SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has signed a contract to mass-produce ground communication devices for joint operations with the military’s new satellite launched last year, the arms procurement agency said Monday. Under the deal, two local defense firms — LIG Nex1 Co. and Hanwha Systems Co. — will produce eight different ground-based [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean soldiers picked ‘leave’ as the most desired gift for Christmas this year. According to a survey conducted by the Korea Defense Daily of 1,194 service members, 16.6 percent or 199 of the respondents picked military leave as the Christmas gift they wanted the most. In an open-ended [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has completed the deployment of upgraded reconnaissance vehicles with stronger capabilities to counter chemical and biological security threats, the state arms procurement agency said Wednesday. The chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) reconnaissance vehicle is able to monitor hazardous airborne agents from a long distance and can [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering sending COVID-19 vaccines for booster shots to its troops abroad, officials said Friday, amid concerns over breakthrough infections and the omicron variant. It initially sought the local supply of additional vaccines needed for booster jabs. But it has begun consultations with the Korea Disease Control [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea on Wednesday started deploying new 7.62 mm-caliber machine guns to the Army under a project to replace the existing decades-old equipment and reinforce combat capabilities, the arms procurement agency said. The K-16 machine guns will supplant K-3 and M60 guns as a bedrock asset of the military’s [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting from next year, enlisted soldiers will be allowed to take compassionate leave for more than 30 days when they need to be hospitalized for an extended period of time. The Ministry of National Defense recently went through the process of advance legislation notice for the partial revision of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military will strengthen quarantine measures for troops returning from vacation and start a booster shot program earlier than planned amid growing fears of the omicron variant, officials said Friday. Starting Monday, the military plans to put returnees in quarantine until they test negative for COVID-19 twice. The [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea opened a research laboratory Tuesday to develop a demining solution utilizing artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance accuracy of the military’s mine clearance operations, the defense ministry said. The ministries of defense and science established the laboratory at the Army Engineer School in Jangseong, 308 kilometers south of [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is considering using the military reserve of urea water solution, a key material used in diesel vehicles to reduce emissions, to help address supply shortages in the civilian sector, sources said Monday. The defense ministry and other relevant ministries are in talks over the idea of temporarily [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military plans to ease its social distancing restrictions, including curbs on off-base trips, in phases and administer booster shots for all service members by early next year, the defense ministry said Friday. Defense Minister Suh Wook finalized the plan at a video-linked meeting with top military commanders, [...]