SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The Navy and the Marine Corps have launched a large-scale amphibious landing exercise in the southeastern coastal city of Pohang earlier this week to sharpen their joint operational capabilities, the armed forces said. Some 3,200 troops are taking part in the regular brigade-level drills that kicked off in areas [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Thursday touted its mutual defense treaty with Russia as a “guarantee” safeguarding peace and security in Eurasia, marking the sixth anniversary of leader Kim Jong-un’s first summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin. The Rodong Simun, a mainstream newspaper published by North Korea’s Workers’ Party, carried the [...]
WASHINGTON, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — China’s refusal to comply with international law hampers its economic interests and causes regional instability, a State Department spokesperson said Wednesday, following maritime tensions between Seoul and Beijing over China’s installation of steel structures in the Yellow Sea. China has constructed a set of steel structures in the Provisional [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States will keep their Nuclear Consultative Group (NCG) running under the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump despite speculation it could be scrapped, with its next meeting set to take place as early as June, an official said Wednesday. The NCG was launched by [...]
SEOUL, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.N. aviation agency has voiced grave concerns over North Korea’s recent jamming of GPS navigation signals and called for measures to prevent a recurrence, the South Korean foreign ministry said Monday. During its latest council session held in Montreal, Canada, from March 10 to April 4, the International [...]
SUWON, South Korea, April 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Two Chinese nationals were apprehended Monday on suspicion of illegally filming fighter jets near Osan Air Base, which is used by the U.S. Air Force, but police later dropped the investigation, citing no suspected espionage. The two were suspected of illegally taking photos of the base and [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has tested a new radar technology that can detect drones located a few kilometers away, the state arms agency said Thursday, in a move expected to strengthen the military’s reconnaissance capabilities. The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) said it successfully detected small drones located a few kilometers [...]
SEOUL, April 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States on Tuesday staged joint air drills, involving at least one U.S. B-1B bomber, over the Korean Peninsula, the defense ministry said, in a show of force against North Korean military threats. The drills, which also mobilized South Korean F-35A and F-16 fighter jets [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea should take a prudent and guarded approach in its negotiations with the Trump administration over his proposed “package deal” on tariffs and security issues, as it would be better not to hastily respond to such talks under Seoul’s current acting leadership, experts said Thursday. Experts said South [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States signed a new joint wartime operations plan (OPLAN) last year to counter evolving North Korean military threats, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) said Wednesday. Gen. Xavier Brunson made the remarks in a written statement to the House Armed Services Committee, as [...]