Seoul, April 3 (IANS) The defence chiefs of South Korea and France held talks in Seoul on Friday to discuss the regional security situation and ways to strengthen their bilateral defence and arms industry cooperation, the South Korea’s defence ministry said. The talks between Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back and his French counterpart, Catherine Vautrin, took place on the occasion of summit talks between South Korean President Lee Jae Myung and French President Emmanuel Macron in Seoul.In the defen…
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Seoul, Feb 12 (IANS) South Korea’s defence ministry has identified around 180 military personnel as having been involved in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s short-lived martial law bid in late 2024 and plans to take measures against them, including disciplinary actions, officials said on Thursday.The ministry released the figure following a month-long investigation into about 860 officers from 24 military commands and units alleged to have been involved in the martial law imposition in December …
Seoul, Feb 5 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back will visit Saudi Arabia this week to attend a major defence exhibition and hold meetings with his counterparts from Riyadh, the ministry said on Thursday, as South Korea seeks to boost arms exports.As part of his five-day trip that begins Friday, Ahn will attend the biennial World Defence Show in Riyadh, where some 40 South Korean defence firms will showcase their arms products, according to the ministry.He will also hold talks with…
Seoul, Feb 4 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Wednesday called for the military to push ahead with defence reform in the face of security and demographic challenges, including North Korea’s nuclear threats and a fall in the country’s population. Ahn made the remarks during a seminar on defence innovation aimed at discussing ways to build a “strong, smart military” amid a rapidly changing security environment and a decline in the number of troops, Yonhap News Agency reported….
Seoul, Jan 29 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back departed on Thursday for Japan to hold talks with his Japanese counterpart, Shinjiro Koizumi, to discuss regional security issues and defence cooperation, the defence ministry said. Ahn departed via Incheon International Airport, west of Seoul, for the Japanese port city of Yokosuka, where the US 7th Fleet is based, to attend the bilateral defence ministerial talks set for Friday.”(The defence chiefs) are expected to discuss the se…
Tokyo, Jan 28 (IANS) Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi will hold talks with his South Korean counterpart Ahn Gyu Back in Yokosuka on Friday, local media reported, citing the ministry. During the meeting, Koizumi is expected to strengthen personal ties with Ahn Gyu Back, showcasing the need for bilateral cooperation to tackle threats posed by North Korea’s missile and nuclear programme and other challenges. South Korea’s Defence Ministry stated that the meeting will be held at the Yokosu…
Seoul, Jan 28 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Wednesday reiterated the commitment to regaining wartime operational control (OPCON) of South Korean troops from Washington, vowing to accelerate efforts this year for the planned transfer. Ahn made the remarks during a meeting with about 170 key defence ministry officials, military chiefs and related officials to review progress on the OPCON transfer push, Yonhap News Agency reported.South Korea seeks to retake OPCON, currently…
Seoul, Jan 26 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back held talks on Monday with US Under Secretary of Defence for Policy Elbridge Colby to discuss Seoul’s push to build nuclear-powered submarines, regain wartime operation control of its troops from Washington and other pending security issues. Ahn referred to the joint fact sheet the two countries released last year following their leaders’ summit, as well as their recent Security Consultative Meeting, saying their alliance has reache…
Seoul, Jan 21 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Wednesday called for a powerful reform of defence intelligence and investigative arms amid efforts to rebuild the military in the aftermath of the botched martial law bid in late 2024. Ahn made the call as he attended a policy briefing session by the Defence Intelligence Command (DIC), the Defence Counterintelligence Command (DCC) and the Criminal Investigation Command (CIC), according to the ministry, Yonhap News Agency reporte…
Seoul, Jan 10 (IANS) North Korea claimed on Saturday that South Korea infringed on its sovereignty with drone incursions in September last year and earlier this week, saying that Seoul should be ready to ‘pay a high price’ for what it called a provocation.But South Korea’s defence ministry rejected Pyongyang’s claim, saying the South’s military did not operate drones on the dates asserted by the North.A spokesperson of the General Staff of the Korean People’s Army issued a statement denouncing S…