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Heightened readiness along the Korean DMZ can influence U.S. troop commitments and regional deterrence costs. Any escalation risk raises questions about alliance burden-sharing and defense spending.
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The South Korean army plans a service-wide inspection of frontline guard operations. The review follows reports of machine gun problems at border outposts facing North Korea. Officials aim to verify …
President Lee Jae Myung visited a front-line Marine Corps unit and stressed the need for robust deterrence against North Korea.
South Korea's government and the United Nations Command have issued differing assessments of recent North Korean moves to increase activity along the border.
South Korea's military reported that North Korea has built roads and installed barbed wire fencing along the border in recent months. Officials in Seoul described the work as a violation of the 1953 …
South Korea's military accused North Korea of violating the armistice by expanding fencing along the border.
