YANGGU, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Army soldiers are showing a softer side, volunteering as study room teachers for children from local vulnerable areas. Yanggu County in Gangwon Province will run a “small study room” where six soldiers from the 2nd Infantry Division will be invited as instructors to teach children as part of the [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The U.S. military in South Korea has made a policy change to allow its troops to wear filtering masks while in uniform amid growing concerns about air pollution here, an official said Tuesday. The U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) had banned its service members from wearing masks except when they [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 1 (Korea Bizwire) – The military on Monday began to conduct a three-month pilot program to allow all rank-and-file soldiers to use their mobile phones after daily duties before it decides whether to implement it, the defense ministry said. Since April last year, it has expanded the number of military units, whose soldiers [...]
GOSEONG/YANGGU, Mar. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Internet cafes, called “PC bangs” in Korean, are the favorite place for rank-and-file soldiers to spend time outside their barracks after work on weekdays, according to a survey released today. On Feb. 1, the defense ministry allowed ordinary soldiers to go off base after work for four hours on [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — As cell phone use on South Korean military bases will be permitted for all military personnel in April, soldiers are waiting in excitement to freely make phone calls to their friends and family. According to a study conducted by Defense Media Agency, the majority of the soldiers said they [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — With smartphone use soon to be allowed on all military bases in April, South Korea’s Ministry of Defense is considering the introduction of a special mobile rate plan that provides unlimited data and phone calls to soldiers. “We are currently working with mobile carriers to introduce a special mobile [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An Army battalion in Gapyeong-gun, Gyeonggi Province held a meeting on Thursday to discuss the recent policy of allowing soldiers to use mobile phones at military bases. Soldiers at the battalion have been using cellphones since last August. At the meeting, officers and soldiers exchanged their views on the [...]
INJE, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — With the 19th Inje Icefish Festival entering its sixth day since the grand opening, military service members were invited to participate in a special ‘Ice Olympic Games’. More than 1,950 soldiers participated in human curling, a sleigh race, ice fishing, and other sporting events on the ice fishing grounds. [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The military on Friday began to allow rank-and-file soldiers to go off base after work for four hours on weekdays up to twice a month, a measure to help them communicate with society better and ensure sufficient rest in advance of military maneuvers and drills, the defense ministry said. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of National Defense announced on January 16 that it will expand the use of mobile phones to all units of the ROK Army, Navy, Air Force and the Marine Corps. The use of mobile phones is currently limited to certain units, but from April, all soldiers will [...]