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Iraqi General Visits S. Korea to Examine KAI’s Surion Helicopter

SEOUL, Mar. 13 (Korea Bizwire) – A senior Iraqi Army general visited South Korea last week to look over a homegrown utility helicopter, sources said Wednesday, raising speculation over the Middle Eastern country’s potential purchase of the aircraft. Lt. Gen. Samir Zaki Hussein Al-Maliki, commander of Iraq’s Army Aviation Command, arrived in South Korea on [...]

Philippine President Duterte Visits Defense Ministry

SEOUL, Jun. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — The training grounds belonging to the Ministry of National Defense complex in Yongsan, Seoul saw their very first helicopter landing yesterday morning since the construction of the compound in 2003. The domestically produced KAI KUH-1 Surion flew into Seoul from an army base in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province on June [...]