SEOUL, June 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean Army plans to deploy unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the near future to deliver defense supplies to troops around the country, the military said Wednesday. The Army conducted a system demonstration of a delivery drone during a meeting held earlier in the day to evaluate the [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The defense ministry announced on Tuesday a set of anti-smoking campaigns aimed at bringing down the smoking rate of soldiers to the 30 percent level by 2020 from 40 percent at present. The ministry devised the incentives to encourage soldiers to quit smoking on the occasion of World No [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of South Korea’s senior Army officers are either obese or overweight, many of them gaining weight with age and because of their career-related lifestyle, a study showed Monday. Based on body mass index (BMI), 34.9 percent were found to be obese while 25.9 percent were assessed [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Descendants of the Sun’ is a hit Korean military television series starring Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo. The series, which aired from February 24 to April 22 in Korea, was a huge success with an average audience share of 30.09 percent. The popularity of the series has increased public [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The main contingent of United States’ forces in South Korea has started to relocate from central Seoul to a provincial city located further south, putting its landmark base relocation operation in full swing, the defense ministry here said Thursday. The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and South Korea are currently [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will phase out the military’s special rule that exempts natural science and engineering students from the compulsory military service in a move that takes into account the country’s dwindling population, the defense ministry said Tuesday. All able-bodied South Korean men are required to finish a two-year military [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that the average enlisted soldier’s fatigue level is equivalent to that of a patient with hepatitis C. Experts are pushing for cautionary measures as extreme fatigue can become chronic, which could ultimately affect Korea’s ability to defend itself. The research team, after conducting a [...]
YEONGCHEON, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korea Army Academy at Yeongcheon announced that it will be launching a campaign called ‘Donation Reading, Donation Reader’, which contributes 10 won to savings for every page the cadets read. The collected funds will be used to buy books every quarter, and send them to welfare facilities, sanatoriums [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Each army unit will form a social network channel to communicate among the commander, rank-and-file soldiers and their parents as a move to innovate military culture in Korea. Camp Mobile, a subsidiary of NHN operating social networking service “Band,” signed a business agreement with the Army of the Republic of [...]