S.Korea, U.S. conduct joint air drills involving U.S. strategic bombers

STORY: S.Korea, U.S. conduct joint air drills involving U.S. strategic bombers DATELINE: Nov. 20, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:06 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of S.Korea-U.S. joint air drills (courtesy of S.Korean Defense Ministry) STORYLINE: South Korea and the United States on Saturday conducted joint air drills near the Korean Peninsula, involving two U.S. strategic bombers, Yonhap news agency reported citing the South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS). Two U.S. B-1B Lancer bombers made a sortie over South Korea's air defense identification zone (KADIZ), escorted by South Korean F-35A fighter jets and U.S. F-16 fighters, according to the Yonhap report. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Seoul. (XHTV)

S.Korea, U.S. launch annual military drills, protests aroused

STORY: S.Korea, U.S. launch annual military drills, protests aroused DATELINE: Aug. 16, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. S.korea-U.S. Combined Command Post Training (source: Yonhap TV/File) 2. S.Korea-U.S. joint military exercises (File) STORYLINE: The combined forces of South Korea and the United States on Tuesday launched annual military drills as planned, three days after liberal activists held a massive rally to protest against it. The South Korea-led crisis management drills, designed to practice procedures to respond to possible pre-war crisis scenarios, kicked off earlier in the day. The four-day preliminary drills will be conducted ahead of the Ulchi Freedom Shield (UFS) exercise, a newly-named summertime military exercise between the two allies involving field maneuvers. South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said in a statement on Tuesday that the UFS exercise, which is defensive in nature as it has been annually staged, would last from Aug. 22 t

S. Korea, U.S. conduct air maneuver exercise

STORY: S. Korea, U.S. conduct air maneuver exercise DATELINE: June 8, 2022 LENGTH: 00:01:21 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of S.Korea-U.S. joint air maneuver exercise (courtesy of Ministry of National Defense, ROK) STORYLINE: South Korea and the United States on Tuesday conducted their joint air maneuver exercise, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. The South Korean air force mobilized 16 fighter jets, including four F-35A stealth jets mounted with precise guided missiles, while the air force of the U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) sent four warplanes. The air maneuvers were carried out over the western waters of South Korea, but no live-fire exercise was staged. It came a day after the two allies jointly test-fired eight ground-to-ground ballistic missiles off the eastern coast of South Korea. South Korea's JCS said in a statement on Sunday that the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) fired eight short-range ballistic missiles eastward. The DPRK's missile launche

S. Korea fires missiles in response to DPRK's ICBM test-firing

STORY: S. Korea fires missiles in response to DPRK's ICBM test-firing DATELINE: March 25, 2022 LENGTH: 0:01:12 LOCATION: Seoul CATEGORY: MILITARY SHOTLIST: 1. various of South Korea's missile launch (Courtesy of South Korea's Ministry of National Defense) STORYLINE: The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Thursday testfired what was believed to be an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) off its east coast, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said. In response to the DPRK's ICBM test-firing, the South Korean military launched five missiles from ground, sea and air off its east coast from 4:25 p.m. local time (0725 GMT), the JCS said in a statement. According to the JCS, it detected one ICBM launched toward the eastern waters from the Sunan area in Pyongyang at about 2:34 p.m. local time (0534 GMT). The missile was fired on a lofted trajectory, traveling about 1,080 km at a top altitude of over 6,200 km. It marked the DPRK's first known ICBM test-launch in over four years since

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-DPRK-PROJECTILES-LAUNCH

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-DPRK-PROJECTILES-LAUNCH

(220114) -- SEOUL, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People watch news reporting projectiles launched by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 14, 2022. The DPRK fired two short-range projectiles into eastern waters, the third launch in less than two weeks, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Friday. (Photo by Seo Yu-Seok/Xinhua)

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-DPRK-PROJECTILES-LAUNCH

SOUTH KOREA-SEOUL-DPRK-PROJECTILES-LAUNCH

(220114) -- SEOUL, Jan. 14, 2022 (Xinhua) -- People watch news reporting projectiles launched by the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) in Seoul, South Korea, Jan. 14, 2022. The DPRK fired two short-range projectiles into eastern waters, the third launch in less than two weeks, South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said on Friday. (Photo by Seo Yu-Seok/Xinhua)