SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military plans to restore its field training for reserve forces to pre-pandemic levels this year, the defense ministry said Tuesday, after three years of coronavirus-driven suspension or reduction. Starting from March 2, the field drills will proceed in a full-scale format, according to the ministry. They were [...]
SEOUL, May 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will resume an annual field training program for its reserve forces in a scaled-back manner next month after two years of suspension caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the state military recruitment agency said Monday. Starting June 20, some 500,000 reservists will be called upon to complete the [...]
SEOUL, April 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military will partially resume a field training program for the country’s reserve forces in June, the defense ministry said Friday, in line with eased COVID-19 social distancing rules. The annual field training for the 2.75 million-strong local reserve forces was called off for the first time in [...]
SEOUL, July 14 (Korea Bizwire) — The military called off the already postponed annual training for reserve forces due to explosive spikes in COVID-19 cases, the defense ministry said Wednesday. It is the second straight year that the military canceled the annual training. The training program had never been skipped before since its introduction in [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — The military has decided not to hold regular training sessions for reserve forces in the first half of this year due to the new coronavirus, the defense ministry said Friday. The training for the country’s 2.75 million-strong forces was slated to kick off in March across the nation, but [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will open a two-hour online course for reserve forces next week, the defense ministry said Thursday, after their annual field training was called off due to the coronavirus pandemic. The training sessions for the country’s 2.75 million-strong forces were supposed to kick off in September, but the [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 21 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea called off annual field training for reserve forces for the first time in 52 years Friday as the country has been struggling with a recent sharp surge in coronavirus cases. The training sessions for the country’s 2.75 million-strong forces were supposed to kick off in September in a [...]
SEOUL, Mar. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s reserve forces will be paid 91,000 won (US$80) for each inactive duty training session, starting in 2022. The South Korean Army announced on Monday that it plans to gradually raise the payments for the reserve forces. Currently at 32,000 won, the payments for mobilization training will be [...]