Seoul, Feb 13 (IANS) South Korea’s defence ministry said Friday it has excluded Chief of Naval Operations Admiral Kang Dong-gil from duty over his alleged involvement in former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s botched martial law bid in late 2024. The move came a day after the ministry took a similar action against Ground Operations Commander General Joo Sung-un over suspicions of martial law involvement, marking the second such suspension of a four-star general appointed under South Korean President L…
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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 …
New Delhi/Shillong, Feb 1 (IANS) Air Marshal Inderpal Singh Walia assumed charge as the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of the Indian Air Force’s Eastern Air Command on Sunday, a Defence Ministry statement said.An alumnus of the National Defence Academy, the Air Marshal was commissioned in the Fighter stream of the IAF on June 11, 1988, the statement said.Qualified on all variants of the MiG-21, MiG-23, MiG-27, Jaguar, and Su-30 MKI, he has over 3, 200 hours of accident/incident-free flying, it …
Seoul, Jan 29 (IANS) South Korea’s unification ministry said on Thursday that pending bills granting the South Korean government control of non-military access to the Demilitarised Zone (DMZ) do not conflict with the armistice as the bills require advance consultation with the United Nations Command (UNC). The ministry’s stance came a day after the UNC voiced strong opposition to the bills, calling them “completely at odds” with the armistice agreement that ended the 1950-53 Korean War.”The ongo…
Washington, Jan 17 (IANS) The United States and Japan reaffirmed the central role of their alliance in maintaining peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific this week, as Secretary of War Pete Hegseth hosted Japanese Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi.Senior officials from both countries held a series of high-level meetings spanning defence, diplomacy, and economic cooperation this week.On January 15, Special Advisor to the Prime Minister of Japan Oue Sadamasa visited US Marine Corps Camp Blaz in G…
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…
Seoul, Jan 6 (IANS) Police in South Korea on Tuesday raided a special counsel office, as part of their investigation into allegations that the Ministry of Justice attempted to secure detention space within correctional facilities following the martial law declaration in December 2024. A special investigation team from the Korean National Police Agency sent investigators to the office of special counsel Cho Eun-suk in southern Seoul in the morning to secure the detention space-related data from d…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) Indian Army chief, General Upendra Dwivedi, on Sunday left for an official two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a key step in strengthening bilateral military and strategic cooperation. After the UAE, the army chief is slated to visit Sri Lanka during his foreign tour, lasting from January 5 to 8.The UAE trip underscores growing defence collaboration under the broader India-UAE strategic partnership, which has been deepening in recent years through high-leve…
New Delhi, Jan 4 (IANS) India’s Army chief General Upendra Dwivedi on Sunday departed for an official two-day visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in a key step in strengthening bilateral military and strategic cooperation. The trip underscores growing defence collaboration under the broader India-UAE strategic partnership, which has been deepening in recent years through high-level engagements and joint initiatives across security and defence sectors.“#GeneralUpendraDwivedi, #COAS, proceed…