PYEONGTAEK/SEOUL, Nov. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace Co. staged a capability demonstration of a homegrown multi-purpose unmanned ground vehicle at a key U.S. military base south of Seoul on Tuesday. The company showcased key capabilities of the military vehicle, Arion-SMET, at Camp Humphreys in Pyeongtaek, 65 kilometers south of Seoul — the [...]
CHILGOK, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Camp Carroll, an United States Forces Korea (USFK) base located in Chilgok County, North Gyeongsang Province, will soon see its 60-year-old barbed wire fence replaced with a new, less unsightly one. The USFK accepted Chilgok County’s request to remove the circular barbed wire fences that harm the city landscape [...]
UIJEONGBU, April 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Police said Saturday they have apprehended members of a survival game club who had illegally trespassed onto an abandoned U.S. Army base. Early this month, U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) reported graffiti and other signs of trespassing inside Camp Jackson, an abandoned base located in Uijeongbu, just north of Seoul, [...]
UIJEONGBU, South Korea, Feb. 17 (Korea Bizwire) – The former site of Camp Essayons, located in Uijeongbu, north of Seoul, will be replaced by a mega-hospital and a new campus for Eulji University, with a 650-billion-won ($570 million) investment from the Eulji Foundation. This, according to officials, marks the first instance in which private investment [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The Seoul city government said Monday that contaminants detected in underground water tables near a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) garrison in the capital city were 500 times higher than normal standards. The Seoul Metropolitan Government said an average of 0.532 milligrams per liter of benzene was found around Noksapyeong [...]
ULSAN, Dec. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – An explosion at a military base in this southern South Korean city Tuesday injured more than 20 soldiers, authorities said. The blast of unknown cause took place at around 11:50 a.m. at a training camp for reservists in Ulsan, some 410 kilometers southeast of Seoul, according to the authorities. [...]
SEOGWIPO, South Korea, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new naval base on the southern resort island of Jeju is holding an event this week that will allow the general public to see various types of naval ships and equipment in a move aimed at building trust with the local community, the Navy said Tuesday. [...]