SEOUL, May 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy held a ceremony Friday to formally place into service a new frigate named after a warship torpedoed by North Korea in 2010, officials said. The commissioning ceremony for the 2,800-ton Cheonan, took place at a key naval base in Changwon, about 300 kilometers southeast of Seoul, according [...]
BUSAN/CHANGWON, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A patrol aircraft emerged from heavy fog to drop sonar devices around a key guided-missile destroyer as part of South Korea’s Navy drills to track and destroy a simulated North Korean submarine. A maritime helicopter then flew in close to the 7,600-ton Aegis-equipped warship, ROKS Sejong the Great, and [...]
SEOUL, May 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Navy, provincial authorities and local residents will hold a festival in and around a naval base on the southern resort island of Jeju later this week to promote harmony among them after a period of conflict over its construction, the armed service said Monday. The festival, called the [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy on Thursday received a new 3,000-ton submarine with reinforced capabilities to conduct covert underwater missions and precision strikes, the state arms procurement agency said. The delivery ceremony for the ROKS Ahn Mu, named after a renowned Korean independence fighter, took place at the Okpo Shipyard of [...]
SEOUL, March 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy plans to shorten enlisted service members’ seaborne duty requirement by two months on a trial basis in an effort to attract new recruits, officials said Thursday. It unveiled the plan as part of “special measures” to boost enlistment amid concerns that the Navy could face a [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy has received a new frigate with enhanced anti-submarine capabilities, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday, amid the country’s stepped-up efforts to strengthen readiness against growing North Korean threats. The delivery event for the new 2,800-ton frigate, Pohang, took place at the Okpo shipyard of Daewoo [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy has started a process to select its first female submarine sailors, officials said Tuesday, in a move to widen their roles amid concerns about possible troop shortages caused by the country’s low birthrate. The armed service announced a staffing policy change last year to allow female [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Braving near-zero temperatures, a group of elite naval forces threw themselves into frigid waters during their annual cold-weather training in a southern town on Wednesday, highlighting their mission to protect citizens “wherever you need us to be.” Some 100 members of the Sea Salvage and Rescue Unit (SSU) in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Navy conducted its first live-fire drills of the year earlier this week, officials said Thursday, in a major display of naval might against evolving North Korean threats. Designed to check the Navy’s combat readiness, the annual drills took place in waters off the country’s eastern, western and [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean Navy decommissioned eight warships Friday after more than three decades of service for maritime defense, its officials said, highlighting a plan to replace them with more advanced vessels. The armed service held decommissioning ceremonies in naval bases in Jinhae, 312 kilometers southeast of Seoul, and Pyeongtaek, [...]