DONGDUCHEON, Nov. 20 (Korea Bizwire) – A derelict apartment complex that stood as a stark reminder of U.S. military presence for over two decades is getting a new lease on life as a cultural center in Dongducheon, a city north of Seoul. The city announced on November 19 that it will open a new Multi-Cultural Community [...]
WASHINGTON, Mar. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean national has been indicted in an alleged bid-rigging conspiracy and scheme to defraud the United States in connection with operation and maintenance work for U.S. military installations in Korea, the Justice Department said Wednesday. In a press release, the department announced the indictment charging the person, [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 30 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. Indo-Pacific Command has released photos of a U.S. Army chemical corps company conducting joint drills with South Korean forces near the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) amid heightened tension along the border with North Korea. American soldiers from the 59th Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear Company have been training together [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The foreign ministry on Wednesday admitted that a controversial part of a 2014 agreement to share costs for United States forces stationed in South Korea was omitted from its report to the National Assembly for ratification. The ministry’s recent review of the agreement found that its implementation arrangement, under [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States will wrap up their combined defense drills on Thursday as scheduled amid renewed tensions on the peninsula, officials said. The annual Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG) exercise, which started on Aug. 21, has involved more than 50,000 South Korea troops and around 17,500 American [...]
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, April 25 (Korea Bizwire) – American troops in Seoul kicked off their full-fledged relocation Tuesday to a refurbished base south of the capital with a symbolic ceremony to commemorate Gen. Walton H. Walker, a Korean War hero. Standing in front of the 8th Army’s headquarters at Yongsan garrison, the 10-foot-tall bronze statue is a [...]
SEOUL, April 18 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea’s top court has ordered the government to disclose the results of a probe on pollution detected in ground water near a U.S. Forces Korea (USFK) garrison in Seoul, court records showed Tuesday. The U.S. Army base in Yongsan, central Seoul, has been suspected as the source of [...]
BUSAN, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The USS Carl Vinson aircraft carrier on Wednesday arrived at South Korea’s southern port of Busan to participate in the ongoing joint exercises by Seoul and Washington in the latest show of force against North Korea, the U.S. military said. The nuclear-powered aircraft carrier plans to conduct bilateral exercises [...]
SEOUL, March 13 (Korea Bizwire) – The United States will deploy an unmanned attack aircraft to its military unit in South Korea to enhance its strike capabilities against ground targets in North Korea, a military official said Monday. “The U.S. Army has begun the process to dispatch a squadron, which will operate the Grey Eagle [...]