SEOUL, May 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The military will try to raise the average daily meal cost for service members to 10,500 won (US$9) next year, the defense ministry said Friday, after coming under criticism that soldiers are poorly fed. Defense Minister Suh Wook discussed the raise and other measures during a meeting with military [...]
SEOUL, April 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite about 10 years having passed since a soldier died at an army training center due to a delay in treatment of cerebral meningitis in 2011, South Korea still appears to have a long way to go to improve its military medical system. According to a report released by [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea will push for the development of a state-of-the-art unmanned surveillance vehicle in earnest after years of preliminary research into the project, the arms procurement agency said Thursday. According to the Defense Acquisition Administration (DAPA), it successfully wrapped up the exploratory development of the robotic vehicle for surveillance [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has again been thrown into a debate over whether women should be drafted into the military alongside men, with political and social circles calling for its serious consideration amid chronically low birth rates. One of the recent triggers was an online petition demanding female conscription on Cheong [...]
SEOUL, April 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI), South Korea’s sole aircraft manufacturer, said Sunday it aims to develop its own transport and multipurpose aircraft for the military. KAI has reached a consensus with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration on the need to develop transport and multipurpose aircraft to meet domestic demand [...]
SEOUL, March 31 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korean soldiers are failing to receive even a modicum of human rights protection, as advised by the international community, during incarceration. The Center for Military Human Rights Korea, a civic group, held a conference in Seoul on Tuesday to discuss the results of an investigation into human rights [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is stepping up to distribute uniforms recycled from plastic bottles to the military and the police. The Ministry of Environment hosted a ceremony in Seoul on Monday where the Ministry of Defense, the National Police Agency, and the Korea Federation of Textile Industries bought technical wear made [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Military personnel will begin receiving coronavirus vaccines starting in June, with those serving in inter-Korean border areas and at command and control centers to be high on the list, officials said Monday. Under the inoculation plan, the defense ministry began administering COVID-19 vaccines this month, and around 2,400 military [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Korean Naval Academy has reportedly penalized some 40 cadets who turned themselves in for engaging in romantic relationships during their freshman year, placing them under detention. And some say that these measures are excessive. All military academies in South Korea ban first year cadets from engaging in romantic relationships [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States will stage a major springtime combined military exercise starting this week in a scaled-back manner amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Sunday. Whether to hold the regular exercise has drawn attention as the unification ministry and some civic [...]