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 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Locally made flail tanks that can detect and remove land mines have made a debut on the front lines, the arms procurement agency said Wednesday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) had delivered the first mass-produced batches of mine-clearing tanks developed by Hyundai Rotem Co., a South Korean train [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Service members will be able to enjoy new menu items and diverse foods, such as hamburgers from famous burger chains and salmon, at barracks next year. According to the defense ministry’s new guidelines on military meals for 2021, two dozen new menu items will be added to a list [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The military will provide vegetarian and Muslim enlistees with a vegan diet excluding any meat and ham starting next year, the defense ministry said Sunday. From February, prospective draftees will be asked to mark if they are a vegetarian when they take physical examinations, the ministry said. Two columns [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Dozens of cadets from the military nursing academy were sent to coronavirus treatment centers Friday to help out the government’s fight against the fast-spreading pandemic, the defense ministry said. A total of 77 students and four nursing officers from the Korea Armed Forces Nursing Academy will support the medical [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said Wednesday it will complete reducing the mandatory military service period to 18 months by next year as planned as part of a series of reform projects under way to make the military “smaller and stronger.” During a meeting on defense reform presided over by Defense [...]