Seoul arrests ex-top security official over border killing

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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea's former national security director was arrested Saturday over a suspected cover-up surrounding North Korea's killing of a South Korean fisheries official near the rivals' sea boundary in 2020. Suh also served as Moon's spy chief before being appointed as national security director two months before the killing. Yoon's government is separately investigating the 2019 forced repatriation of two North Korean fishermen, despite their reported wish to resettle in South Korea. It accused Suh of forcibly closing an investigation into the circumstances surrounding the 2019 repatriation of the two North Korean fisherman captured in South Korean waters. Moon's officials described the men as criminals who confessed to murder and questioned the sincerity of their wish to defect.
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North Korean missile barrage included at least 17 launches, South says

One landed in the sea about 35 miles east of Sokcho, a major tourist hub on South Korea’s eastern coast, and 103 miles northwest of Ulleungdo, a South Korean island. The South Korean military’s actions “showed that it has the will to respond firmly to any provocations,” the Joint Chiefs said. Wednesday’s launches mark North Korea’s 28th round of missile tests with more than 45 missiles fired so far this year, a record. “The South Korean military said it fired missiles at a similar distance to North Korea’s. If a similar incident were to occur, North Korea will surely respond with more provocations and escalate tensions,” Hwang said.

3 months ago Stars and Stripes

Remains of US soldier killed in Korean War identified 72 years later

He was killed on the battlefield aged just 27 while fighting in the Korean War in 1950. However, after a historic meeting between former president Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in June 2018, Pyongyang turned over 55 boxes to U.S. authorities that "purported to contain the remains of American service members killed during the Korean War." His name was previously recorded at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, along with others who are still missing from the Korean War. According to the DPAA, the remains of over 450 Americans killed in the war have been identified and returned to families for burial "with full military honors" since 1982. However, over 7,500 U.S. soldiers are "still unaccounted-for from the Korean War, hundreds of whom are believed to be in a 'non-recoverable' category," it said.

2 months ago Stars and Stripes

South Korean leader urges China's Xi to play larger North Korea role

Xi told Yoon that he hopes South Korea will try to improve its ties with rival North Korea, Yoon's office said, in a reflection of the two countries' divergent views on North Korea. China, North Korea's biggest source of aid and its economic lifeline, is believed to have the greatest leverage over North Korea. Xi said China and South Korea have common interests on the Korean Peninsula and both nations must safeguard peace. He also said he hopes that South Korea will actively seek better relations with North Korea, Yoon's office said. But others say China will likely be cautious about further economic retaliation because it would push South Korea closer to the United States and worsen anti-Chinese sentiment in South Korea.

2 months ago Stars and Stripes

Life during wartime: Veteran’s photos offer glimpse at Korea’s front-line troops

Joseph Mellon, 93, of Hazelton, Pa., collected the photos taken by comrades while serving with the 24th Infantry Division in Korea from October 1951 to January 1952. Other photos in Mellon’s collection show soldiers guarding a sandbagged ridgeline and patrolling in Korea’s rugged mountains. The troops enjoyed their time back in Japan, visiting the base exchange, drinking beer and hanging out before they were shipped back home, Mellon said. After leaving the Army in 1953, Mellon rejoined the merchant marine and delivered a shipload of coal to Busan, South Korea, in 1954, he said. “I still have my doubts about it, but I think it was wise to stop him there,” he said.

2 months ago Stars and Stripes

South Korea’s Indo-Pacific strategy elevates alliances against regional threats

South Korea’s strategic goals reflect “our shared commitment to the region’s security and growing prosperity,” national security adviser Jake Sullivan said in a statement by the White House. South Korea’s strategy describes North Korea’s continued missile and nuclear capabilities as “a serious threat to peace and stability” in the world and seeks a strengthened alliance with the U.S. and Japan, “its closest neighbor,” to address the threat. North Korea fired over 70 missiles in 35 separate days of testing so far this year. The plans reiterate that the “door to dialogue with Pyongyang” remains open and that South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol’s terms are still on the table. Yoon unveiled his self-described “audacious initiative” in August, promising economic incentives for North Korea should it take earnest steps toward denuclearization.

1 month ago Stars and Stripes

North Koreans struggle to escape, thanks to COVID and Kim

It is unclear how many people were able to flee North Korea in the past three years. The government data does not disclose where the North Koreans were living before their arrival. Elizabeth Salmón, the U.N. special envoy for North Korean human rights, estimated that as many as 2,000 North Korean escapees were detained in China. The state-run center with a capacity for more than 1,000 people currently accommodates only 30 or so North Korea escapees, according to government data. The Unification Ministry said this week that Hanawon will maintain its operations, citing the possibility of recovery in arrivals from North Korea.

19 days ago Stars and Stripes

NATO chief wants more 'friends' as Russia, China move closer

"The fact that Russia and China are coming closer and the significant investments by China and new advanced military capabilities just underlines that China poses a threat, poses a challenge also to NATO allies," Stoltenberg told an audience at Keio University in Tokyo. China is increasingly working with Russia and they lead an "authoritarian pushback" against the rules-based, open and democratic international order, he said. Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning defended China as "a force for regional and global peace and stability" and criticized NATO for labeling China a threat and for expanding its military ties to Asia. "NATO has constantly sought to reach beyond its traditional defense zone and scope, strengthen military and security ties with Asia Pacific countries and played up China's threats," Mao said. Besides Japan, NATO is also strengthening "practical cooperation" with Australia, New Zealand and South Korea in maritime cybersecurity and other areas and stepping up participation of their leaders and ministers in NATO meetings, he said.

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