SEOUL, Nov. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – Amidst a labor shortage at industrial sites, the government has taken steps to address the increasing number of foreign workers. Vice Minister of Employment and Labor Lee Sung-hee visited Hyundai Samho Heavy Industries in Yeongam, Jeollanam-do, and announced a comprehensive plan during an on-site meeting with six shipbuilding companies that [...]
POHANG, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Marine Corps opened 2023 with vigorous training to strengthen their capability of mission completion and combat readiness. The 1st Marine Division on Monday performed a variety of training exercises around its stronghold in the southeastern city of Pohang despite the cold weather. Amid freezing sea wind and [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States plan to conduct an array of drills, including repelling attacks and mounting counterattacks, as part of their major combined training set to kick off later this month, Seoul’s defense ministry said Monday. In a written parliamentary briefing, the ministry said the Ulchi Freedom [...]
PAJU, May 30 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea began preparations for a quartet of men’s football friendly matches in June with an open training session on Monday, the first of its kind during the COVID-19 pandemic. Head coach Paulo Bento gathered his 28-man squad at the National Football Center (NFC) in Paju, north of Seoul [...]
JEJU, Jan. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — The tourism industry in South Korea’s southern island of Jeju, maligned by the COVID-19 pandemic, is being bolstered by sports teams visiting the island for off-season training. Jeju is more suitable for winter training thanks to its warm weather and advanced facilities. In January, some 2,400 members of 76 [...]
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 [...]
NORTH CHUNGCHEONG, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – Journalists and military personnel rubbed shoulders at the new state of the art training grounds opened in Cheongan County on August 17. The 132,000-square-meter facility is the first of its kind that will be able to accommodate a full battalion of reserve forces and provide the latest in [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The Korean government announced Thursday that it will build eight additional safety training centers that offer hands-on experience and training for earthquakes by 2020. The announcement came following Korea’s record 5.8-magnitude quake that shook the nation on September 12, and the more than 400 aftershocks that have followed since. [...]
SEOUL, July 13 (Korea Bizwire) – Earthquake! Kindergarten children visited the Seongdong Life Safety Learning Center in Seoul on Wednesday morning, to raise awareness of natural disasters and to train for earthquake evacuation. Following a 5.0-magnitude underwater earthquake that was observed some 52km off the coast of Ulsan on July 5, there has been an [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and the United States are conducting a joint marine infiltration exercise, testing the interoperability of the two countries’ military forces for a potential assault against North Korea. The exercise took off on June 27 in the southeast coastal city of Pohang, with 800 South Korean and 500 [...]