SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The ROKS Ahn Mu, an indigenous submarine built with homegrown technology, returned home Tuesday after successfully conducting a monthlong joint anti-submarine exercise with the United States, according to the Navy. The Ahn Mu took part in the Silent Shark exercise, which kicked off on Nov. 18 in waters off [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s defense minister warned on Monday that the security environment surrounding the Korean Peninsula was becoming increasingly volatile, pointing to deepening military cooperation between North Korea and Russia as a destabilizing force with global implications. Speaking at a forum on South Korea’s alliance with the United States, Defense Minister [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea carried out routine military drills this week near Dokdo, its easternmost islets, reaffirming its control over the disputed territory in exercises that again drew protests from Japan. The drills took place Tuesday in waters off Dokdo, according to a South Korean military official who said they were [...]
WASHINGTON•SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is pressing ahead with a bid for greater military autonomy within its alliance with the United States, a shift that reflects both Seoul’s growing confidence and Washington’s evolving strategic priorities as rivalry with China intensifies. From efforts to reclaim wartime operational control of its forces from the United [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s homegrown KF-21 fighter jets under development will be fitted with air-to-ground capabilities starting in 2027, ahead of schedule, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday. The plan comes as authorities plan to spend around 700 billion won (US$472 million) to conduct a series of tests involving 10 [...]
JEJU, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Jeju Island will begin deploying artificial intelligence–powered police drones in local law enforcement operations next year, marking South Korea’s first application of AI drone technology in autonomous policing, officials said on Thursday. The Jeju Autonomous Police Committee held a public demonstration of the new “AI public safety drones” at the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The United Nations Command (UNC) on Wednesday sharply reiterated that it holds exclusive authority over civilian and military access to the southern side of the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ), citing the terms of the 1953 armistice. The unusually direct statement came as South Korea’s National Assembly advances legislation that would allow [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A surge of South Koreans are scrambling to determine whether their personal information is circulating on the dark web following Coupang’s massive data leak, newly released government data shows. According to figures submitted by the Korea Internet & Security Agency (KISA) to Rep. Lee Jeong-heon of the Democratic Party, users [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — A proposal that would grant the South Korean government authority over civilian access to the Demilitarized Zone — long controlled by the United Nations Command — is facing resistance from key ministries in Seoul and from the U.S.-led command itself. Lawmakers from the governing Democratic Party introduced the bill [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s privacy watchdog has launched a digital forensics center to professionally collect, analyze and manage electronic evidence from personal data breaches, amid a rapid increase in hacking-related incidents across the country. The Personal Information Protection Commission (PIPC) held an opening ceremony for the Digital Forensic Center at the [...]