SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy is set to receive its first batch of MH-60R Seahawk maritime helicopters in December, officials said Wednesday, a move that could boost its anti-submarine capabilities against North Korean threats. In 2020, the state arms procurement agency approved a 960 billion-won (US$698 million) project to purchase 12 Seahawks [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Poland have agreed to establish a consultative body between their air forces to strengthen bilateral military cooperation following the European country’s adoption of Korean fighter jets, sources said Sunday. The air forces of South Korea and Poland recently reached the agreement and are currently discussing the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – In South Korea, parents of young men serving in the military are experiencing heightened anxiety due to a combination of unusual provocations from North Korea and extreme weather conditions. An individual referred to only as Park, 65, said they were on edge every time they receive a safety alert about [...]
SEOUL, July 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Cabinet on Tuesday passed a presidential decree to create a new military command in charge of strategic operations later this year to enhance deterrence against growing North Korean military threats, the defense ministry said. South Korea has sought to establish the strategic command to serve as an overarching [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has launched an education program on the K9 self-propelled howitzer for a group of military personnel from Australia, Poland and Egypt, the Army said Friday. The three-week program, which began July 9, is meant to provide the countries with a better operational understanding of South Korean weapons [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean civic organizations are calling on the government to cease psychological warfare operations against North Korea through loudspeaker broadcasts. The groups plan to send letters of protest to President Yoon Suk Yeol and Defense Minister Shin Won-sik. On July 24, the Korean Peninsula Peace Action, a coalition of 607 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A trash-carrying balloon sent by North Korea landed on the presidential office compound Wednesday, but nothing dangerous was found, the Presidential Security Service (PSS) said. The PSS said it discovered fallen trash on the grounds of the presidential compound while monitoring the latest batch of balloons flown by the [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea conducted anti-Pyongyang broadcasts through its border loudspeakers in full-scale for the second day Monday, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said, amid tensions over the North’s launches of trash-carrying balloons into the South. The military began the daily anti-Pyongyang broadcasts at 6 a.m. for a 16-hour run [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Force has deployed a new homegrown radar guidance system to replace existing foreign equipment that was introduced more than 30 years ago, the state arms procurement agency said Friday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said precision approach radars have been deployed at Air Force fighter wings [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military conducted propaganda loudspeaker broadcasts toward North Korea in response to its latest launch of trash-carrying balloons into the South, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Friday. The broadcasts took place from Thursday evening to early Friday in areas near where the balloons were launched, the [...]