SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea was the world’s eighth-largest arms exporter in the 2017-2021 period, accounting for nearly 3 percent of the world’s total defense exports, an annual government report showed Friday. According to the Global Defense Market Yearbook 2022 released by the Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology Planning and Advancement, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to complete an 18.05 billion-won (US$13.7 million) project to develop and deploy a space environment forecasting and warning system by 2024, the state arms procurement agency said Friday The project is designed to alert the military of changes in the space environment, like a solar flare, [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The first export batch of K2 battle tanks and K9 self-propelled howitzers has arrived in Poland. The Polish Ministry of Defense announced on Tuesday (local time) that it held a delivery ceremony for 10 units of K2 Black Panther tanks and 24 units of K9 howitzer at a Navy [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The Air Forces of South Korea, the United States and three other countries have kicked off an annual U.S.-led humanitarian operation to deliver medicine and other basic necessities to remote Pacific islands ahead of the Christmas season, officials here said Monday. Hosted by the U.S. Pacific Air Forces, the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Air Force’s aerobatic flight team plans to participate in a biennial international air show in Australia next year for the first time, officials said Friday. The Black Eagles team will join the Australian International Airshow and Aerospace & Defence Exposition slated to take place from Feb. [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military on Wednesday started deploying a new mine detector capable of locating non-metal objects, such as those made of wood, the state arms procurement agency said. The deployment of the detector, PRS-20K, comes as the military has sought to replace its aging PRS-17K detectors that are unable [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s veterans ministry has chosen a late British colonel as next month’s Korean War hero for his contribution to the success of a major evacuation operation during the 1950-53 conflict, officials said Wednesday. Douglas Burns Drysdale, then head of the 41st Independent Commando Royal Marines, was credited with [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s first prototype of the M2 Carbine infantry rifle, produced back in 1971, will be unveiled to the public through a special exhibition that will open on Wednesday at the War Memorial of Korea, a museum commemorating the 1950-53 Korean War. The exhibition will showcase 52 firearms that [...]
PYEONGTAEK/SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. staged a capability demonstration of a homegrown multi-purpose unmanned ground vehicle at a key U.S. military base south of Seoul on Tuesday. The company showcased key capabilities of the military vehicle, Arion-SMET, at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, 65 kilometers south of Seoul — the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Air Force said Tuesday it will participate in a U.S.-led multinational humanitarian operation in Guam, an effort to enhance its airlift and other operational capabilities. It sent a C-130 transport plane and around 30 service members to Operation Christmas Drop, an annual event that the U.S. Pacific [...]