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S. Korea Ranks 9th in Defense Technologies: Report

SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s defense technologies were assessed to be the world’s ninth most advanced as of last year, a triennial government report showed Monday, noting progress in artillery, submarines and other sectors. According to the report by the Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology Planning and Advancement (KRIT), South Korea [...]

S. Korea Develops Technology for Early, Real-time Chemical Agent Detection

SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has developed a homegrown technology for early, real-time detection of chemical weapons, its state-run arms development agency said Wednesday. Under a project that ran from 2012 through this year, the Agency for Defense Development (ADD) secured the Hyperspectral Imaging Stand-off Chemical Agent Detection System technology, which would [...]