SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Air Force staged air defense drills Monday to reinforce its combat readiness, officials said, as tensions linger over North Korea’s continued missile launches. The defensive counter air drills took place across 12 units nationwide in connection with major ongoing South Korea-U.S. combined exercise drills, officials said. The [...]
ABOARD THE ROKS MARADO, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Multinational maritime drills aimed at preventing the trafficking of weapons of mass destruction (WMD) kicked off Wednesday, as North Korea’s attempt to put its first spy satellite into orbit failed. The Eastern Endeavor 23 drills, which were staged in a scaled back manner due to poor [...]
POCHEON, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of persistent North Korean military threats, South Korea and the United States conducted their largest-ever combined live-fire drills Thursday, driving home an impactful message: The alliance will only grow stronger to achieve “peace through strength.” The Combined Joint Live-Fire Exercise, the first of its kind in [...]
BUSAN/CHANGWON, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A patrol aircraft emerged from heavy fog to drop sonar devices around a key guided-missile destroyer as part of South Korea’s Navy drills to track and destroy a simulated North Korean submarine. A maritime helicopter then flew in close to the 7,600-ton Aegis-equipped warship, ROKS Sejong the Great, and [...]
SEOUL/POCHEON, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States have staged a large-scale combined live-fire exercise near the inter-Korean border, the South’s Army said Thursday, in a show of the allies’ “tremendous” firepower amid North Korea’s evolving threats. The four-day drills took place at the Rodriguez Live Fire Complex in Pocheon, about [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean, U.S. and British Marines have staged combined “high-intensity” airborne and maritime infiltration drills in a southeastern coastal area, the Marine Corps here said Thursday, in a move to bolster joint operational capabilities. The drills took place in Pohang, 272 kilometers southeast of Seoul, on Wednesday and Thursday, [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean and U.S. special commandos are conducting “realistic” combined drills here, involving AC-130J and MC-130J warplanes, to strengthen the “ironclad” security commitment between the allies, a U.S. official said Tuesday. The Exercise Teak Knife kicked off a monthlong run early this month, according to Capt. Kimberly Chatto, director [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s advanced Army unit armed with cutting-edge weapons has staged a joint field exercise with a Stryker Brigade Combat Team from the U.S. 2nd Infantry Division near the inter-Korean border. The practice kicked off on Jan. 2 for a two-week run in the border city of Paju, about [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy conducted its first live-fire drills of the year earlier this week, officials said Thursday, in a major display of naval might against evolving North Korean threats. Designed to check the Navy’s combat readiness, the annual drills took place in waters off the country’s eastern, western and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States plan to conduct an array of drills, including repelling attacks and mounting counterattacks, as part of their major combined training set to kick off later this month, Seoul’s defense ministry said Monday. In a written parliamentary briefing, the ministry said the Ulchi Freedom [...]