SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 200 Russian and North Korean soldiers were estimated to have been killed while fighting in combined units against Ukrainian forces, Kyiv’s intelligence authorities said, without specifying the number of casualties for each side. The Defense Intelligence of Ukraine (DIU) made the revelation in a statement published Saturday (local [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has replaced obsolete tactical air navigation (TACAN) systems at air bases with a new homegrown system, the state arms procurement agency said Wednesday, in an update bolstering air operations support. The 30.7 billion-won (US$21.5 million) project to install the new fixed-base system has been recently completed with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The Russian Embassy in North Korea has hosted a reception to celebrate the ratification of a mutual defense treaty between the two nations, the North’s state media reported Wednesday. North Korea’s top officials, including Choe Ryong-hae, chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly’s standing committee, Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – Political turmoil following President Yoon Suk Yeol’s declaration of martial law has cast doubt on South Korea’s anticipated 9 trillion won export deal with Poland for additional K2 Black Panther tanks. As the December 3 martial law crisis continues to impede the president’s ability to perform his duties normally, concerns are [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — A Seoul court is set to decide Tuesday whether to issue an arrest warrant for former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun on treason charges related to President Yoon Suk Yeol’s martial law declaration in what would be the first court judgment on the case. Kim is suspected of having colluded [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The chief of the military’s Defense Intelligence Command has been suspended from his duty Tuesday, the defense ministry said, the latest in a spate of suspensions of military commanders in the aftermath of a botched martial law declaration. “The defense ministry has transferred Army Maj. Gen. Moon Sang-ho, chief [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Prosecutors on Tuesday called in the chief of the military’s counterintelligence command to question him over his role in the botched martial law declaration last week, officials said. The special investigation team handling the martial law case brought Yeo In-hyung, the commander of the Defense Counterintelligence Command (DCC), to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The head of a special forces unit involved in last week’s martial law enforcement said Monday his soldiers are victims used by former Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun and vowed to take full responsibility over his unit’s actions. Col. Kim Hyun-tae, head of the 707th Special Mission Group, made the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean military flew drones over Pyongyang in October at the order of then Defense Minister Kim Yong-hyun, who is currently under investigation for his involvement in the martial law declaration, a lawmaker said Monday. Citing a tip-off from within the military, Rep. Park Beom-kye of the main [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military is grappling with a crisis of morale among its younger service members, following their controversial deployment during President Yoon Suk Yeol’s now-lifted martial law declaration. Dubbed the “MZ Martial Law Troops” for their composition of Millennial and Gen Z soldiers, many expressed disillusionment over being used [...]