GYERYONG, South Korea, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – The annual Gyeryong Military Culture Festival (October 2 to 6) showcased on Monday a drone competition during which 300 drones made simultaneous flights. According to the event’s organizing committee, it is often considered impossible for more than some 20 drones to fly at the same time due [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea has picked a golf course in the southeastern part of the nation as the new site for an advanced American missile defense system Friday to counter growing threats from North Korea, military officials said. The revised decision comes 2 1/2 months after Seoul and Washington picked the [...]
GYERYONG, South Korea, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – The final rehearsal for the October 1 Armed Forces Day took place Thursday at Gyeryongdae, South Korea’s main military compound. Contrary to popular belief, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces Day does not celebrate the day that the Korean military was first established, but rather the day [...]
GOYANG, South Korea, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea is hosting its largest defense expo for ground forces at Goyang’s KINTEX (Korea International Exhibition & Convention Center). Dubbed Defense Expo Korea 2016, this is the second exhibit of its kind after the inaugural event in 2014, and will be attended by some 400 defense [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – If there’s one thing Koreans are infamous for, it’s a no-holds-barred drinking culture. Bombs (usually soju and beer) after bombs, bar-hopping from one venue to another – drinking is undoubtedly one of the most popular social activities in Korea. With a long-overdue newfound appreciation of alcohol’s apparent downsides, affecting [...]
SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) – An increasing number of college applicants are applying to police academies and military schools. The unrelenting economic downturn, leading to prolonged low employment rates for college graduates, has led more youth to consider a career in the military or as a police officer, both of which are seen as [...]
SEOUL, July 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States on Friday held a meeting of their top air force commanders to discuss the allies’ combined air power operations, according to the Air Force. Some 100 senior commanders from the two allies attended the 2016 Air Bose Conference and talked about ways to [...]
DONGDUCHEON, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) – The Camp Casey railroad track was packed on Wednesday with KORAIL (Korea Railroad Corporation) officials and soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division (2ID) of the United States Army loading military tracked vehicles onto the train. The 2-8 Cavalry Regiment was moving to Camp Humphreys. Camp Casey is located in Dongducheon, between [...]
SEONGJU, South Korea, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Thousands of residents in the southern town of Seongju took to the streets on Wednesday to protest the government’s designation of the town as a site for the deployment of an advanced U.S. antimissile system. Some 5,000 residents of the town in North Gyeongsang Province staged a [...]
SEOUL, July 8 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States have agreed to deploy a high-tech antiballistic-missile interception system in the Northeast Asian country to upgrade the allies’ defense against North Korea’s increasing nuclear and missile threats, the defense ministry said Friday. The decision came after five months of negotiations between Seoul and [...]