South Korea renewed its call Tuesday for military talks with North Korea to reconcile differing interpretations of the Military Demarcation Line, after a military investigation concluded that North Korean mines planted south of the line had injured South Korean troops. The Ministry of Defense said Seoul’s proposal last November for military talks, including discussions on the demarcation line, remains valid. “Military talks between the South and

South Korea builds machines that patrol the depths, fly faster than sound and power entire cities. Yet at its military showcases, drones have lately struggled with something more basic: staying in the air. In just over five weeks, two loitering munitions plunged into the sea after launch from a Navy warship, six of 17 demonstrations faltered at a Defense Ministry technology showcase, and a small target drone fell from the sky during a nationally televised A

The United Nations Command said Wednesday that the recent DMZ mine incident violated the Korean War armistice after an operable North Korean mine was found south of the Military Demarcation Line. The UNC said it conducted a joint on-site investigation with the South Korean military into the Sept. 21 mine explosions in the western sector of the DMZ. During the investigation, the team found an operable North Korean antipersonnel mine on the South Korean

An expanded investigation by South Korea’s military and the United Nations Command on Tuesday uncovered a North Korean resin-bodied antipersonnel mine near the site of last week’s DMZ explosions, adding to mounting evidence pointing to North Korean mines as the cause of the blasts. The discovery strengthens the military’s assessment of the explosions’ cause. It does not yet establish when or how the mines came to be on the southern

South Korea's defense minister said Tuesday that North Korean mines found south of the inter-Korean border appeared to have been planted rather than washed into the area, vowing corresponding measures against Pyongyang. Defense Minister Kang Shin-chul made the remarks during a National Assembly defense committee meeting as the military disclosed that investigators had found an intact North Korean resin-bodied antipersonnel mine near the site of last w

North Korean land mines “highly likely” caused the two explosions that seriously injured patrolling South Korean soldiers in the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone last week and must be accountable if found to have planted them, the South’s military said Monday. "We assess that there is a very high probability that North Korean mines were the cause of the explosions," Lt. Gen. Kwon Dae-won, vice chairman of the Joint Chief

Why South Korean troops were clearing a new route through an unverified mine area ahead of a planned United Nations Command inspection when a blast seriously injured three officers on Sept. 21 remains a mystery. Investigators are racing to find definitive answers before the case becomes a new flashpoint in inter-Korean relations and South Korea’s ideological divide. The blast occurred as troops were opening a route toward an area near the Militar

South Korean troops reported seeing what appeared to be wooden-box mines near the site of last week's explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone, the military said Monday, while stressing that the type and origin of the explosive have yet to be confirmed. The Joint Chiefs of Staff said the assessment was based on accounts from multiple personnel who were at the scene when the explosion occurred. Some described objects whose shape resembled a wooden-bo

Hanwha Aerospace and Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI) are strengthening cooperation to develop a domestically produced long-range air-to-air missile and integrate it with South Korea’s KF-21 Boramae fighter jet. The companies said Wednesday they signed a memorandum of understanding to support the successful development of the missile system, including its integration with the KF-21 and eventual deployment. The latest agreement builds on memorandu