U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has praised South Korea’s plans to raise its military spending, saying the Asian ally will take a larger role in defending itself from North Korean threats.

Pentagon chief Pete Hegseth praises South Korea's plan to boost defense spending as the allies look to strengthen deterrence against North Korea.

Pete Hegseth applauded South Korea for its plans to increase military spending and take a larger role in defending against North Korea.

SEOUL—South Korea is launching a multiyear program to design, build and test a full-scale, crewed stealth fighter technology demonstrator, a key step toward achieving what its defense research agency calls “Sovereign Stealth.” The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) plans to invest KRW63.6 billion...

South Korea will triple spending on artificial intelligence and make its biggest defence budget increase in six years, President Lee Jae Myung said Tuesday in his annual parliamentary budget speech.Lee noted on Tuesday that South Korea already spends "1.

Senior Korean officials suggested this week that its Navy build nuclear-powered submarines in a domestic shipyard, rather than a Korean-owned yard in the U.S. Following a social media statement late last month from President Donald Trump that said Korean nuclear-powered attack boats would be built at Hanwha Philly Shipyard,

A U.S. Patriot missile battalion that may have taken part in one of the largest air defense battles in American military history has returned to South Korea after a six-month deployment to the Middle East.

North Korea fires a ballistic missile towards eastern waters, escalating tensions after U.S.-South Korea security talks.