SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — BTS’ RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook are taking steps to begin their mandatory military service, the group’s agency said Wednesday, following in the footsteps of their three bandmates who are already serving their duties. “We announce that RM, Jimin, V and Jungkook have begun taking the steps necessary to [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 16 (Korea Bizwire) – According to a recent report, over the last five years, more than 20,000 men have relinquished their South Korean citizenship. This information is based on data provided by the Military Manpower Administration to the National Assembly, which is currently conducting a national security audit. The data reveals that between 2019 and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Air Force chief will visit the United States and Canada this week to meet senior military officials and hold bilateral talks on security and arms industry cooperation, officials said Monday. Gen. Jung Sang-hwa, the Air Force’s chief of staff, will embark on the weeklong trip later in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea launched a joint military command overseeing drone operations Friday, officials said, amid efforts to step up the use of the unmanned assets to respond to evolving military threats from Pyongyang. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) held a ceremony marking the establishment of the Drone Operations Command [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has staged a large-scale Army exercise this week, mobilizing hundreds of armored vehicles, to reinforce its readiness against North Korean military threats, officials said Thursday. The Army’s VII Maneuver Corps mobilized some 550 tracked vehicles, including tanks and self-propelled howitzers, as well as over 3,000 troops for [...]
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 [...]