SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The military is joining the government’s all-out efforts to disinfect public facilities as South Korea prepares to further ease coronavirus social distancing, the defense ministry said Tuesday, amid a marked slowdown in the number of new cases reported in the country. Starting this week, the military will look for [...]
SEOUL, April 24 (Korea Bizwire) – The military on Friday began partially allowing enlisted service members’ off-installation travel amid signs of a slowdown in the spread of the new coronavirus in the country. The military had restricted all enlisted service personnel from vacationing, staying outside their bases and meeting visitors since the Navy reported the [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — The military will ease restrictions on enlisted service members’ off-installation travel, the defense ministry said Wednesday, amid signs of a slowdown in the spread of the new coronavirus in the country. The military has restricted all enlisted service personnel from vacationing, staying outside their bases and meeting visitors since [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The government resumed physical checkups for potential draftees Monday after a monthslong suspension over the coronavirus outbreak, the military manpower agency said. The examinations were halted on Feb. 24 for two weeks as the country witnessed a drastic surge in COVID-19 cases. The suspension was extended as part of [...]
SEOUL, April 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry announced a series of measures to beef up the security of military bases in the wake of embarrassing civilian intrusions, including improving CCTVs and other surveillance systems and mobilizing Marine Corps troops to help guard naval bases. The ministry unveiled these measures after Minister Jeong Kyeong-doo [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry has temporarily allowed service personnel to have video calls with families and friends as part of efforts to help them reduce stress as they have been banned from leaving their bases or meeting visitors due to the coronavirus pandemic. Soldiers have been banned from off-base traveling, [...]
SEOUL, April 6 (Korea Bizwire) — Physical checkups for potential draftees will be further postponed as part of efforts to stem the spread of the coronavirus at military barracks, the military manpower agency said Monday. The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) had planned to resume the checkup next Monday, which has been halted since Feb. 24 [...]
SEOUL, March 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Four foreign countries have asked South Korea to share its know-how in stemming the new coronavirus at military barracks, officials said Wednesday. Military attaches at the diplomatic missions of the four countries in Latin America, Asia and the Middle East have recently asked the defense ministry what South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — There were fewer smokers among military service members last year, a recent study revealed. The Ministry of Health and Welfare and Ministry of Defense conducted a survey of 4,000 service members between Nov. 20 and Dec. 10 of last year. Smokers accounted for 40.7 percent of all service members, [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — A former noncommissioned officer forcibly discharged from the military after sex reassignment surgery has filed an appeal seeking reinstatement, sources said Wednesday. Byun Hee-soo, 22, filed the petition with the Army Headquarters, the sources said, after a military committee ruled last month based on a medical examination that the [...]