July 2009 - South Korea Special Weapons News |
- North Korea to Investigate Crew of Seized South Korean Fishermen VOA 31 Jul 2009 -- South Korea says North Korea will investigate the crew of a South Korean fishing boat seized Thursday after it apparently strayed into North Korean territorial waters.
- South Korea urges North to release fishing boat, crew RIA Novosti 30 Jul 2009 -- South Korea has urged North Korea to release a fishing boat carrying four crewmembers that was seized earlier on Thursday
- S. Korea Demands Return of Crew from Fishing Boat Seized by North VOA 30 Jul 2009 -- South Korea is demanding that North Korea return a fishing boat and its crew that crossed into the North's waters in a possible case of mistaken navigation. The demand has not yet received a response.
- Projected Ulji Freedom Guardian under Fire KCNA 26 Jul 2009 -- The south Korea-U.S. "Combined Forces Command" announced on July 24 that joint military exercises Ulji Freedom Guardian would be staged from August 17 to 27, according to KBS of south Korea.
- China's top brass concerned over N.Korea nuclear weapons RIA Novosti 22 Jul 2009 -- China concerned that development of nuclear weapons by North Korea could lead to South Korea acquiring its own.
- North Korean Provocations Underscore Importance of U.S., South Korean Alliance AFPS 15 Jul 2009 -- N. Korea’s recent provocations underscore the importance of the strong US-ROK alliance.
- US General Says Forces Ready to Counter North Korean Attack VOA 14 Jul 2009 -- A senior U.S. military commander says American and South Korean forces are prepared to counter any attack from North Korea.
- S. Korean Army's Plan for War Exercise Announced KCNA 12 Jul 2009 -- Joint chiefs of staff announced that it would stage a combined command post drill of the entire army from July 20 to 23.
- Prospect of Working Contact and KIZ Entirely Depends on Future Attitude of South Side KCNA 10 Jul 2009 -- A spokesman for the General Bureau for Central Guidance to the Development of the Special Zone issued a statement on Friday in connection with the fact that the working contact on the Kaesong Industrial Zone (KIZ) has been pushed to the phase of breakdown due to the insincere attitude on the part of the south Korean authorities.
- Internet Attackers Strike Against South Korea Again VOA 09 Jul 2009 -- South Korean Web sites were attacked again in a days-long assault that Seoul reportedly suspects North Korea is behind.
- US, S. Korean Government Web Sites Targeted in Cyber Attack VOA 08 Jul 2009 -- South Korea has issued security warnings after the disruption of major Internet sites by an apparent cyber attack.
- North Korea Fires Short Range Missiles as Talks With South Sputter VOA 02 Jul 2009 -- A third round of talks over an embattled joint industrial zone between North and South Korea has produced no progress.
- Japan's Korean Community Split on Politics VOA 01 Jul 2009 -- About one million ethnic Koreans live in Japan, and just over half of them hold Korean nationality.
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