SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Due to delays in the academic calendar and a lack of jobs for soldiers leaving the military following the coronavirus outbreak, an increasing number of service members are taking interest in extending their military service via a special program. The Ministry of National Defense reported that a growing number [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A military hospital near Seoul will begin accepting more civilian coronavirus patients this week following a recent spike in the number of infections in the capital area, the medical command said Monday. At the request of the health authorities, the Armed Forces Capital Hospital in Seongnam, south of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea called off annual field training for reserve forces for the first time in 52 years Friday as the country has been struggling with a recent sharp surge in coronavirus cases. The training sessions for the country’s 2.75 million-strong forces were supposed to kick off in September in a [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Postgraduate students serving as ‘technical research personnel’ instead of joining the military will lose their military duty exemption if they fail to obtain a doctorate degree during their service period, the defense ministry said Thursday. The Ministry of Defense issued advance notice for the revision of the legislation containing [...]
SEOUL, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Rank-and-file soldiers are now officially allowed to use their mobile phones after work starting Wednesday following a yearlong trial period, the defense ministry said. Since April last year, South Korea has allowed all draftees to use mobile phones on a trial basis to monitor possible side effects. Previously, the [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said Monday it will eliminate asbestos from all military facilities by 2025 to ensure the health and safety of service members. Around 11,600 military structures, including accommodations and sentry posts, were found to contain the carcinogenic material, according to an inspection last year. Of them, 5,450 [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — An investigation is soon to be underway to measure noise levels at about 100 military airfields and shooting ranges throughout the country. The Ministry of Defense announced on Monday that it will launch an investigation to measure the noise level of military airfields and shooting ranges over the next [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — Over 200,000 man-days of military personnel have been mobilized to help cope with the coronavirus outbreak since the disease was first reported in the country in late January, the defense ministry said Wednesday. The number includes some 29,000 man-days of medical workers, as well as 30,000 man-days for disinfection [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizewire) — South Korea is pushing to export a coronavirus test kit developed by a military research center that drastically reduces the diagnosis time, the defense ministry said Tuesday. The Armed Forces Medical Research Institute has patented the loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) method used in the test kit that cuts the [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The military will begin allowing enlisted service members to go on vacation this week after months of restrictions, amid signs of a slowdown in the spread of the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Monday. All enlisted service personnel have been banned from off-base trips in principle since Feb. [...]