SEOUL, July 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The remains of seven South Korean soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War returned home from the United States on Wednesday, after they were initially thought to be U.S. war dead and sent to America. A ceremony marking the remains’ return took place at Seoul Air Base in Seongnam, [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S.-led United Nations Command (UNC), an institution established to ensure the implementation of the 1953 armistice agreement, is overcoming its previous feeble reputation and expanding its role. When five North Korean unmanned drones infiltrated South Korean airspace last year, Seoul responded by sending drones into the North’s territory. [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run defense research agency said Tuesday it has developed technology capable of distinguishing whether Novichok, a deadly chemical weapon, has been used based on samples collected from a contaminated area. The Agency for Defense Development (ADD) developed pre-processing technology for samples and an analysis method using a mass [...]
SEOUL, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Swarms of a previously unheard-of insect, named lovebug, erupted in Seoul’s northwest last month and swept across the entire city. However, these lovebugs have mostly disappeared now due to their short lifespan and heavy rain. Park Seon-jae, a researcher from the National Institute of Biological Resources, reported that female [...]
BUSAN, July 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The management office of the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in the southern port city of Busan said it will officially launch a virtual reality (VR) program and a real-time viewing function on the cemetery website on Friday. The cemetery is for the fallen U.N. soldiers and war veterans who fought [...]
SEOUL, July 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Seventy years after the end of the Korean War, three foreign veterans expressed their deep emotional attachment to South Korea on Tuesday, stemming from long-lost local acquaintances, battlefield memories and their pride in the “once-flat” country’s rise from the ashes of the conflict. The U.S., British and Canadian veterans [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean team of five female special warfare troops finished first overall at an international military parachuting competition in Spain earlier this week, the Army said Monday. The team from the Special Warfare Command clinched the nation’s first overall win at the International Military Sports Council Parachuting Tournament [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry said Monday it has deleted a state burial record describing Korean War hero Gen. Paik Sun-yup as a pro-Japanese figure, saying that such an expression was written with no legal grounds. The ministry said it has decided to remove a phrase identifying Paik as a [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A senior Australian Army officer has portrayed a South Korean-made Chunmoo multiple rocket launcher as having a “great” capability, as Seoul has been striving to strengthen its foothold in the Australian defense market. Brigadier Damian Hill made the remarks in a written interview with Yonhap News Agency, as Seoul [...]
SEOUL, July 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A 93-year-old British veteran of the 1950-53 Korean War and winner of a major British TV competition will visit South Korea this week to perform in a ceremony commemorating the signing of the conflict’s armistice, Seoul’s veterans ministry said Monday. Colin Thackery, who rose to fame after winning in [...]