SEOUL, Oct. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Celebrating this year’s 70th anniversary of the South Korea-United States alliance, Yonhap News Agency, South Korea’s key newswire, will publish a white paper, containing the development of bilateral relations, and kick off a special photo exhibition in Seoul this week. The white paper shows the traces of the two [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 2 (Korea Bizwire) – The South Korean government has announced plans to create a hub in Poland for exporting defense products to Europe. The Ministry of National Defense is looking to set up a Defense Cooperation Center in Poland, which will serve as a base to expand defense exports to Europe, as stated by [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 29 (Korea Bizwire) – A contingent of South Korean sailors departed for waters off Somalia earlier this week as part of a regular rotation of troops conducting anti-piracy operations in the region, the Navy said Friday. The ROKS Yang Man-chun destroyer, carrying the 41st rotation of the Cheonghae unit, left the naval base [...]
WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – The U.S. Department of Defense labeled North Korea as a “persistent” threat in an updated key security document released Thursday, warning that its military capability advancements would give the recalcitrant regime options to use nuclear arms “at any stage of conflict.” The Pentagon published the first Strategy for Countering [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 26 (Korea Bizwire) – Missiles, tanks, and military personnel paraded through central Seoul to mark Armed Forces Day, the first such event in a decade. President Yoon Suk Yeol, alongside Defense Minister Lee Jong-sup and military leaders, participated in the procession despite the rain. This parade signifies South Korea’s increased focus on military [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korea and Turkey agreed Monday to strengthen cooperation in the areas of defense and the arms industry and push to sign a military deal as part of such efforts, the defense ministry said. South Korean Vice Defense Minister Shin Beom-chul and his Turkish counterpart, Alpaslan Kavaklioglu, said the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States kicked off a combined naval exercise in the East Sea on Monday to reinforce readiness against growing military threats from North Korea, the Navy said. The three-day exercise involved nine vessels and two patrol aircraft from the two sides, including two South Korean [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea and the United States kicked off their first joint underwater excavation project earlier this month to recover the remains of American soldiers killed during the 1950-53 Korean War, the defense ministry said Friday. Some 10 South Korean military personnel, and 20 from the U.S. Forces Korea and [...]
NEW YORK/SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — President Yoon Suk Yeol issued a stark warning against military cooperation between North Korea and Russia on Wednesday (U.S. time), saying any arms deal between the two countries would be considered a “direct provocation” against South Korea. Yoon made the remark during a keynote address to the U.N. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Five years after its signing, the fate of a landmark inter-Korean military tension reduction agreement is in limbo as a series of violations by North Korea raised questions about its need, with the incoming defense minister openly calling for its scrapping. The Comprehensive Military Agreement was signed when then [...]