SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean Defense Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo called for tighter defense of the sea border with North Korea on Thursday, the 10th anniversary of the communist nation’s deadly sinking of the South’s warship Cheonan. The Cheonan went down near the Northern Limit Line (NLL), the de facto maritime border between [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A high school student has made headlines for donating 10 million won (US $8,435) to the ROK Navy’s “Love for the Navy Foundation,” asking the Navy to help the bereaved families of the victims of the sinking of the ROKS Cheonan in 2010. According to the Navy on Monday, [...]
SEOUL, March 26 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Navy conducted a sea exercise in the East Sea Monday on the eighth anniversary of a deadly torpedo attack by North Korea, a defense official said. More than 10 warships were mobilized, along with aircraft, while exercises in the Yellow Sea and the South Sea were canceled due to bad weather. The Navy’s [...]