Min Chul Gu reports on international arms exports, military trade, and defense policy developments in South Korea. His coverage bridges both domestic and global dimensions of South Korea’s growing role in the international defense market.
The South Korean Air Force grounded its entire fleet of F-35A stealth fighters after a heart-stopping incident on Tuesday.
A South Korean F-35A fighter jet made an emergency landing during a training flight Tuesday due to a “major systems malfunction”,...
Ukraine-based Synergy DPE company announced on Friday that its new modular unmanned ground vehicle has passed the next stage of factory tests.
As noted by the company, the Mirotvorets (Peacekeeper in English) wheeled, multi-mission, unmanned ground vehicle (UGV)...
South Korea’s defense exports hit a new record and jumped to 2.7 percent of the world's total defense exports, according to the Global Defense Market Yearbook 2021 released by the Korea Research Institute for Defense Technology Planning...
The Republic of Korea Army, also known as the South Korean Army, began fielding a new 30mm anti-aircraft defense system called the AAGW (Anti-Aircraft Gun Wheeled Vehicle System).
Citing a report from the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA)...
South Korean defense giant Hanwha Defense announced on Monday that it has signed a contract to supply and locally produce the AS9 Huntsman Self-Propelled Howitzer and AS10 Armoured Automatic Resupply Vehicle for the Australian Army.
The AS9 Huntsman...
The Malian Army received its first 6x6 mine-resistant armored vehicles at a handover ceremony at the garrison base of Kati.
According to local media, the Malian military received a batch of the newest VN2C mine-resistant armored vehicle developed...
South Korean arms maker Hanwha Defense is to unveil its new robotic combat vehicle ahead of ADEX 2021 to be held from Oct. 19 to 22 in Seongnam, just south of Seoul.
The defense contractor said that named...
The Republic of Korea, also known as South Korea, is promoting its next-generation indigenous fighter jet with a new promotional video.
The promo video, released by South Korea's Defense Acquisition Program Administration, showing footage of a new twin-engine jet,...
