SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea needs to build a nuclear-powered submarine to better counter North Korea’s possible nuclear and missile attacks, an expert at Seoul’s state-run think tank said Friday. With the new atomic energy pact reached between South Korea and the United States in 2015, the last restrictions to building a [...]
SEOUL, June 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean Navy said Thursday it plans to join the Rim of the Pacific exercise (RIMPAC), a US-led biennial multinational naval drill, which will kick off late June, in a bid to boost the combat capability of its ships and crew. A group of about 700 servicemen from [...]
SEOGWIPO, South Korea, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s new naval base on the southern resort island of Jeju is holding an event this week that will allow the general public to see various types of naval ships and equipment in a move aimed at building trust with the local community, the Navy said Tuesday. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 31 (Korea Bizwire) - The Navy decommissioned one of the country’s first-generation indigenous warships, the ROKS Seoul (FF-952), Thursday after 34 years of service. The 1,500-ton warship is the second locally-built Ulsan-class guided missile frigate, which the Navy put into operation in 1984. It was one of nine first-generation frigates that the Navy introduced [...]
JEJU, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – Concluding two decades of preparations and controversies, the Navy is set to unveil a new naval base on the southern resort island of Jeju, where it could launch warships against North Korea’s potential provocations in a dramatically shortened amount of time. The construction work for the Jeju civil-military sea port base, spanning nearly 500,000 square meters with docks running some 5 kilometers in the direction of the East China [...]
SEOUL, May 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is conducting a military drill to defend its easternmost islets of Dokdo amid Japan’s renewed claims to the territory, military officers said Friday. The Navy, jointly with the Coast Guard, “are carrying out the two-day drill from yesterday on and around the rocky outcroppings in the East [...]