South Korea hosts the third-largest number of American troops outside the U.S.—after Japan and Germany—stationed there to ...

As the pivotal June 3 presidential election approaches and as tensions rise across East Asia, the stakes are high. South Korea must be prepared for a range of scenarios, and most importantly, must ...

The Trump administration is weighing a plan to pull thousands of U.S. troops out of South Korea and redeploy them elsewhere ...

American and South Korean officials often describe the Republic of Korea (ROK)-U.S. alliance as ironclad, with both allies ...

WASHINGTON — The commanders of U.S. forces in the Indo-Pacific region said Thursday that the presence ... in South Korea helps deter a North Korean invasion and a potential troop withdrawal ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and South Korea have tentatively agreed to a new deal covering the costs of maintaining the American military presence ... from North Korea and fewer than ...

Xavier Brunson, head of U.S. Forces Korea, testified current troop levels are needed for pressing missions and challenges in the Pacific region. (SSgt. Ian Vega-Cerezo/Army) 32,729 people played ...

WASHINGTON — The top U.S. commander in the Pacific warned senators Thursday that the military support China and North Korea ... “shrink the U.S. troop presence in Korea and Japan, reduce ...

North Korea condemned combined South Korea-US military exercises that began on ... jets mistakenly dropped bombs on a civilian town near the border last week. That misfire wounded at least 29 ...

SEOUL, South Korea — North Korea fired several ballistic ... eight MK-82 bombs on a civilian area in Pocheon, a town near the North Korean border, on Thursday. The bombing occurred while South ...

U.S. Army soldiers prepare to cross the Hantan river at a training field in Yeoncheon, South Korea, near the border with North Korea, Monday, March 10, 2025. Ahn Young-joon/AP North Korea's ...

Advocates argue that a significant US troop ... attack from North Korea as Kim Jong Un’s regime continues to build its nuclear arsenal and as a way of bolstering the US presence ...