South Korea News » South Gyeongsang News South Korea » South Gyeongsang » Security: Elections leave questions for both ruling, opposition parties
South Korean voters handed the ruling Democratic Party of Korea a decisive victory in the local elections, but kept Seoul and much of the conservative southeast ...
News South Korea » South Gyeongsang » Security: Lee’s OPCON push revives debate over USFK role as alliance eyes post-transfer future
President Lee Jae Myung’s renewed push for the transfer of wartime operational control (OPCON) from Washington to Seoul is provoking discussion ...
News South Korea » South Gyeongsang » Security: South Korea's Defence Ministry, National Security Office searched in young Marine's death probe
Investigators from the special counsel team arrive at the Defence Ministry headquarters, which shares a compound with the presidential office in Yongsan-gu, central Seoul, to execute a search and ...
News South Korea » South Gyeongsang » Security: Democratic Party wins big nationwide, but loses in Seoul
South Korea’s ruling Democratic Party emerged from Wednesday’s local elections with a sweeping victory that reaffirmed its dominance, but the results also expos ...
News South Korea » South Gyeongsang » Security: South Korea to launch nuclear submarine by mid-2030s
The government announced on the 26th a "Basic Plan for the Development of Nuclear-Powered Submarines" to launch the first South Korean nuclear-powered submarine (atomic-powered submarine) by the ...
News South Korea » South Gyeongsang » Security: North Korea condemns US-South Korea security talks, threatens to take ‘more offensive action’
SEOUL, Nov 8 – North Korea’s defense minister No Kwang Chol threatened on Saturday to take “more offensive action” as he condemned U.S. security talks with Seoul and the arrival of a U.S. aircraft ...
News South Korea » South Gyeongsang » Security: South Korea built a fighter that costs less than the F-35 and can carry more weapons under the wings — and it just entered production
South Korea has rolled out the first mass-produced KF-21 Boramae fighter at Korea Aerospace Industries’ Sacheon facility, with President Lee Jae Myung attending the March 25, 2026, ceremony. The ...
News South Korea » South Gyeongsang » Security: The Politics of Regional Gravity: South Korea’s Space Future Caught in Domestic Politics
South Korea’s drive to become a top-five space power by 2045 is no longer just about rockets and satellites. It is now a story of political maneuvering, regional parochialism, and the perennial tug-of ...
News South Korea » South Gyeongsang » Security: Korea-Japan Shuttle diplomacy bears fruit in energy security
Korea and Japan should avoid repeating past practices of exploiting diplomatic disputes for political mobilization at home. Agreements reached between states should be maintained consistently ...