CHUNGJU, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A new chapter in cultural exchange is set to unfold in the northern Polish port city of Gdansk as it prepares to welcome the first overseas training center for Taekkyeon, a traditional Korean martial art, on September 23. The 98-square-meter facility, located in a building owned by the city of [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Poland have agreed to establish a consultative body between their air forces to strengthen bilateral military cooperation following the European country’s adoption of Korean fighter jets, sources said Sunday. The air forces of South Korea and Poland recently reached the agreement and are currently discussing the [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – Korea Aerospace Industries Co. (KAI) said Tuesday it has forged an agreement with a Polish defense firm to establish a support system for maintenance and related services for its FA-50 fighter jets exported by KAI. KAI said it signed a teaming agreement with WZL-2, a maintenance, repair and overhaul [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean defense firm Hanwha Aerospace Co. is expected to export an additional batch of Chunmoo multiple launch rocket systems (MLRS) to Poland, a deal estimated at around 2.2 trillion won (US$1.6 billion), multiple sources said Tuesday. A Polish delegation, led by Deputy Defense Minister Pawel Bejda, plans to [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — LG Energy Solution (LGES), South Korea’s leading battery maker, said Friday it will supply battery cells to a Polish battery pack company in a three-year deal. LGES has signed the deal to begin supplying 200,000 nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) battery modules to Impact Clean Power Technology (ICPT) in 2024 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Aerospace Co., a South Korean defense company, said Monday it has signed a 3.45 trillion-won (US$2.62 billion) contract with the Polish government to provide 152 K9 self-propelled howitzers to the European country by 2027. The deal forged with Warsaw’s Armament Agency is part of a larger framework agreement [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and Poland will expand the number of weekly flights between the countries to support their strengthening ties in the defense industry and plant construction, the transport ministry said Monday. Seoul and Warsaw have agreed to increase the number of weekly flights to seven from five on routes [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has announced plans to create a hub in Poland for exporting defense products to Europe. The Ministry of National Defense is looking to set up a Defense Cooperation Center in Poland, which will serve as a base to expand defense exports to Europe, as stated by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 14 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering & Construction Co. (Hyundai E&C) said Thursday it has signed a series of partnership deals with Polish institutions and builders in an effort to tap the country’s nuclear power and infrastructure markets. Hyundai E&C, South Korea’s No. 2 builder, said it inked a memorandum of understanding (MOU) [...]
KIELCE, Sept. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Hanwha Group hopes to strengthen its presence in the Polish defense market by competing in the Eastern European country’s submarine acquisition project, a senior executive at the group’s defense unit has said. Lee Boo-hwan, head of Hanwha Aerospace Co.’s European unit, made the remarks Wednesday in a [...]