South Korea

Mar- 2025 -

19 March

Exercises

Joe Saballa

Robot Dogs Featured in US-South Korea Drills for Tunnel Warfare Training

The US and South Korea conducted a joint exercise aimed at refining tunnel warfare tactics with the help of robot dogs.

13 March

Sea

Joe Saballa

South Korea Offers Submarines, Military Systems to Canada

South Korea is offering defense systems to Canada to bolster its military arsenal amid Ottawa’s deteriorating relations with the US.

10 March

Land

Republic of Korea Soldiers, display the K2 Black Panther during the 75th Republic of Korea Armed Forces parade, in Seoul, South Korea, on September 26, 2023. (Photo by U.S. Army Reserve Spc. Jason Palacios)

Rojoef Manuel

Poland to Double Black Panther Tank Order From South Korea

Poland has revealed its plan to acquire additional K2 Black Panther main battle tanks from South Korea as part of its army’s heavy fleet expansion.

10 March

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

N.Korea Warns of ‘Accidental’ War Risk From US-South Korea Drills

North Korea on Monday condemned joint US-South Korean military drills as a "provocative act," warning of the danger of sparking war with "an accidental single shot."

4 March

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

N. Korea Slams US ‘Provocations’ Over Aircraft Carrier Visit to Busan

N. Korea slammed the US for "political and military provocations" over the visit of a US Navy aircraft carrier to the S. Korean port of Busan.

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28 February

Asia Pacific

North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency released this image on Jan. 28, showing what North Korea says was a long-range cruise missile test

Staff Writer With AFP

N. Korea Says Launched Cruise Missiles in ‘Counterattack’ Drills

North Korea carried out a test launch of strategic cruise missiles in the Yellow Sea this week, in a drill Pyongyang said Friday aimed at showing off its "counterattack" capabilities.

24 February

Asia Pacific

Inder Singh Bisht

Hanwha to Join South Korea’s Airborne Laser Anti-Mine Program

Northrop Grumman and Hanwha have signed a memorandum of understanding for South Korea’s Mine Countermeasures Helicopter program.

17 February

Asia Pacific

Republic of Korea Armed Forces deploying a K9 Thunder during Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 at Shoalwater Bay Training Area, Queensland. *** Local Caption *** Exercise Talisman Sabre 2023 is being conducted across northern Australia from 22 July to 4 August. More than 30,000 military personnel from 13 nations will directly participate in Talisman Sabre 2023, primarily in Queensland but also in Western Australia, the Northern Territory and New South Wales. Talisman Sabre is the largest Australia-US bilaterally planned, multilaterally conducted exercise and a key opportunity to work with likeminded partners from across the region and around the world. Fiji, France, Indonesia, Japan, Republic of Korea, New Zealand, Papua New Guinea, Tonga, the United Kingdom, Canada and Germany are all participating in Talisman Sabre 2023 with the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand attending as observers. Occurring every two years, Talisman Sabre reflects the closeness of our alliance and strength of our enduring military relationship with the United States and also our commitment to working with likeminded partners in the region. Now in its tenth iteration, Talisman Sabre provides an opportunity to exercise our combined capabilities to conduct high-end, multi-domain warfare, to build and affirm our military-to-military ties and interoperability, and strengthen our strategic partnerships.

Inder Singh Bisht

Hanwha Completes Testing of K9 Howitzer Domestic Engine

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has wrapped up acceptance trials of a domestically-developed 1000-horsepower engine for the K9 self-propelled howitzer.

17 February

Americas