While the UN Command takes issue with pending legislation for peaceful use of the DMZ, it should reflect on its efforts to militarize the “police” forces deployed there ...

Recent friction between the United Nations Command (UNC) and the South Korean government over approval of access to the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) goes far beyond a routine administrative ...

The Defense Ministry is in consultations with the United Nations Command (UNC) over ways to “effectively” manage the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, a ministry official said on Friday.

The defense ministry is in consultations with the United Nations Command (UNC) over ways to "effectively" manage the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, a ministry official said Friday ...

I’m a staff reporter for The Korea Herald, covering national security and foreign policy across the Defense, Foreign and Unification Ministries, as well as the National Assembly. Before entering ...

The Defense Ministry has proposed to the United States that South Korea's military jointly manage parts of the southern half of the heavily fortified demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas ...

The unification ministry said Thursday pending bills granting the South Korean government control of non-military access to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) do not conflict with the armistice as the bills ...

Last week, South Korean Minister of Unification Chung Dong-young criticized the U.S.-led United Nations Command. His comments to the press centered on administration of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) ...

Sign up for our newsletter about national security here. Dan Driscoll kept everyone waiting. The United States secretary of the Army had been due to arrive earlier ...

South Korea reported two injuries this week in separate military-related incidents — one involving an explosion inside the Demilitarized Zone and the other a misfired mortar round that struck a ...