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President Yoon Suk Yeol on Thursday tapped Army Reserve Maj. Gen. Seok Jong-gun as the new minister of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration, the presidential office announced Friday. Seok will begin in the position on Monday, replacing Eom Dong-hwan, who has served since June 2022. Yoon's office said in a statement that Seok is the right fit for the role of setting up coordinating structures between th...
South Korea responds to North Korean threats with large-scale military exercises
The Army conducted live-fire artillery and mechanized unit maneuver drills Tuesday to reinforce readiness against possible North Korean provocations in the new year, its officials said.
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The large-scale surprise attack by Hamas on Israel a month ago has sparked profound concerns about South Korea's readiness to confront hypothetical asymmetric warfare scenarios initiated by North Korea. The Hamas attack occurred precisely 50 years and one day after the surprise offensive launched by Egyptian and Syrian forces against Israel in 1973, suggesting that the Palestinian group took advantage of a momen...