SEOUL, June 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A South Korean female officer has won the coveted U.S. Army female Expert Infantryman Badge (EIB) by passing a grueling series of tests last month, the military said Monday. The Army said 1st Lt. Jeong Ji-eun, who is the platoon leader of a battalion belonging to the 30th mechanized infantry [...]
CHANGWON, South Korea, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The 2016 Korea Defense Equipment & Component Industry Fair is taking place from June 1 to June 4 at the Changwon Exhibition Convention Center. The exhibition is aimed at encouraging the domestic production of defense supplies, as well as promoting the cooperation of all businesses, big and [...]
SEOUL, June 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The defense ministry announced on Tuesday a set of anti-smoking campaigns aimed at bringing down the smoking rate of soldiers to the 30 percent level by 2020 from 40 percent at present. The ministry devised the incentives to encourage soldiers to quit smoking on the occasion of World No [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) – More than half of South Korea’s senior Army officers are either obese or overweight, many of them gaining weight with age and because of their career-related lifestyle, a study showed Monday. Based on body mass index (BMI), 34.9 percent were found to be obese while 25.9 percent were assessed [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – ‘Descendants of the Sun’ is a hit Korean military television series starring Song Joong-ki and Song Hye-kyo. The series, which aired from February 24 to April 22 in Korea, was a huge success with an average audience share of 30.09 percent. The popularity of the series has increased public [...]
SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent hacking attempt on South Korea’s Air Force’s website apparently used methods mostly employed by North Korean hackers, a military source said Friday, raising suspicion that Pyongyang might have been behind the cyberattack. Military authorities have been conducting an investigation into a suspected hacking attempt into the official [...]
BEIJING, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) – Chinese President Xi Jinping inspected troops in the northeastern province of Heilongjiang, near the sensitive border with its traditional ally, North Korea, according to China’s state media on Friday. Xi inspected senior military officials and soldiers stationed in Harbin, Heilongjiang’s capital, and an outpost on Tuesday and Wednesday, and [...]
SEOUL, May 26 (Yonhap) – South Korea’s defense and technology ministries on Thursday discussed the feasibility of creating a cybersecurity reserve force in preparation for a national network emergency. The idea was raised at a senior-level meeting between the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Science, ICT and Future Planning aimed at strengthening [...]
SEOUL, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s Air Force website has been experiencing problems for 13 days due to an unidentified hacking attack, local officials said Wednesday. An official said the Air Force suspended its website operations from the early morning of May 12 when malicious code was found in it. The Air Force [...]
SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) – The main contingent of United States’ forces in South Korea has started to relocate from central Seoul to a provincial city located further south, putting its landmark base relocation operation in full swing, the defense ministry here said Thursday. The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) and South Korea are currently [...]