South Korea Names General Kim Defense Chief as Tensions With North Worsen
Kim Kwan Jin South Korean President Lee Myung Bak appointed a former top military commander as defense minister as tensions rise before exercises with the U.S. that North Korea said will take the peninsula to the “brink of war.” Former Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Kim Kwan Jin, 61, replaces Kim Tae Young, who quit amid...
South Korea’s Defense Chief Resigns in Wake of Attack
South Korea — President Lee Myung-bak accepted the resignation of Defense Minister Kim Tae-young on Thursday amid intense criticism over the South’s response to an artillery attack by North Korea two days earlier and the sinking of a warship in March. “There was a need to revamp the military landscape,” a senior government...
US to send nuclear aircraft carrier to South Korea
USS George Washington A US aircraft carrier is to deploy to the Yellow Sea off the coast of South Korea after the two countries agreed to conduct further war games in a show force against North Korea. The decision to send the nuclear-powered USS George Washington comes less than 24 hours after North Korea shelled a South Korean...
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