SEOUL, Feb. 11 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea on Tuesday denounced the recent arrival of a U.S. nuclear-powered submarine in South Korea, accusing Washington of ignoring Pyongyang’s security concerns and warning that it is ready to use any means to defend its national security. North Korea’s defense ministry made the remarks a day after the [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) – A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived at a major southeastern naval base in South Korea on Monday to replenish supplies and provide rest for crew members, the South’s Navy said. The USS Alexandria, a Los Angeles-class attack submarine, entered the naval base in Busan, some 320 kilometers southeast of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has cut steel for its third and last 3,600-ton-class naval submarine, the state arms procurement agency said Wednesday, amid efforts to bolster underwater defense capabilities against North Korean threats. The steel-cutting ceremony for the final series of three Changbogo-III Batch-II class submarines took place at shipbuilder Hanwha [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has laid the keel for its second 3,600-ton class naval submarine, the state arms procurement agency said Friday, amid efforts to acquire advanced diesel-electric attack submarines for enhanced underwater capabilities against North Korean threats. A keel-laying ceremony for the second of three Changbogo-III Batch-II class submarines took [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — LS Cable & System Ltd., South Korea’s biggest cable company, said Tuesday it has received a 100 billion-won (US$72 million) order to supply submarine cables to an electricity grid operator in the United States. In the deal with LS Power Grid California, LS Cable will provide undersea cables for [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Ocean Co., a shipbuilding and defense industry unit of South Korea’s Hanwha Group, said Friday it has partnered with three Canadian technology firms to enhance cooperation as part of its effort to bid for Canada’s maritime procurement project. During Canada’s Global Defence & Security Trade Show in Ottawa, [...]
ULSAN, Apr. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilder HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. on Thursday delivered a 3,000-ton diesel submarine to the Navy, which will serve as a key asset to deter threats posed by North Korea. The submarine, named after famous Korean independence activist Shin Chae-ho (1880-1936), was delivered to the Navy at [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean shipbuilding giant HD Hyundai Heavy Industries Co. said Wednesday it will cooperate with British defense titan Babcock to jointly develop a submarine for exports. To that end, officials of both companies recently held a meeting at HD Hyundai Heavy’s research and development center in Seongnam, south of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean shipbuilder Hanwha Ocean clinched a 1.1 trillion-won (US$845 million) deal Friday to build a 3,600-ton submarine for the Navy, the state procurement agency said. Hanwha Ocean signed the deal with the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) to construct the third and last submarine under the Changbogo-III Batch-II [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — A U.S. nuclear-powered submarine arrived in South Korea on Wednesday, one day after North Korea’s latest launch of a military spy satellite. The USS Santa Fe (SSN-763), a Los Angeles-class submarine, entered the Jeju Naval Base on the southern resort island in the morning, the South Korean Navy said, [...]