South Korea Targets North’s Military Links in Africa

South Korea’s leader will visit one of North Korea’s closest allies in Africa this week as she tries to disrupt Pyongyang’s diplomatic and financial network to discourage its nuclear arms development. President Park Geun-hye’s trip to Uganda from Saturday through Monday follows a summit this month in Iran, another traditional Pyongyang ally, where she sought Tehran’s […]

South Korean Military Seeks to End Service Exemptions

South Korea’s Defense Ministry said Tuesday that it’s pushing to end most of the existing military service exemptions for men by 2023 to cope with an expected shortage in manpower. The plan to phase out the exemptions beginning in 2020 would require support from other ministries and state agencies to be carried out, said a […]

Watch: Daring Fire Rescue by Off-Duty Airmen in South Korea

Air Force Master Sergeant Daniel Raimondo, took action outside of Osan Airbase, South Korea to save three women and three babies from a burning building. Msgt Raimondo rallied fellow Airmen, local civilians, and acquired a large blanket. The group then expanded the blanket and operated as a team to catch those forced to leap from the fourth floor […]

North Korea ready to halt nuclear tests if US stops military drills with South Korea

A day after North Korea’s foreign minister told The Associated Press that his country is ready to halt its nuclear tests if the United States suspends its annual military exercises with South Korea, President Barack Obama said Sunday that Washington isn’t taking the proposal seriously and Pyongyang would “have to do better than that.” North […]

U.S. and South Korean military drills to serve as show of force to North Korea

Featured photo courtesy of EPA/JEON HEON-KYUN The joint US-South Korean exercises scheduled for March will be largest military drills ever staged on the Korean Peninsula and are both a warning to Pyongyang and an effort to reassure the jittery public in the South. The parallel Key Resolve and Foal Eagle exercises are scheduled to commence […]

F-22 Raptors Fly Show Of Force Over Korean Peninsula

In response to North Korea’s recent “rocket” test, where they successfully placed a “satellite” in orbit, the U.S. Air Force conducted another show of force over the Korean Peninsula on 17 February 2016, and this time they brought the F-22. Pacific Air Forces (PACAF) and the 3rd Wing provided a four-ship of Raptors from the 525th Fighter Squadron, visiting from […]

Elephant Walk Showcases Wolf Pack’s Readiness!

Editor’s Note: We’re sure a lot of you are familiar the “Elephant Walk” formations at Kunsan Air Base in the Republic of Korea, but this one is a little different. While there isn’t the usual number of Vipers on the runway as with others we’ve seen, what makes this particular instance stand out is the fact […]

Pentagon claims North Korean military not to be overlooked

Washington (CNN) A new Pentagon report concludes that North Korea “is committed to developing a long-range, nuclear-armed missile that is capable of posing a direct threat to the United States.” The report, required by law, updates Congress regularly on the status of and changes in North Korea’s military capabilities. While the report, released Friday, was […]