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Solid-fuel missiles can be launched faster, but North Korea needs more testing, experts say.

Posted : 2021-07-16 11:05 Updated : 2021-07-16 14:41 The two photos show Robert Rapson, U.S. charge d'affaires ad interim to Korea, in 1985, left, when he first served in Korea, and in 2021. Rapson leaves the post Friday. Captured from Twitter Acting U.S. Ambassador to South Korea Rob Rapson announced in a tweet Thursday that he was leaving the post and returning home this week. "Farewell Seoul ― It's been a great 36-year run for US-ROK relationship with more to come! Proud to have been a part of it, especially the last 6 months as CDA (charge d'affaires)," his tweet read. He returns Fri...

Over 1 million doses of JJ vaccine from US arrive in South Korea

(Clockwise from top left) BTS Meal donated to Hospital Universiti Sains Malaysia in Kota Bharu, US Chargé d’Affaires to South Korea Rob Rapson with his BTS Meal in Seoul, BTS Meal bag in Washington, framed bag and sauce packaging and BTS Meal in Malaysia (Photos: @PurpleProject7, Rob Rapson, @btsliv

Updated : 2021-04-08 17:21 First Vice Foreign Minister Choi Jong-kun, right, and Rob Rapson, charge d'affaires at the U.S. Embassy in Seoul, bump arms at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Seoul after signing a defense cost-sharing deal, Thursday. Under the Special Measures Agreement, South Korea will pay 1.183 trillion won ($1.05 billion) this year for the upkeep of the 28,500-strong U.S. Forces Korea (USFK). The two sides had not reached a deal since September 2019 due to former U.S. President Donald Trump's demand for fivefold funding increase from Korea, but a deal was made in March afte...