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ROK-U.S. Combined Forces Command hosts 2026 Comb...

The Republic of Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command hosted the 2026 ROK-U.S. Combined Warfighting Forum Sept. 16 at the Defense Convention Center in Yongsan, Seoul, bringing together approximately 200...

Update: U.S. Forces Korea Statement on DPRK Miss...

We are aware of the recent missile launches and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. Based on current assessments, these events do not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or...

Brunson, Jin review frontline posture at DMZ gua...

U.S. Army Gen. Xavier Brunson, commander of United Nations Command, Combined Forces Command and U.S. Forces Korea, and Republic of Korea Air Force Gen. Jin Young-seung, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of...

From Kaesong to Heartbreak Ridge: The Korean War...

On the ground, Eighth U.S. Army engaged in brutal hill-fighting in east-central Korea to eliminate enemy observation posts overlooking UNC supply routes. The Battle of Bloody Ridge concluded on Sept...

NORMASH: Norway's Legacy of Care on the Korean P...

In response to U.N. Resolution 83, the Norwegian Parliament approved a plan to establish a 60-bed Norwegian Mobile Army Surgical Hospital, or NORMASH, to support U.N. forces in Korea. NORMASH deployed...

U.S. Forces Korea Statement on DPRK Missile Launch

We are aware of the recent missile launch and are consulting closely with our allies and partners. Based on current assessments, these events do not pose an immediate threat to U.S. personnel or...

U.S. Army Gen. Xavier T. Brunson and ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung pose with service members during a visit to a guard post along the eastern front in the Demilitarized Zone on Sept. 9, 2026, where they reviewed the operational situation and inspected frontline readiness.

U.S. Army Gen. Xavier T. Brunson and ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung looking around the site under flags of Republic of Korea and United Nations Command at guard post along the eastern front of the Demilitarized Zone on Sept. 9, 2026, to review the operational situation and inspect frontline readiness.

U.S. Army Gen. Xavier T. Brunson and ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Jin Yong-sung shake hands during a visit to a guard post along the eastern front of the Demilitarized Zone on Sept. 9, 2026, where they reviewed the operational situation and frontline readiness.

Ms. Jean Lee stands on the right, next to Deputy Commander of United Nations Command, Australian Army Lt. Gen. Scott Winter on the left as they pose for a photo in the Armistice Room at United Nations Command Headquarters on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on September 4, 2026.

Canadian Army Sgt. Buhb Soo Hwang, standing on the right, briefs Ms. Jean Lee, on the left, about the historical background of the Korean War in the Armistice Room at United Nations Command Headquarters on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on September 4, 2026.

Ms. Jean Lee delivers a lecture about her experience as a journalist in North Korea to United Nations Command staff in Paik Auditorium at UNC Headquarters on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on September 4, 2026.

Australian Army Lt. Gen. Scott Winter, Deputy Commander of United Nations Command, gives opening remarks ahead of Ms. Jean Lee’s lecture on her experience as a journalist in North Korea for UNC staff in Paik Auditorium at UNC Headquarters on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on September 4, 2026.

New Zealand Army Staff Sgt. Joe Lole, positioned in the front, briefs Ms. Jean Lee, standing in the back, on the historical background of the Korean War in the Armistice Room at United Nations Command Headquarters on Camp Humphreys, South Korea, on September 4, 2026.

U.S. and South Korean military forces conduct Operation Paul Bunyan at the joint security area in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, Aug. 21, 1976. The combined forces executed the mission to cut down a tree in the security area following an attack by North Korean guards that killed two U.S. soldiers three days earlier.

The caskets of Army Maj. Arthur G. Bonifas and Army 1st Lt. Mark T. Barrett are placed in vans by an Army military police honor guard at Yokota Air Base, Japan, in August 1976. The soldiers were killed by a group of North Korean guards during an incident at the joint security area in the Korean Demilitarized Zone.

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