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 …
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Seoul, Feb 10 (IANS) South Korean investigators on Tuesday raided the spy agency and a military intelligence command while booking three military officers as suspects over suspicions related to alleged drone flights to North Korea, officials said.A joint team of police and military investigators carried out searches and seizures at the National Intelligence Service (NIS), the Defence Intelligence Command and 16 other locations, including the suspects’ homes and offices, as part of the investigat…
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…