SEOUL, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States staged combined air drills Monday, involving at least one U.S. nuclear-capable B-52H strategic bomber, Seoul’s defense ministry said, in the latest show of America’s military might against North Korea’s evolving military threats. The exercise took place over the Yellow Sea, mobilizing the bomber [...]
SEOUL, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.S. guided-missile destroyer visited South Korea’s southern island of Jeju last week, the U.S. Pacific Command said Sunday, in an apparent show of force and a warning to North Korea against missile provocations. It said the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Rafael Peralta docked at Jeju on Monday [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s homegrown fighter KF-21 Boramae conducted its successful test flight with the advanced active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar mounted, the arms procurement agency said Saturday, in the latest sign of progress in the advanced jet’s development project. The third prototype took off from the Air Force’s 3rd [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military will bring in a more effective operational concept with the aim of neutralizing threats from North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile systems even from a prelaunch stage, the defense ministry said Friday. The ministry unveiled the scheme to introduce the “Kill Web” concept as part of [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States plan to kick off a combined springtime military exercise later this month, the allies announced Friday, as they are striving to beef up deterrence against North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats. The Freedom Shield (FS) exercise is scheduled to take place from [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy has received a new frigate with enhanced anti-submarine capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday, amid the country’s stepped-up efforts to strengthen readiness against growing North Korean threats. The delivery event for the new 2,800-ton frigate, Pohang, took place at the Okpo shipyard of Daewoo [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean and U.S. special commandos are conducting “realistic” combined drills here, involving AC-130J and MC-130J warplanes, to strengthen the “ironclad” security commitment between the allies, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The Exercise Teak Knife kicked off a monthlong run early this month, according to Capt. Kimberly Chatto, director [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean T-50B supersonic jets streaked over a southeastern Australian city during the opening ceremony of a major international air show Tuesday, marking its first aerobatic performance in the southern hemisphere. The Korean Air Force’s Black Eagles team joined the biennial Australian International Airshow and Aerospace [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry has chosen a late Colombian battalion commander as next month’s Korean War hero for his leadership in front-line combat operations during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Tuesday. Retired Lt. Col. Alberto Ruiz Novoa is credited with successfully leading a set of key wartime missions, including [...]
INCHEON, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — High-end drones will be deployed on large vessels operated by South Korea’s Coast Guard to monitor Chinese boats engaging in illegal fishing activities, officials said Thursday. The Coast Guard announced that it will invest 28 billion won (US$21.4 million) by 2028 to purchase 144 additional drones for 32 large [...]