Seoul, April 21 (IANS) The commander of the US military stationed in South Korea, Gen. Xavier Brunson, has lodged a protest against the unification minister’s recent remarks that allegedly leaked classified US information about North Korea’s nuclear facility, a lawmaker said on Tuesday. Unification Minister Chung Dong-young has come under fire for referring to the North’s Kusong region as one of the sites hosting the country’s uranium enrichment facilities in a parliamentary session last month.B…
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Seoul, Feb 21 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back has lodged a protest with the United States Forces Korea (USFK) early this week over its brief standoff with Chinese fighter jets during a rare air exercise, military sources said on Saturday.Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back has delivered a complaint in a call with Gen. Xavier Brunson, the commander of the Combined Forces Command and the United States Forces Korea, immediately after he received a report of the incident on Wednesday, a…
Seoul, Jan 6 (IANS) South Korea’s Defence Minister Ahn Gyu-back on Tuesday visited the South Korea-US Combined Forces Command (CFC) and called for a firm readiness posture in a changing security environment, the defence ministry said. During the visit to the CFC based at Camp Humphreys, a key US base in Pyeongtaek located some 60 kilometres south of Seoul, Ahn also met with US Forces Korea Commander Gen. Xavier Brunson, who also doubles as the CFC commander, according to the ministry.In their me…
Seoul, January 2 (IANS) The chief of the US Indo-Pacific Command has called for South Korea and the United States to continue to strengthen their combined defence posture in the new year to send a “clear message” to adversaries on the cost of aggression. Admiral Samuel Paparo Jr. made the call in a New Year’s message as Washington has urged Seoul and other regional allies to contribute to safeguarding the First Island Chain, a key perimeter for America’s preeminence against China in the region.”…