SEOUL, July 21 (Korea -Bizwire) — The defense ministry said Monday it has suspended the head of the Drone Operations Command over suspicions that military drones were illegally dispatched to North Korea last year as part of preparations for former President Yoon Suk Yeol’s imposition of martial law. Maj. Gen. Kim Yong-dae, commander of the [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s defense ministry said Friday it has not held any discussions with the Pentagon over the possibility of scaling back U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) troops stationed in South Korea, stressing it is a matter that requires bilateral consultation. The remark came in response to a report by The [...]
SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s key military compound in central Seoul is set to undergo major realignments due to the planned relocation of the presidential office there at a time of rising security concerns caused by North Korea’s continued missile tests. The area is home to the nation’s defense ministry, the Joint [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — Rank-and-file soldiers will not be assigned the job of tracking down those who go AWOL starting next year, officials said Thursday, amid fresh attention on the position after a popular Netflix series, titled “D.P.” The Criminal Investigation Command under the defense ministry and service branches of the military decided [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. said Tuesday that it will supply 10 hydrogen buses to South Korea’s defense ministry by next year. Under an initial agreement with the ministry, Hyundai Motor also said it will build a hydrogen charging station at a military training facility in the central city of Daejeon. [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — South Korea is pushing to export a coronavirus test kit developed by a military research center that drastically reduces the diagnosis time, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The Armed Forces Medical Research Institute has patented the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method used in the test kit that cuts the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said Monday it has advised soldiers to stop using flavored e-cigarettes at barracks amid growing concerns about health risks linked to vaping. The measure is in line with the government’s strong advice last month against those products, warning that they could cause serious lung illness or [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense ministry expressed “deep regrets” Monday over Japan’s disclosure of new evidence related to a military radar dispute and its decision to halt bilateral consultations. Tokyo’s defense ministry announced its final view on the monthlong spat, saying that bilateral working-level dialogue may not lead to “verification of [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Friday released its own video clip to repudiate Japan’s claims over an escalating spat involving military radar, renewing calls for Tokyo to stop distorting facts and apologize over the incident. Seoul’s defense ministry posted the video clip on YouTube, a week after Tokyo released its own [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s National Security Council (NSC) decided Thursday to take steps, if necessary, against what it said may have been a “serious” violation of safety protocols or even a threat by a Japanese warplane against a South Korean naval ship engaged in a rescue operation. The decision came at [...]