SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The military called off the already postponed annual training for reserve forces due to explosive spikes in COVID-19 cases, the defense ministry said Wednesday. It is the second straight year that the military canceled the annual training. The training program had never been skipped before since its introduction in [...]
SEOUL, July 12 (Korea Bizwire) — Military blankets, regarded as one of the most essential emergency items in the military, are disappearing from the South Korean Army and the Marine Corps. The Ministry of Defense announced plans to replace military blankets at every Army and Marines unit with commercial ones later this year. The Air [...]
SEOUL, June 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has ruled that ordering military service members to install map applications and turn on GPS functions at all times for quarantine purposes infringes upon their privacy and other fundamental rights. The National Human Rights Commission of Korea (NHRCK) announced Tuesday that requiring the use [...]
SEOUL, June 26 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 95 percent of service members aged under 30 have received their first doses of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine since the vaccination campaign for younger soldiers began earlier this month, the defense ministry said Saturday. A total of 395,677 troops in their 20s, or 95.4 percent of the age [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based pilots by 2023, a state-run defense development agency said. The AI Pilot Development Program will use deep learning technology featured in Heron, a military drone used by the Israeli armed forces. These AI pilots will be able to assist human pilots [...]
SEOUL, June 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The military on Tuesday began a pilot operation of a drone detection and jamming system to better respond to growing threats by small unmanned aerial vehicles, the arms procurement agency said. For the next six months, the Army, the Navy and the Air Force will operate the radar system [...]
SEOUL, June 17 (Korea Bizwire) — An additional 1,000 troops will be assigned to cooking duties as part of efforts to improve the quality of meals while at the same time preventing them from overworking, the defense ministry said Thursday. Starting later this year, the military will reduce the number of troops at administrative support [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The military is considering allowing new recruits participating in a five-week boot camp to smoke. While the Army boot camp guidelines strongly recommend that recruits refrain from smoking, they also allow commanders to designate a time and place for smoking if needed. A majority of Army boot camps including [...]
SEOUL, May 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The arms procurement agency said Monday it has signed a deal to purchase hydrogen powered-drones for a pilot operation at the Air Force to boost the military’s surveillance capabilities. Under the 831 million won (US$737,000) contract with Doosan Mobility Innovation Inc., the drones will be delivered to the military [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A state-run defense development agency said Tuesday it has developed a new technology for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to autonomously steer clear of threats and dangers. The technology allows UAVs to automatically seek flight paths to avoid threats at close distances and decide the sequence to complete their tasks, [...]