SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to introduce an integrated defense system to counter hostile unmanned aircraft at key military and government facilities for the first time, officials said Thursday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) recently put up a notice for the 48.5 billion-won (US$37.2 million) project on its procurement website [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea held a joint tabletop exercise with the international chemical weapons watchdog for the first time on Wednesday to enhance response capabilities against chemical warfare and terrorist attacks, Seoul’s defense ministry said. The discussion-based exercise with the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) took place at [...]
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry on Tuesday established a decree for the creation of a drone operations command ahead of its planned launch later this year amid efforts to counter North Korea’s military threats and bolster its use of the unmanned assets. The ministry promulgated the presidential decree governing the unit’s [...]
SEOUL, June 20 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean military has adopted an aggressive counter-drone operational principle, under which a single North Korean drone infiltration would prompt it to send 10 or more unmanned aerial vehicles into Pyongyang, a source said Tuesday. The measure is part of Seoul’s efforts to beef up air defenses after [...]
POCHEON, May 25 (Korea Bizwire) — In the midst of persistent North Korean military threats, South Korea and the United States conducted their largest-ever combined live-fire drills Thursday, driving home an impactful message: The alliance will only grow stronger to achieve “peace through strength.” The Combined Joint Live-Fire Exercise, the first of its kind in [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is considering requiring soon-to-be conscripts to take drug tests, the defense ministry said Tuesday, in a stepped-up fight against illegal drugs. The ministry unveiled the move as part of its anti-drug measures, after the military saw a sharp rise in drug cases to 30 last year from [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Army and Navy plan to hold a commissioning ceremony for the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) twice a year, officials said Thursday, in a move to ensure a stable supply of military officers amid the prospects of a troop shortage caused by the nation’s low birthrate. Starting [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military plans to launch a drone operations command in the second half of this year, Seoul’s defense ministry said Wednesday, in a move to counter North Korea’s military threats and bolster its use of the unmanned assets. The ministry put up a public notice on the enactment [...]
SEOUL, April 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea endorsed major defense projects Thursday to domestically develop an electronic warfare aircraft and buy heavy helicopters for special operations, the state arms procurement agency said, as Seoul steps up efforts to counter North Korea’s evolving military threats. The Defense Project Promotion Committee approved a 1.85 trillion-won (US$1.41 [...]
SEOUL, March 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States plan to kick off their first large-scale amphibious landing exercise in five years next week, in a show of the allies’ “overwhelming” military capabilities, the Navy and Marine Corps here said Friday. The Ssangyong training is set to take place in and around [...]