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All posts tagged "military"

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  China invites both Koreas’ militaries to parade marking end of WWII

  BEIJING, July 1 (Yonhap) – The militaries of South and North Korea have been invited to take part in a Chinese military parade in September marking the end of World War II, a South Korean diplomatic source...

  • Posted July 1, 2015
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  N. Korean soldier defected to South due to ‘chronic assaults’ in military

  SEOUL, June 16 (Yonhap) — The teenage North Korean soldier who defected to South Korea this week left his barracks earlier this month and finally crossed the border after a week-long journey, the Joint Chiefs of Staff...

  • Posted June 16, 2015
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  21 soldiers injured in bridge collapse during training

  HWACHEON, South Korea, May 28 (Yonhap) — A small wooden bridge collapsed in the border town of Hwacheon on Thursday, injuring 21 soldiers who were undergoing midnight training, military authorities said. The bridge on a mountain trail...

  • Posted May 27, 2015
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  Actor Song Joong-ki returns from military duty

  Actor Song Joong-ki returned from mandatory Korean military service on Tuesday morning. Song, 30, left a military camp in Goseong-gun, Gangwon Province after completing his 21 months’ service. Reporters and fans from Korea, China and Japan were...

  • Posted May 26, 2015
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  [Reuters] Korea’s soldier-golfers fight to stay out of bunkers

    While the lure of fame and fortune fires the imagination of most aspiring golfers, players on South Korea’s armed forces team hope their talents will let them fulfill two years of military service on the...

  • Posted May 14, 2015
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  2 dead, 3 wounded in shooting at Seoul military camp

  SEOUL (Yonhap) — A reservist went on a shooting spree at a military training camp in Seoul on Wednesday, killing one person and wounding three others, before committing suicide, the army said. The 23-year-old reservist, identified only...

  • Posted May 13, 2015
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  S. Korea’s top military chief calls for readiness against N. Korea threats

  SEOUL, May 8 (Yonhap) — The top military officer called for a watertight readiness posture Friday against threats from North Korea’s weapons of mass destruction. Adm. Choi Yun-hee, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), made...

  • Posted May 8, 2015
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