SEOUL, Nov. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier arrived at a naval base in the southeastern city of Busan on Tuesday, South Korea’s Navy said, hours after North Korea notified Japan of a plan to launch a space rocket in the coming days. The nuclear-powered vessel of Carrier Strike Group 1 [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The nuclear-powered USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier arrived at the southeastern port of Busan following trilateral naval drills involving the United States, South Korea and Japan in a show of force against North Korea. Carrier Strike Group 5, which includes the aircraft carrier, the Aegis-equipped USS Shoup destroyer and [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s two leading shipbuilders are competing against each other to obtain an order for the country’s first light aircraft carrier. The Navy is pushing to complete the project for a 30,000-ton aircraft carrier by 2033, though it did not reveal the date of open bidding for a basic [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Global shipbuilder Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said on Wednesday that it has signed a partnership deal with British defense company Bobcock to cooperate on a project to build South Korea’s first aircraft carrier. Under the deal, the two companies will team up to receive an order for the 30,000-ton [...]
SEOUL, April 11 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea vowed Tuesday to take the “toughest” counteraction against the United States as Washington is sending its strategic assets near the Korean Peninsula for what the North calls an invasion of Pyongyang. The North’s warning was made after the U.S. dispatched the USS Carl Vinson, a nuclear-powered aircraft [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean military confirmed Monday the United States is sending a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to waters near the Korean Peninsula again due to concerns about North Korea’s provocations. The Pacific Command, based in Hawaii, announced earlier that the Carl Vinson Strike Group is on its way to the [...]
SEOUL, March 29 (Korea Bizwire) – Concerns over further American military intervention are growing among residents of Jeju Island after the U.S. Aegis destroyer USS Stethem docked at the Jeju Naval Base before heading back to its home port in Japan. Anti-war organizations and town councils based in Gangjeong village, where the Naval base is [...]
BUSAN, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier on Wednesday arrived at South Korea’s southern port of Busan to participate in the ongoing joint exercises by Seoul and Washington in the latest show of force against North Korea, the U.S. military said. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier plans to conduct bilateral exercises [...]