SEOUL, April 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Some 20 South Korean and U.S. elite troops conducted a “friendship” parachute jump Friday in a training session to mark the 70th anniversary of the bilateral alliance and hone their special operations skills, Seoul’s Army said. The troops from the South’s Special Warfare Command and the U.S.’ Special Operations [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean soldiers deployed overseas celebrated the Chuseok holiday with various activities but without events inviting guests due to coronavirus concerns, the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) said Monday. This year’s Chuseok, the Korean autumn harvest celebration and one of the biggest holidays in the country, falls on Tuesday, [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea will dispatch troops to the Strait of Hormuz by expanding operational areas of its anti-piracy unit deployed nearby to help protect its vessels passing through the strategic waterway, the defense ministry announced Tuesday. The forces, however, will not join a U.S.-led coalition, but conduct independent operations, the [...]
BUSAN, Nov. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A highly symbolic ceremony was held Monday at the U.N. Memorial Cemetery in South Korea’s southern port city of Busan in honor of foreign soldiers who were killed while fighting on the South Korean side during the 1950-53 Korean War. The “Turn Toward Busan” ceremony brought together around 1,000 [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Rank-and-file soldiers, newly allowed to use mobile phones after work, found the measure useful in improving communication not only with those off base but also with their superior officers, a survey showed Tuesday. But some side effects have also been found, such as soldiers accessing gambling, porn and other [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea signed a deal with the United States on Sunday to raise its contribution to the upkeep of American troops here by 8.2 percent this year. Top negotiators of the two sides inked the contract in Seoul, under which South Korea will pay 1.03 trillion won (US$890 million) [...]
SEOUL, Jul. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Nearly 90 percent of troops, including senior service members, favored the idea of military draftees being allowed to use mobile phones after work, a survey showed Thursday, In a poll of 596 troops that the defense ministry conducted earlier this month, 89.6 percent of the respondents said that they [...]