared first on Mexico News DailyMexico News Daily
WORLDAug 26Scandal in South Korea: Irregular closure of missing persons cases investigated after the discovery of two bodiesA Jeju police officer is being investigated for irregularly closing missing persons cases. The scandal erupted after the discovery of two bodies.Clarín
MILITARYAug 26South Korea Says Russian Military Planes Entered Its Air Defense Zoneenglish.aawsat.com · Syria
MILITARYAug 26South Korea scrambles jets after Russian military planes enter air defence zoneSouth Korea said on Wednesday it had scrambled fighter jets in response to Russian military aircraft entering its air defence zone, the second such incursion in weeks. The relationship between the countries has worsened since South Korea joined Western sanctions following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and since Moscow built stronger ties with North Korea. Seoul’s defence ministry said multiple Russian aircraft had entered and then left its air defence identification zone over the East Sea, also...South China Morning Post
POLITICSAug 26What US President Trump outreach to North Korean leader Kim could mean for South Korea – Asia News NetworkThe article explores the potential implications for South Korea of outreach between US President Trump and North Korean leader Kim. This concerns significant diplomatic efforts in a volatile region.asianews.network · China
POLITICSAug 26From military alliance to economic partnership: How Trump is redefining U.S.-South Korea tiesTrump last Sunday instructed the Pentagon to cut military drills because they were "costly" and send "inappropriate and hostile" signals to North Korea.CNBC
MILITARYBREAKINGAug 25U . S . cancels South Korea marine drills over tied up forces in Iran warnbcnews.com · United States
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