SEOUL, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea approved a 750 billion won (US$605 million) project Monday to upgrade its Patriot missile defense system by 2027, the state arms procurement agency said, in the wake of North Korea’s recent missile provocations. The Defense Project Promotion Committee endorsed the project to procure an unspecified number of [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Systems, a South Korean defense firm, has unveiled a radar prototype for the long-range surface-to-air missile (L-SAM) interception system under development, in a sign of progress in the country’s missile defense technology. The company revealed to reporters the prototype of the multi-function radar (MFR) at its research center [...]
SEOUL, April 27 (Yonhap) – South Korea’s defense ministry announced Thursday that an advanced American missile defense system here will soon be put into “actual operation” to counter North Korea’s ballistic missile threats. Hours earlier, Adm. Harry Harris, commander of the U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM), told U.S. congressmen that the THAAD system will become operational [...]
SEOUL/SEONGJU, South Korea, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) – U.S. troops in South Korea began installing the equipment for an advanced missile defense system at a site in a southeastern region of the country, facing fierce protests from local residents. The overnight, unannounced operation came just six days after U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) secured the land [...]
SEOUL, March 7 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States has begun the process of deploying an advanced missile defense system known as THAAD to South Korea to better counter growing threats by North Korea, the U.S. and South Korean militaries said Tuesday. South Korean military officials said the deployment could be completed within one or [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States officially kicked off negotiations Thursday to finalize the terms of deploying the advanced American missile defense system THAAD in South Korea, the foreign ministry said. “With regard to the provision of land (for the deployment), a request has been filed to open negotiations [...]
BUSAN, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – A military source confirmed Wednesday that the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen – capable of tracking and monitoring ballistic missiles – is currently stationed in Busan, South Korea’s largest port, amid recent threats from North Korea that have been raising international concern. The 12,845-ton vessel went into operation in 2014, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s defense ministry is set to conclude a deal to acquire a site for an advanced U.S. missile defense system from Lotte Group, a military source said Tuesday. The Ministry of National Defense has tentatively agreed to secure the Lotte Skyhill Country Club in the southeastern rural county [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s military said Monday it will conduct detailed examinations into three sites in the rural county of Seongju to check if alternate locations can be found to deploy an advanced U.S. missile defense system. The move comes as Seongju residents strongly protested the government’s decision to install the [...]
SEOUL/SEONGJU, Aug. 19 (Korea Bizwire) – Residents of Seongju said Friday that they can consider an alternate site for the the advanced U.S. defense shield if the government scraps its initial decision to place the system at an existing anti-aircraft missile base. The emergency committee opposed to the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area [...]