SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has released another video showing a captured North Korean soldier undergoing interrogation, accusing Russia of using North Korean troops to “prolong and escalate” its war against Ukraine. “Communication between captured North Korean soldiers and Ukrainian investigators continues. We are establishing the facts. We are verifying [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has kicked off the development of a new homegrown missile system designed to intercept targets at higher altitudes, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday, as the country seeks to bolster its air defense capabilities against North Korean threats. A meeting to discuss the development of the [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea ranked as the 34th strongest in military firepower globally, while South Korea came in fifth, a global firepower index showed Tuesday. The numbers were released in the 2025 Military Strength Ranking, compiled by Global Firepower (GFP), which assesses the “potential war-making capability” of 145 nations by conventional [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea launched suspected multiple short-range ballistic missiles toward the East Sea on Tuesday, South Korea’s military said, in a provocation staged just days before U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said it detected the launch at about 9:30 a.m. from the Ganggye [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — A former Marine Corps chief investigator was acquitted on Thursday of subordination charges in a military probe into a young conscript killed during flood-related rescue operations. A court martial in central Seoul delivered the ruling on Col. Park Jung-hun, who was accused of insubordination and defamation of his superior [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — For the second year in a row, South Korea will participate in the annual North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Military Chiefs’ meeting, reflecting its growing engagement in global security discussions. According to military sources, Lieutenant General Son Jeong-hwan, head of Strategic Planning at South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS), [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — In a recent op-ed for The Hill, U.S. Congresswoman Young Kim (R-CA) argued that the political forces behind South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol’s impeachment pose a threat to the U.S.-South Korea alliance and trilateral cooperation with Japan. Kim’s comments mark the first instance of U.S. lawmakers openly criticizing the impeachment [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced on January 7 the completion of a performance enhancement project for five types of K-series armored vehicles, improving field operability and safety. The upgraded models include the K200A1 infantry carrier, K242A1 (4.2-inch mortar), K281A1 (81mm mortar), K277A1 command post vehicle, and [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea said Tuesday it has successfully test-fired a new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) tipped with a hypersonic warhead, claiming that the weapons system will reliably deter any rivals in the Pacific region. But the South Korean military said the North’s claimed success of a hypersonic missile launch could [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s claim of what it called a successful launch of a new intermediate-range ballistic missile (IRBM) tipped with a hypersonic warhead is presumed to be “deception,” South Korea’s military said Tuesday. The assessment came hours after North Korea said it successfully test-fired the missile the previous day, saying [...]