SEOUL, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A technical glitch Wednesday forced South Korea to suspend the launch of its first space rocket just under 8 minutes before liftoff, officials said.

SEOUL, July 19 (UPI) -- South Korea doesn't need nuclear weapons to counter a nuclear threat from the North, Seoul's defense minister says.

SEOUL, June 30 (UPI) -- North Korea, under U.N. sanctions for its nuclear tests, may be going ahead with enriching uranium to add to its arsenal.

SEOUL, April 16 (UPI) -- South Korea signed an agreement Thursday to buy $97 million worth of pilot training equipment from Turkey by 2011.

SEOUL, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- North Korea acknowledged Tuesday it is preparing to launch what it claims is a satellite, in its first official response to weeks of intelligence reports that it is gearing up to test-fire a rocket believed to be a long-range ballistic missile.

SEOUL, Feb. 20 (UPI) -- South Korea would respond quickly and forcibly to any attack by North Korea along the disputed Yellow Sea border, Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee warned Friday.

SEOUL, Feb. 16 (UPI) -- South Korea should join an international effort led by the United States to interdict transfers of banned nuclear weapons technology, a Seoul official says.

SEOUL, Jan. 13 (UPI) -- The Iraqi and South Korean defense ministers met in Seoul Monday to discuss security issues as Korean troops return from a four-year mission in Iraq.

SEOUL, Jan. 1 (UPI) -- South Korea Defense Minister Lee Sang-hee warned his troops Thursday to be ready for possible conflict with North Korea over a coastal dispute.