SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The top generals of South Korea and the United States met in Seoul on Monday to discuss a question that has haunted the alliance for decades: when, and under what conditions, South Korea will regain control of its own forces in wartime. General Jin Yong-sung, chairman of South Korea’s Joint [...]
TOKYO, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A plan for a South Korean Air Force jet to refuel at a Japanese Self-Defense Force base has collapsed after Tokyo raised objections over the aircraft’s prior flight over Dokdo, the disputed islets between the two countries, Japan’s Yomiuri Shimbun reported Sunday. According to the report, Seoul had requested permission [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Cyber Operations Command has won first place at CyberNet 2025, an international cyber warfare competition hosted by the Netherlands, marking its fourth consecutive victory, the Defense Ministry said Sunday. The competition, held from October 28 to 29 in Marnewaard, was organized by the Dutch Cyber Command and has [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 31 (Korea Bizwire) – The government is considering establishing an interagency team of relevant ministries to develop and build a long-coveted nuclear-powered submarine, a government source said Friday. During their summit in Gyeongju on Wednesday, President Lee Jae Myung openly asked U.S. President Donald Trump to allow his country to secure nuclear fuel [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul is turning to artificial intelligence and advanced spatial data to make its streets safer, using a city-developed 3D mapping platform to identify and eliminate potential crime blind spots. City officials said Wednesday that the new system, known as the S-Map Crime Vulnerability Prediction Model, will be fully deployed [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – En route to Kuala Lumpur, U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth offered a strikingly positive endorsement of South Korea’s ambitions to reclaim wartime operational control from Washington, signaling a shift in how the alliance conceives of leadership during a crisis on the Korean Peninsula. Speaking to reporters aboard his plane [...]
GYEONGJU, South Korea, Oct. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean President Lee Jae Myung used a high-stakes summit in Gyeongju on Wednesday to push Washington toward a long-sought goal: the fuel needed to operate nuclear-powered submarines. Meeting U.S. President Donald Trump in the ancient capital, Lee argued that South Korea’s diesel-powered fleet no longer provides [...]
JOINT BASE ANDREWS, Maryland, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth began a tour of the Indo-Pacific on Monday, a trip that unfolds like a map of American strategic anxieties: Hawaii, Japan, Malaysia, Vietnam — and finally South Korea. His message is familiar, but increasingly urgent. The Pentagon says Hegseth intends to press [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Halloween night in Itaewon began like any other — laughter spilling out of bars, music vibrating through narrow alleys — until it became a tragedy that left 159 people dead and a nation in disbelief. Now, nearly three years later, a government audit has concluded that one of the [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a growing presence of service robots in South Korea’s restaurants and public facilities, concerns are mounting over potential hacking risks and the absence of government oversight to ensure their cybersecurity. According to data submitted by the Korea Internet and Security Agency (KISA) to Rep. Choi Su-jin of the opposition [...]