While Korea could indeed bump up its defense spending, experts are skeptical that Seoul will be able to meet the 5% of GDP goal set by the US. South Korea already dedicates 2.3% of its GDP to defense ...

Fears that Washington might pull some or all of the roughly 28,500 U.S. troops stationed in South Korea have loomed large in the country since Trump’s first term.

The headquarters of a rotational U.S. military unit in South Korea reopened Monday after undergoing a US$2.2 million update ...

Washington is reportedly reassessing defense cost-sharing agreements with South Korea, and Trump may want significant ...

The assembly voted 173-36 to pass the upcoming Special Measures Agreement, which establishes the financial framework for maintaining the U.S. military presence in South Korea for five years.

South Korea’s constitution spells out how a president can declare martial law in Article 77, stating it should be done to “cope with a military necessity or to maintain the public safety and ...

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung has nominated a five-term liberal lawmaker as defense minister, breaking with a ...

The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier and the support ships of its strike group arrived at Busan, South Korea Sunday, in a bolstering of the U.S. military presence there following new missile tests ...

The U.S. is shifting military aircraft and warships into and around the Middle East to protect Israel from Iranian attacks.

MEMBERS of the military march with a South Korean national flag during a military parade in Seoul, South Korea, Oct. 1, 2024. — REUTERS SEOUL — South Korea has set up a “reciprocal” platform in a ...

Amid talks of reducing the U.S. military's footprint in South Korea, Gen. Xavier Brunson, head of U.S. Forces Korea, testified current troop levels are needed for pressing missions and challenges ...

The commanders of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific region said Thursday that the presence of American servicemembers in South Korea helps deter a North Korean invasion and a potential troop ...