SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry said Thursday it has launched a private-public consultative body to strengthen technological partnerships between the military and the private sector. The body’s first meeting took place in Seoul earlier in the day, attended by officials from the military, academia and domestic defense companies, the Ministry [...]
SEOUL, July 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s nuclear safety watchdog said Wednesday it plans to urge its Chinese and Japanese counterparts to monitor Japan’s future releases of Fukushima water in line with international safety standards during a high-level tripartite meeting later this week. The Nuclear Safety and Security Commission (NSSC) will attend the 15th [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Aerospace Co. is well positioned to lead maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations for the U.S. Army’s CH-47 Chinook helicopter engines under a new South Korea-U.S. defense cooperation pilot project, a company official said Tuesday Earlier in the day, South Korea’s defense ministry announced that the two countries [...]
SEOUL, July 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Korean university students are treating enlistment in the Air Force like a college entrance exam, as soaring competition has triggered a rush for certifications, volunteer hours, and even blood donations in a bid to earn higher scores in the military’s recruitment system. With monthly [...]
SEOUL, July 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The American Chamber of Commerce in Korea (AMCHAM) held a cybersecurity seminar Wednesday in Seoul, bringing together senior government officials, business leaders and cybersecurity experts to address the growing digital threats in areas of cybersecurity and national security. Under the theme of cybersecurity, participants explored strategic responses to evolving [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Defense Minister nominee Ahn Gyu-back said Tuesday the Lee Jae Myung government aims to take back the wartime command of South Korean troops from the United States within Lee’s five-year term. Ahn made the remarks during a parliamentary confirmation hearing as South Korea seeks to retake it at a [...]
KUALA LUMPUR, July 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday called for unified efforts toward resolving North Korea’s nuclear issues, vowing to make progress to achieve lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula under the new government of President Lee Jae Myung. First Vice Foreign Minister Park Yoon-joo made the remarks during the foreign ministers’ [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy said Wednesday it plans to begin flight training for the P-3C maritime patrol aircraft this week, as part of preparations to resume operations of the aircraft that had been grounded following a fatal crash in May. A Navy P-3CK patrol plane crashed on a mountain in Pohang, [...]
SEOUL, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) — President Lee Jae Myung on Thursday praised Seoul’s recently completed defense export deal with Poland involving South Korean-produced K2 tanks, calling it a “splendid feat” for the Korean defense sector. Lee’s remarks came a day after the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that it had secured the second [...]
GIMPO, South Korea, July 3 (Korea Bizwire) – Not long ago, the western fringes of South Korea near the inter-Korean border were anything but peaceful. Night and day, the air reverberated with North Korean loudspeakers blaring a relentless mix of metallic screeches and propaganda across the Han River estuary — a psychological barrage that left [...]