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 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States conducted fewer joint military exercises last year compared with a year earlier amid the coronavirus pandemic, defense ministry data showed Saturday. The two countries staged a total of 172 joint training sessions in South Korea last year, down from 191 in 2019. By [...]
SEOUL, March 14 (Korea Bizwire) – A shocking revelation from a source within the South Korean government suggests the upcoming annual joint military drills between the U.S. and South Korea will see Navy SEAL Team 6, the special forces unit that killed Osama bin Laden, train for a decapitation strike against North Korean leader Kim [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea is still at war, technically. And while it is highly unlikely that the 60-year armistice between the North and South will be violated any time soon, it’s better to be safe than sorry. Korea holds nationwide civil defense drills eight times every year, each lasting about 20 minutes. [...]