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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — The South Korean and U.S. militaries are carrying out massive live-fire drills near the border with North Korea on Thursday, despite the North’s warning that it won ...
Internet firm Naver has earned its nickname—Korea’s Google—by pulling off an improbable feat: It dominates South Korea’s search market, having defended its turf from Google, the world’s ...
Rescue workers were combing through the charred ruins of a factory building near South Korea's capital to find any more fire victims Tuesday, a day after a devastating blaze likely triggered by ...
List of United States Army installations in South Korea This is an incomplete list of current/former U.S. Army posts in South Korea, although a number have been closed or are in caretaker status:
The Joint Security Area ( JSA, often referred to as the Truce Village or Panmunjom) is the only portion of the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) where North and South Korean forces stand face-to-face. [1] [2] The JSA is used by the two Koreas for diplomatic engagements and, until March 1991, was also the site of military negotiations between North Korea and the United Nations Command (UNC).
Park Chung Hee ( Korean : 박정희; November 14, 1917 – October 26, 1979) was a South Korean politician and army general who served as the third president of South Korea from 1962 to 1979. After seizing power in the May 16 coup of 1961, he was elected as the 3rd President of South Korea in 1963. He is regarded as one of the most consequential leaders in Korean history, although his legacy ...
The South Korean military assessed that "instability during flight" led to the missile's explosion, it said in a statement on Friday, calling North Korea's claims of success as "deception and ...
Seoul Subway Line 1 (dubbed The Dark Blue Line) of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway is a rapid transit and commuter rail line which links central Seoul, South Korea to Yeoncheon in the northeast, Incheon in the southwest, and Sinchang via Suwon and Cheonan in the south. The central underground portion of Line 1, running underneath Sejongno, Jongno ...