SEOUL, April 17 (UPI) -- Kim Choong-bae was surprised to see the results of a survey he conducted while serving as head of Seoul's Korea Military Academy, the equivalent of West Point in the United States.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 23 (UPI) -- South Korea's President-elect Lee Myung-dak is having an immediate impact on his country's ballistic-missile defense programs, even before he is sworn into office.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 (UPI) -- Lose a key ally on ballistic missile defense, gain a key ally on ballistic missile defense.

WASHINGTON, Jan. 4 (UPI) -- One would expect South Korea to be a "hare" on ballistic missile defense, given the scale of the immediate threat it faces from North Korea, right across the Demilitarized Zone, the most heavily and densely armed border in the world. However, Seoul ended 2007 with significant long-term BMD programs in place, but projecting an extremely relaxed "tortoise" timetable for them. The reasons for this at-first surprising complacency are deeply rooted in South Korea's politics, history and geographical circumstances.

WASHINGTON, Dec. 20 (UPI) -- In contrast to Japan, South Korea still has no ballistic missile defense system of its own operational. However, the success of the Japanese test is likely to give long-term plans to develop BMD in South Korea a boost, the Chosun Ilbo newspaper said Wednesday.

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (UPI) -- Former Seoul Mayor Lee Myung-bak, 65, who is set to become South Korea's 17th president, will take office under a cloud of fraud allegations.

UPI Almanac for Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2007.

SEOUL, Dec. 11 (UPI) -- A South Korean cargo train entered North Korea on Tuesday for the first time in 54 years to the applause of officials from both countries.

SEOUL, Oct. 27 (UPI) -- South Korea plans to offer Japan its regrets for the 1973 kidnapping of former South Korean President Kim Dae-jung in Tokyo, a report said Saturday.