Yoo Kyong Chang

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Stage set for impeachment vote against Yoon after martial law debacle in Seoul

Dec 4, 2024 | stripes.com | David Choi |Yoo Kyong Chang

Banners outside the National Assembly building call for the ouster of South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol, Dec. 5, 2024. (Luis Garcia/Stars and Stripes) SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s parliament in Seoul is scheduled to vote Saturday on whether to impeach President Yoon Suk Yeol after his failed, six-hour attempt to impose martial law on the country this week.
US soldier gets suspended sentence for smuggling synthetic pot into South Korea

Nov 27, 2024 | stripes.com | Yoo Kyong Chang

Cannabis and its synthetic forms are legal in some U.S. states but are banned for U.S. service members and in South Korea under the Narcotics Control Act. (Department of Defense) CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — A South Korean court handed a suspended sentence to an American soldier convicted of smuggling synthetic cannabis into the country via military mail.
North Korean general reportedly wounded by Ukrainian attack on Russia

Nov 21, 2024 | stripes.com | David Choi |Yoo Kyong Chang

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks with military leaders at the Academy of Defense Sciences in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this image released by the state-run Korean Central News Agency on May 28, 2024. (KCNA) A recent Ukrainian attack wounded a North Korean general, the first senior officer casualty reported among thousands of North Korean troops sent to bolster Russian forces, a report said.
South Korean police suspect US soldier of punching teen near Camp Humphreys

Nov 19, 2024 | stripes.com | Yoo Kyong Chang

A man walks near Pyeongtaek Station in Pyeongtaek, South Korea, Nov. 19, 2024. (Luis Garcia/Stars and Stripes) South Korean police arrested a U.S. soldier over the weekend on suspicion of punching a teenager in Pyeongtaek, the city adjacent to the Army’s Camp Humphreys, and fracturing his jaw.
Immigration sting nets 10 suspected of working illegally at Camp Humphreys

Nov 15, 2024 | stripes.com | David Choi |YooKyong Chang |Yoo Kyong Chang

U.S. Army investigators and South Korean immigration agents cited several people and businesses at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on Nov. 5, 2024, for alleged immigration violations. (U.S. Army) CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — Ten people at retail businesses at this base were cited or deported earlier this month on suspicion of working illegally in South Korea, according to a South Korea immigration investigator Friday.
North Korea’s latest ICBM launch a ‘milestone’ achievement, state media says

Oct 31, 2024 | stripes.com | David Choi |Yoo Kyong Chang

North Korea launches a Hwasongpho-19 intercontinental ballistic missile on Oct. 31, 2024, in this image from the state-run Rodong Sinmun newspaper. (Rodong Sinmun) CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile launch on Thursday achieved a “milestone” in the country’s defense program, according to the state-controlled Korean Central News Agency.
South’s DMZ loudspeakers are informing North Koreans about troops fighting in Ukraine

Oct 22, 2024 | stripes.com | Yoo Kyong Chang

A portion of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea is pictured on May 24, 2017. (Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes) OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — The South Korean loudspeakers blaring at the Demilitarized Zone are causing pain for the residents of the nearby Unification Village, the village chief told Stars and Stripes by phone Tuesday.
DMZ observatories reopen following North Korean road demolitions

Oct 16, 2024 | stripes.com | Yoo Kyong Chang

Tourists look across the Demilitarized Zone at North Korea during a visit to Dora Observatory, May 24, 2017. (Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes) OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — City-sponsored tours of the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone that separates North and South Korea resumed Wednesday after a daylong pause while North Korea destroyed roads leading to the South.
Army attack helicopters may once again fire weapons at range near North Korean border

Oct 15, 2024 | stripes.com | David Choi |Yoo Kyong Chang

An AH-64E Apache helicopter, assigned to 2nd Combat Aviation Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division, flies over Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, South Korea, Aug. 14, 2024. (Luis Garcia/Stars and Stripes) CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — U.S. troops may now employ attack helicopters in live-fire drills at a range 16 miles from North Korea, according to the South’s Ministry of National Defense.
South Korean soldiers foil disaffected defector’s dash back into North Korea

Oct 2, 2024 | stripes.com | Yoo Kyong Chang

Many North Korean defectors have trouble adjusting to life in the capitalist South after leaving their authoritarian homeland. (Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes) OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — A former defector, unhappy with life in the South, stole a 25-seat shuttle bus this week and attempted to cross a bridge into North Korea before he was apprehended by guards.