SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry has chosen a late legendary U.S. baseball player as next month’s Korean War hero for his combat role during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Friday. Capt. Ted Williams, known for his stellar Major League Baseball career, primarily for the Boston Red Sox, was sent to [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has completed the deployment of a homegrown utility helicopter to the Marine Corps, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday, as part of efforts to bolster the armed service’s operational capabilities. The armed service has received all planned units of the MUH-1 Marineon helicopter, a variant of [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea held a joint tabletop exercise with the international chemical weapons watchdog for the first time on Wednesday to enhance response capabilities against chemical warfare and terrorist attacks, Seoul’s defense ministry said. The discussion-based exercise with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) took place at [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military manpower agency said Tuesday that new recruits at boot camps will be able to use mobile phones for one hour on weekends and holidays starting from July 3. The change is part of moves to allow enlisted troops to use mobile phones. In May, the defense [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry on Tuesday established a decree for the creation of a drone operations command ahead of its planned launch later this year amid efforts to counter North Korea’s military threats and bolster its use of the unmanned assets. The ministry promulgated the presidential decree governing the unit’s [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Navy has selected seven more sailors as part of the nation’s first female group to join the submarine crew, the armed service said Monday, amid a policy effort to widen women’s military roles. The Navy recently picked the seven noncommissioned officers in addition to the two female [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Group said Thursday it is funding a project to erect a memorial honoring two late U.S. veterans who fought in the 1950-1953 Korean War, as the allies celebrate the 70th anniversary of the two countries’ alliance this year. The memorial stone will be established in Imjingak Pyeonghwa Nuri [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) —The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy (MOTIE) announced the 2023 UWC (Unmanned System World Congress) at COEX in Seoul from June 21-23. The expo will showcase land, sea, and air unmanned aerial vehicles, including AI-based combat systems. The Army will unveil a formidable array of AI-infused manned and unmanned [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military is developing a training system capable of simulating air-to-air combat against artificial intelligence (AI) enemy aircraft. The Air Force said Tuesday it has signed a contract with Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI), the country’s sole aircraft manufacturer, for the development of an AI-based simulated aircraft training system [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea completed an environmental impact assessment of a U.S. THAAD missile defense unit in a southern county Wednesday, the defense and environment ministries said, clearing the way for its full-fledged deployment. The Yoon Suk Yeol administration has been pushing for the “normalization” of the Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense [...]