POHANG, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) – In a display of community service, the South Korean Marine Corps has announced its plans to provide much-needed assistance to farmers during the busy spring planting season in the Pohang region of North Gyeongsang Province. The agricultural support initiative, which commenced on April 16, will continue until May 31, with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 28 (Korea Bizwire) – In a pioneering collaboration aimed at boosting military efficiency and comfort, Hyundai Mobis, a leading South Korean automotive parts company, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Republic of Korea Marine Corps to implement motion sickness reduction technology in military vehicles. This groundbreaking partnership, announced on December 27, [...]
SEOUL, July 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Marine Corps has launched a probe into the death of a soldier who was swept away by a torrent this week during search and rescue operations for victims of heavy monsoon rains, the armed service said Thursday, amid public outcry over poor safety measures for troops mobilized for [...]
SEOUL, June 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea has completed the deployment of a homegrown utility helicopter to the Marine Corps, the state arms procurement agency said Thursday, as part of efforts to bolster the armed service’s operational capabilities. The armed service has received all planned units of the MUH-1 Marineon helicopter, a variant of [...]
POHANG, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s Marine Corps opened 2023 with vigorous training to strengthen their capability of mission completion and combat readiness. The 1st Marine Division on Monday performed a variety of training exercises around its stronghold in the southeastern city of Pohang despite the cold weather. Amid freezing sea wind and [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean and U.S. Marine Corps have developed a five-year plan to strengthen combined amphibious landing exercises, a U.S. military unit here said Wednesday, amid the allies’ move to sharpen deterrence against evolving North Korean threats. The U.S. Marine Corps Forces Korea (MARFOR-K) revealed the formulation of the allies’ [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean marines rescued flood victims in Pohang at a number of different locations due to heavy rains brought on by Typhoon Hinnamnor. The Marine Corps’ 1st Division deployed two assault amphibious vehicles and 17 inflatable boats to carry out life-saving missions across the city. The marines transported some [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea decided Tuesday to develop an advanced amphibious assault vehicle for Marine Corps operations with its own technology, the arms procurement agency said. The defense project promotion committee, presided over by Defense Minister Suh Wook, approved the development project expected to be completed around 2036 with a budget [...]
SEOUL, June 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Following a string of controversies over the poor quality of military meals for service members who are quarantined for prevention of COVID-19 after returning from leave, a Marine Corps soldier has once again highlighted the issue. On Monday, a soldier who was placed in a quarantine facility of Marine [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The defense ministry said that a monitoring committee composed of mothers of service members going through mandatory military service visited the Marine Corps’ 1st Division located in the southeastern coastal city of Pohang on Wednesday to monitor the food and clothes provided to the soldiers. The monitoring committee, operating [...]