SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s state arms procurement agency signed a 30 billion-won (US$23 million) contract with a local firm Monday to develop an advanced counter-artillery radar system by 2026, officials said. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) inked the deal with LIG Nex1 for the project aimed at replacing aging radars [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will embark on a 190 billion-won (US$146 million) project Monday to locally develop a long-range air-to-ground guided missile by 2028, the state arms procurement agency said. The missile, which will be the country’s first domestically developed air-launched one, is to be fitted onto the homegrown KF-21 fighter [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — A man who chose not to serve in the military based on his religious beliefs has been acquitted of the charges he faced. The Daejeon District Court overruled the appeal from the prosecution that charged a 26-year-old man with violation of the Military Service Act and pronounced him to [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea approved a 5.75 trillion-won (US$4.3 billion) plan Monday to begin mass production of a homegrown light armed helicopter (LAH) in the coming months, the state arms procurement agency said. The Defense Project Promotion Committee endorsed the LAH production plan to run through 2031 as part of efforts [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military on Wednesday conducted amphibious landing drills with a focus on enhancing “real-world” combat capabilities, the Marine Corps said, amid its stepped-up efforts to counter evolving North Korean threats. The drills took place in Pohang, 272 kilometers southeast of Seoul, as part of this year’s Hoguk defense [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 13 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will hold a major air show in a southern city next week to showcase an array of its high-end military aircraft, including the homegrown KF-21 fighter under development, Seoul officials said Thursday. The four-day Sacheon Airshow is set to begin at an air base in Sacheon, 301 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean military plans to gradually replace water bottles with new models earlier than scheduled, source said Sunday. The defense ministry plans to earmark a budget of roughly 3 billion won (US$2.20 million) next year to distribute 102,000 new water bottles. The budget represents a growth of 67 percent compared [...]
POCHEON, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States staged a large-scale combined live-fire exercise near the inter-Korean border Wednesday, in a vivid display of the allies’ military might amid North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats. A centerpiece of the Combined Joint Fires Coordination Exercise (CJFCX) took place in Rodriguez Live Fire [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — The state human rights watchdog has submitted an opinion expressing the unconstitutionality of the military criminal code that punishes homosexuality in the military, officials said Thursday. The military criminal act, revised in 1962, prohibits same-sex relationships among military personnel, who are mostly male. The article states a maximum jail [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s arms procurement agency on Wednesday signed deals with two local firms to develop a counterterrorism robot and a reconnaissance drone, its officials said, as the country seeks to harness new technologies for its military buildup. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) said that it inked a 4.6 [...]