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1 week ago | 
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South Korean President Lee Jae-myung greets soldiers stationed in Yeoncheon County, near the border with North Korea, June 13, 2025. (Lee Jae-myung via Facebook) South Korean President Lee Jae-myung said Sunday that his administration would usher in “a new era of reconciliation” with North Korea and work to restore long-defunct emergency communication channels with the regime.
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2 weeks ago | 
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North Korea relaunches a naval destroyer at Rajin Shipyard, June 12, 2025, in this image from the state-run Korean Central News Agency. (KCNA) North Korea says it has repaired and relaunched a naval destroyer that capsized during a failed launch attempt last month, but defense experts remain skeptical about the regime’s claim of a quick recovery.
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2 weeks ago | 
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South Korean soldiers inspect loudspeaker equipment at an unspecified location near the Demilitarized Zone, June 9, 2024. (South Korean army) North Korea stopped broadcasting propaganda along the inter-Korean border late Wednesday, hours after the South took the first step by silencing its own loudspeakers — a move aimed at easing tensions.
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2 weeks ago | 
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A portion of the Demilitarized Zone between North and South Korea is pictured on May 24, 2017. (Aaron Kidd/Stars and Stripes) South Korea has stopped using its propaganda loudspeakers along the northern border in an effort to reduce tensions between the two countries, the military said Wednesday.
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2 weeks ago | 
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The Unification Bridge between North and South Korea is pictured on Sept. 15, 2008. (Wikimedia Commons) License Source A South Korean court on Monday handed a suspended sentence to a North Korean defector who attempted to cross the border back into the North last year using a stolen bus, according to local media.
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3 weeks ago | 
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President Lee Jae-myung visited the Joint Chiefs of Staff combat control room on June 4, 2025. In the photo, from the first row on the left, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Adm. Kim Myung-soo, President Lee, and Acting Minister of National Defense Kim Seon-ho.
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3 weeks ago | 
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U.S. Army Patriot missile launchers are positioned during a readiness exercise at an unspecified military base in South Korea, March 18, 2023. (Gregory Menke/U.S. Army) CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — About 200 U.S. troops based in South Korea have been temporarily redeployed to the Middle East, according to a South Korean military official cited in a local news report.
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1 month ago | 
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South Korean presidential candidates, from left, Lee Jae-myung of the Democratic Party; Kwon Young-kook of the Democratic Labor Party; Kim Moon-soo of the People Power Party; and Lee Jun-seok of the New Reform Party pose after their televised debate on May 27, 2025.
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1 month ago | 
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U.S. airmen with the 51st Security Forces Squadron discuss security measures during Ulchi Freedom Shield at Osan Air Base, South Korea, Aug. 22, 2024. (Sabrina Fuller-Judd/U.S. Air Force) A South Korean soldier raised in China has been arrested on suspicion of leaking classified military information about joint U.S.-South Korean exercises to Chinese intelligence agents, prosecutors said this month.
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1 month ago | 
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U.S. and South Korean soldiers march together at Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on April 25, 2025. (Wilfred Salters/U.S. Army) CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea — South Korea’s military on Friday firmly denied that any discussions have taken place with the United States regarding a potential withdrawal of American troops from the peninsula, following a media report suggesting the White House was considering such a move.
