SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry on Wednesday began administering coronavirus vaccines to military personnel, with doctors and other health care workers becoming the first recipient group, officials said. The medical staff at the Korean Armed Forces Yangju Hospital in the city of Yangju, some 50 kilometers north of Seoul, received COVID-19 [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has approved a male citizen’s request to substitute his mandatory military service for other public service due to his personal beliefs, marking the first such case other than those citing religious reasons, the military manpower agency said Wednesday. By law, all able-bodied South Korean men must carry [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will push to deploy a light aircraft carrier by 2033 to boost the country’s defense capabilities, the arms procurement agency said Monday. The defense project promotion committee held a videoconference, presided over by Defense Minister Suh Wook, and approved the plan to build a 30,000-ton-class light aircraft [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States are preparing to hold their annual springtime combined military exercise next month, sources said Sunday. The planned exercise has drawn keen attention amid concern that North Korea could use the exercise as a pretext for provocations in the early months of the administration [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States conducted fewer joint military exercises last year compared with a year earlier amid the coronavirus pandemic, defense ministry data showed Saturday. The two countries staged a total of 172 joint training sessions in South Korea last year, down from 191 in 2019. By [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The military decided to partially allow vacations for new recruits as part of efforts to ease the stress of troops amid an extension of toughened social distancing in barracks for another two weeks, the defense ministry said Monday. Since November, the ministry has enforced Level 2.5 social distancing rules, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has completed the development of a command post vehicle to replace makeshift tent type posts for front-line infantry units, the arms procurement agency said Monday. The new wheel type vehicle allows commanders to lead combats while moving around and is equipped with devices to defend against enemy’s [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Military bases across the country will soon have laundry rooms with modern appliances. The Army announced Monday the introduction of laundry rooms at barracks, equipped with cutting-edge laundry machines and lounges. It will set up and operate laundry rooms at five different locations until Jan. 31 before additional rooms [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea ranked 6th in the world in terms of military strength this year, an annual military power index showed. According to Global Firepower (GFP) 2021, South Korea had a firepower index of 0.1621 to stand at the 6th out of 138 countries. The country’s ranking remains the same [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The military has decided not to hold regular training sessions for reserve forces in the first half of this year due to the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Friday. The training for the country’s 2.75 million-strong forces was slated to kick off in March across the nation, but [...]