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.
South Korea has launched its second King Jeongjo-class Aegis-equipped destroyer, the Dasan Jeong Yak-yong (DDG-996).
The warship was floated out at HD Hyundai Heavy Industries’ shipyard in Ulsan on September 17, according to footage provided by Yonhap TV...
South Korea is pushing forward with sweeping enhancements to its KF-21 Boramae fighter program, aiming to transform the domestically built aircraft into a full fifth-generation stealth platform.
The plan includes internal weapons bays, advanced radar-evading materials, and a...
Korean Air is developing KUS-FX collaborative combat aircraft, a compact unmanned system that effectively functions as a lightweight cruise missile.
Designed for both air- and ground-based launch, the KUS-FX is intended to strike high-value targets at distances up...
For the first time, South Korea's most secretive military intelligence unit, the Korea Defense Intelligence Command (KDIC), has gone public with a call for new recruits.
On August 25, 2025, the Korea Forces Network (KFN), South Korea’s official...
Writing in The Strategist, defense analyst Ross Babbage argues that Australia must urgently develop independent, long-range strike capabilities to prepare for an era of heightened strategic uncertainty.
He contends that the Australian Defence Force (ADF) cannot rely solely...
South Korea’s standing military has fallen to about 450,000 personnel, a sharp drop of more than 110,000 troops compared with 2019, according to newly disclosed government data.
The figures, obtained from the Ministry of National Defense and the...
South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries has secured a maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) contract for a U.S. Navy logistics support ship—its first such award following the recent U.S.-Korea shipbuilding tariff negotiations.
According to a statement released by...
Hanwha Systems has officially launched mass production of its active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar system for South Korea’s next-generation KF-21 fighter jet.
The Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA), in partnership with Hanwha Systems, hosted a rollout ceremony...
