SEOUL, Aug. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military is exploring ways to prevent accidents in Han River estuary areas caused by land mines floated from North Korea, or the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) dividing the two Koreas. The Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) plans to detect the areas of concern with high potential to be [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea appears to be turning to a tried-and-true deterrence playbook marked by its arms buildup, a threat of “unsparing” punishment and scaled-up military drills as it faces evolving North Korean security challenges, analysts said Wednesday. That playbook revolves around three Cs: military capabilities, communication to a recalcitrant North [...]
SEOUL, July 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military is joining hands with IT representatives to train technology specialists. The Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Science and ICT announced Tuesday that they will start a joint artificial intelligence (AI) and software training program for military personnel, aimed at developing 1,000 military specialists for the [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military has developed new technology for the automatic generation of navigation software for guided weapons and unmanned aircraft on the basis of the concept of module assembly. The state-run Agency for Defense Development (ADD) said Tuesday it had independently secured navigation software development technology designed to automatically create [...]
SEOUL, June 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States staged a combined exercise in international waters off Okinawa this week, the military said Saturday, in yet another move highlighting the allies’ joint defense posture. The three-day exercise, which ended Saturday, was aimed at bolstering the allies’ mission capabilities against North Korea’s provocations, [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will start mass-producing a newly developed command post vehicle later this year under a project to deploy it to the military next year, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday. The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) signed a 55.3 billion won (US$44.57 million) contract with the local [...]
SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s defense ministry has distributed troop education materials that refer to North Korea’s military and its regime as “our enemy,” officials said Monday, in a reflection of the conservative Yoon Suk-yeol administration’s tough security stance. The preceding liberal Moon Jae-in administration avoided using the expression amid its push [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military has developed self-driving technology that enables vehicles to navigate through unconventional, rough terrain, a state-run defense research agency said Tuesday. The artificial intelligence (AI) technology allows cars to analyze and identify drivable areas based on “training data” collected from test runs, and control their navigation even [...]
SEOUL, May 14 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States held a combined medical support field training earlier this week after years of suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the former’s Army said Friday. The biannual exercise took place Wednesday and Thursday, with an aim to treat and transport casualties under a chemical [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military plans to scrap pandemic-driven curbs on troops’ off-base trips, starting this weekend in line with the country’s move to lift most COVID-19 restrictions earlier this month, sources said Friday. Starting Saturday, it will allow service members to make overnight and weekend off-base trips, according to the [...]