SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) has revealed it conducted a special commando training earlier this month, in an apparent show of America’s military might following North Korea’s intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch last week. In a Facebook post Wednesday, the Special Operations Command Korea (SOCKOR) showed a set of [...]
SEOUL, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Tottenham Hotspur’s South Korean star Son Heung-min completed a three-week military training program with the best performance among all trainees Friday, as he excelled in shooting skills and other areas, officials said. Son is one of the top five trainees to receive a prize at the camp’s graduation ceremony [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s leading mobile carrier, SK Telecom Co., said Monday it will establish 5G network on a military campus to support smart training for cadets. SK Telecom said it will establish 5G network in the Korea Military Academy’s campus in northern Seoul within the first half of this year [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States will wrap up their combined defense drills on Thursday as scheduled amid renewed tensions on the peninsula, officials said. The annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) exercise, which started on Aug. 21, has involved more than 50,000 South Korea troops and around 17,500 American [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is expecting its first female rangers, members of the military’s most infamous infantry unit that engages in covert military operations from the infiltration of enemy territory and intelligence collection to destruction and enemy derangement. The Expert Guerrilla Training program, which develops the Republic of Korea Army’s rangers, [...]