SEOUL, Oct. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Vice Defense Minister Kim Seon-ho will attend an international defense forum in China next week for talks on regional security, defense officials in Seoul said Wednesday. Kim, who took office last week, will take part in the Xiangshan Forum, which will run from Sunday through Tuesday, in [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – Amidst a dwindling birth rate and diminishing military recruitment resources, the South Korean Army is faced with the grim prospect of being unable to fill as many as 300,000 positions by 2040. In response, the Army is taking proactive steps to explore the more effective integration of female soldiers. On [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean and foreign defense companies signed business contracts worth more than US$6 billion during the latest biennial arms exhibition held south of Seoul, its organizers said Monday. A total of $6.05 billion worth of deals were signed during the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense Exhibition (ADEX), sharply up [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – Major global defense companies gathered at an international biennial defense trade show in South Korea set to close Sunday to display advanced military hardware and reaffirm their commitment to the local market. The Seoul International Aerospace and Defense Exhibition (ADEX) at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, just south of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 21 (Korea Bizwire) –The truce village of Panmunjom is the last remaining Cold War frontier inside the heavily-guarded demilitarized zone (DMZ) separating the two Koreas, but to Kim Young-gyu, the longest-serving public affairs officer at the United States Forces Korea (USFK), it is a place full of personal memories. The 76-year-old Kim [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea on Friday condemned the arrival of a U.S. B-52 bomber in South Korea, threatening that U.S. strategic assets deployed on the Korean Peninsula will become the “first targets of destruction.” Pyongyang’s criticism came in response to the landing of the nuclear-capable bomber, a key U.S. strategic asset, at an [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Russia could play a role in facilitating North Korea’s possible effort to establish a “nuclear triad” that consists of three key delivery platforms, a U.S. expert said Thursday. The prediction came amid speculation that Pyongyang may seek military technology assistance from Moscow in return for its alleged delivery of [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has no choice but to seek “powerful” sanctions against North Korea and Russia if Moscow provides military technology to Pyongyang in return for a suspected supply of North Korean weapons to Russia, Seoul’s point man on Pyongyang has said. The United States said last week that North [...]
WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The United States has observed North Korea and other countries trying to use artificial intelligence (AI) technology to accelerate writing malicious software as part of their illicit cyber activities, a senior Washington official said Wednesday. Anne Neuberger, deputy national security advisor for cyber and emerging technologies on the National [...]
SEONGNAM, South Korea, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s KF-21 fighter jet debuted at the annual Seoul Air Base defense exhibition, ADEX 2023. The aircraft, developed by Korea Aerospace Industries (KAI), demonstrated its high maneuverability during a five-minute flight session and was later on display. KAI also presented a newly developed armed helicopter and [...]