SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States were staging combined urban combat training this week to strengthen their interoperability, Seoul’s Army said Thursday, as part of major joint military drills between the allies this month. The five-day Army exercise kicked off at an urban operations training ground in Paju, 37 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military will deploy an anti-drone response system on a trial basis in the first half of next year under a program to swiftly introduce advanced technologies, the state arms procurement agency said Friday. The trial project promotion committee of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) has chosen [...]
SEOUL, July 17 (Korea Bizwire) — Drug detection dogs deployed at South Korea’s major airports and seaports will join efforts to crack down on drug use within the military. The Army Military Police on Thursday conducted a random drug inspection by deploying the Korea Customs Service’s drug detection dogs to two barracks in the greater [...]
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 [...]