SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The military will expand a squadron-level unit for space operations into the Space Operations Group, the Air Force said Friday, in an effort to raise its operational efficiency in the crucial security domain. A ceremony marking the launch of the group-level unit will take place at Osan Air Base [...]
BRUSSELS/SEOUL, Jun. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s potential arms support for Ukraine should not be viewed on the same footing as North Korea’s suspected delivery of munitions to Russia, given the illegal nature of Russia’s invasion, the chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) has said. NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg also said [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) – The defense ministry said Thursday it has decided to ban physical discipline training in boot camp in the wake of the recent death of an Army conscript after a grueling disciplinary session. Last month, the soldier died two days after collapsing during the session that involved running laps and [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – The Marine Corps on Wednesday resumed full-scale live-fire exercises on islands near the tense inter-Korean maritime border for the first time in seven years, following South Korea’s suspension of an inter-Korean pact that had restricted such drills. This resumption follows South Korea’s complete suspension of the 2018 inter-Korean tension [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) –On the 74th anniversary of the Korean War, Hong Joon-pyo, the mayor of Daegu and a former conservative presidential candidate, renewed his call for South Korea to develop its own nuclear arsenal to counter North Korea’s nuclear threat. In a Facebook post on June 25, Hong invoked the example of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Aerospace Industries, Ltd. (KAI) said Tuesday it has signed a 1.96 trillion-won (US$1.41 billion) deal with the state defense procurement agency to start production of the next-generation KF-21 fighter jet. The contract with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) covers a total of 20 KF-21 units, including follow-up [...]
SEOUL, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea on Monday condemned the U.S. sending of a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Korean Peninsula, saying that the North is open to taking “overwhelming and fresh” deterrence measures against such a provocative act. North Korean Vice Defense Minister Kim Kang-il issued a statement slamming the arrival of [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea needs to consider various options to tackle North Korea’s nuclear issue, including Seoul’s arming itself with its own nuclear weapons, a state-run think tank said in a report Sunday, amid heightened concerns raised by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s latest visit to Pyongyang. The Institute for National Security Strategy [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea urged Russia on Friday to “immediately halt” military cooperation with North Korea and “act responsibly” after Moscow signed a new treaty with Pyongyang on providing each other military assistance in case of an armed attack on either of them. First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Hong-kyun delivered the [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government said Thursday it will reconsider its stance on arms supply to Ukraine after North Korea and Russia signed a treaty that involves a mutual pledge to provide immediate military assistance if one of them is attacked. National Security Advisor Chang Ho-jin also expressed regret over [...]