SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean military has adopted an aggressive counter-drone operational principle, under which a single North Korean drone infiltration would prompt it to send 10 or more unmanned aerial vehicles into Pyongyang, a source said Tuesday. The measure is part of Seoul’s efforts to beef up air defenses after [...]
SEOUL/PYEONGTAEK, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean military has retrieved a sunken part of an ill-fated North Korean space rocket from the Yellow Sea, officials said Friday, capping a weekslong salvage operation hamstrung by poor underwater visibility, fast currents and other obstacles. It raised the wreckage, presumed to be part of the rocket’s [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — A ceremony to award the Ambassador for Peace Medal took place on Wednesday (local time) at City Hall in San Francisco. The medal is given by the Ministry of Patriots and Veteran Affairs as a token of appreciation from the Korean government and people to Korean War heroes. Yoon [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.S. nuclear-powered guided missile submarine (SSGN) arrived in South Korea on Friday for the first time in six years, Seoul’s defense ministry said, amid heightened tensions after North Korea’s launch of two ballistic missiles the previous day. The Ohio-class SSGN, USS Michigan, entered a key naval base in [...]
SEOUL, June 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Poland emerged as the source of South Korea’s fifth-biggest trade surplus in the January-April period thanks to increased defense industry exports, trade data showed Sunday. South Korea posted a surplus of US$2.71 billion in trading with Poland during the January-April period, following the surplus of $10.85 billion with the [...]
SEOUL, June 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Poland appear to be considering a joint project to develop wheeled armored vehicles, the state arms procurement agency said Saturday. Officials from South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) visited the state-owned Polska Grupa Zbrojeniowa (PGZ) late last month and discussed the joint development of the [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The top South Korean and American special operations commanders conducted a “friendship” parachute jump earlier this week, a U.S. military unit here said Thursday, as the two countries mark the 70th anniversary of their alliance. In a Facebook post, the U.S. Special Operations Command-Korea (SOCKOR) said that South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy selected its first female submarine sailors last month, the armed service said Thursday, in line with a policy effort to widen women’s military roles amid concerns about possible troop shortages caused by the country’s low birthrate. The Navy has picked the two female commissioned officers out [...]
SEOUL, June 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday held a roll-out ceremony for the first FA-50GF light attack aircraft to be exported to Poland, in a symbolic display of the two countries’ growing cooperation in the arms industry. Under the theme of “Firm Commitment, Secure Future,” the ceremony took place at the headquarters [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea succeeded in a test of a key homegrown missile interceptor under development earlier this week, the third such success out of four tests so far, as it is cranking up efforts to deter evolving North Korean threats. On Tuesday, the state-run Agency for Defense Development (ADD) revealed [...]