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 [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military is conducting large-scale drills on airborne infiltrations and other wartime procedures in southern counties, officials said Thursday, as part of its ongoing regular exercise with the United States. The Army and the Air Force mobilized some 1,500 troops and more than 30 aircraft, including the C-130H [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States are conducting combined river-crossing military drills in a border county, the Army here said Wednesday, as part of the allies’ ongoing springtime exercise. The allies mobilized some 400 troops, two Apache attack helicopters and 50 pieces of equipment, such as makeshift bridges, for [...]
SEOUL, March 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military plans to launch a drone operations command as early as July, officials said Wednesday, in what would be a culmination of its efforts to bolster readiness following North Korea’s drone incursions late last year. It has been working out details, such as the operational concept, command [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military will bring in a more effective operational concept with the aim of neutralizing threats from North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile systems even from a prelaunch stage, the defense ministry said Friday. The ministry unveiled the scheme to introduce the “Kill Web” concept as part of [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States plan to kick off a combined springtime military exercise later this month, the allies announced Friday, as they are striving to beef up deterrence against North Korea’s evolving nuclear and missile threats. The Freedom Shield (FS) exercise is scheduled to take place from [...]