Republic of Korea Armed Forces News & Discussions

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not really, just like an 5 five year old kid starting to reading them

That's pretty cool ! Hangul is very cool to learn, and I'm also a beginner at it, maybe Koreans will think my skills as a 3 year old's.

 

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@Red Mahura , @pokdo , @sEoulman556 , let's keep this thread updated.

 

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any news about K2 MBT? last time hear them troubling in engine and transmission. I hope our army procure K1 tanks too

talking about Hangul...

There's CIa-Cia village in Indonesia, and they're speaking daily with Hangul other than Bahasa
Cia-Cia language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

man my country is so diverse

 

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any news about K2 MBT? last time hear them troubling in engine and transmission. I hope our army procure K1 tanks too

talking about Hangul...

There's CIa-Cia village in Indonesia, and they're speaking daily with Hangul other than Bahasa
Cia-Cia language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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man my country is so diverse

Interesting read. Thanks for sharing.

 

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FA-50 Jet Fighter Successfully Test Fires Air-to-Ground Missile

Write : 2014-10-09 14:46:25 Update : 2014-10-09 14:49:12

South Korea's Air Force said its FA-50 light combat aircraft has successfully test fired an air-to-ground missile from the East Sea for the first time Wednesday.

The aircraft fired the missile from an altitude of one-point-two kilometers and hit a targeted retired ship about seven kilometers away in the East Sea.

The Maverick air-to-ground missile can attack a moving warship or an armored target from about 20 kilometers away using an infrared light imaging guidance system.

The Air Force said the latest success verified that the locally-made FA-50 fighter jet is capable of making a precision strike.

The FA-50 was built based on the supersonic advanced jet trainer T-50. It can fly at maximum Mach one-point-five and can load a maximum of four-point-five tons of air-to-air and air-to-ground missiles as well as precision-guided weapons such as joint direct attack munitions.

The Air Force plans to replace old F-5E and F-5F jet fighters with FA-50 and its eighth Fighter Wing plans to hold an event to present the local jet fighter FA-50 at the end of this month.

http://world.kbs.co.kr/english/news/....htm?No=105838

 

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@Battotai, i invite you , my friend, to this thread. Glad to have a Korean member here, maybe we can keep this thread active. The Might of the Republic of Korea Armed Forces has long been under-represented in this forum.

Kamsaham nida.

 

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S. Korean military must protect the nation with spirit of Taegeuk warriors


Taegeukgi, the national flag of South Korea, will be worn on all military uniforms of soldiers from the coming October. Currently, the flag patch is affixed to the uniforms of the Marine Corps, Korean Augmentation to the U. S. Army (KATUSA) and troops dispatched to overseas. The Ministry of National Defense said, “This measure aims to enhance pride and patriotism of soldiers and to restore the trust of the public towards the military marking the 5th anniversary of Cheonan, the sunken frigate in a North Korean torpedo attack, and the 70th anniversary of division on the Korean peninsula.”


In the U.S., soldiers started to wear the American flag patches on their military uniforms after the September 11 attacks. However, wearing a national flag doesn’t grow the sense of pride. When the military is incorrupt and capable, soldiers will naturally have pride for national flag. When the military eradicates violence inside the barracks, get rid of defense industry corruption that wastes tax payers’ money, and develops defense capability to exterminate the enemy when an incident like Cheonan occurs, South Korean soldiers will naturally develop the sense of pride. If formality does not coincide with the substance, military uniforms with Taegeukgi flag patch worn may negate the true meaning of the national flag. Some people raise doubts that the military which lost trust from the public is now trying to avoid a crisis by ‘Taegeukgi marketing.’ “Six billion won is allocated as the budget for Velcro tapes to affix the national flag patches to military uniforms? What kind of fresh corruption would take place out of this?” The military must know that there are some people who ask this question.



Taegeukgi was in the background of portraits of the late soldiers of Cheonan in the ceremony to mark the 5th anniversary of torpedoing of the South Korean Navy frigate at the Daejeon National Cemetery on Mar. 25. “It is so humiliating and deplorable to have corruption in the defense industry, such as the Tongyeong vessel scandal, in front of heroic souls of the Cheonan sailors. The government will eradicate corruption in the defense industry and never allow such an unpatriotic acts to take root in the nation,” said the President. Such commitment must not end up with empty talks for a memorial ceremony.



The main opposition New Politics Alliance for Democracy’s Chairman Moon Jae-in clearly defined the Cheonan incident as ‘sinking of the frigate Cheonan in a North Korean torpedo attack’ two days ago. Still, it seems too late to admit that. Our society’s wrong tendency, which does not believe the scientifically verified root-cause of the incident and ignores the truth, encourages North Korea to refuse an apology and argue its nonsense that the Cheonan incident was fabricated. If the South does not face up to threats by the North, South Korea’s national security will be put at risk.



Before wearing national flags on all military uniforms, the South Korean military must eradicate all corruption in the defense industry, which is so rampant that two Chiefs of the Naval Staff were imprisoned for involvement in the corruptive scandals, and endless sex scandals and human right abuses in the barracks. The military must exert painstaking efforts to transform itself to restore the trust of the public. Without thorough reform, criticism may arise that the measure to wear Taegeukgi on military uniforms is just a one-time event to avoid challenges that the military is now faced with. When soldiers are proud of being a soldier of South Korea, they will feel greater pride in the military uniforms with Taegeukgi affixed.

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US, South Korea Conduct Joint Drills



SEOUL—
The Eighth U.S. Army Division and the Eighth Republic of Korea Mechanized Infantry Division put on a well orchestrated show of force for the media this week during their joint military training exercises in South Korea. The soldiers were well disciplined both in conducting a complex live fire exercise and in staying on message with the press.

The combined U.S. and South Korean armies staged a mock attack that involved 14 helicopters, ten armored vehicles and 300 soldiers, all firing live rounds, at a U.S. artillery range in Pocheon, about six kilometers from the North Korean border.

The coordinated assault was combined with an orchestrated photo op and a carefully controlled message for the media that emphasized the purpose of the drills and the strong military alliance between the two countries.

Lieutenant Colonel Neal Mayo with the 27th Infantry Regiment is co-commander of the exercise. “It’s a demonstration of our partnership its also a demonstration of our increased readiness that we have made over the course of the last several weeks,” he said.

Lieutenant Colonel Jang Hyun-soo, the South Korean co-commander of the exercise, said, “Based on this experience, this stronger exercise, it was an opportunity to maintain combat capability and increase readiness.”

Even foot soldiers like Specialist Daniel Salinaz stayed on message no matter the question put to them.

“As we came here to make a partnership with the Koreans, we really just focused umm, on improving the confidence between the two allied forces,” he said.

This carefully constructed, often repeated script is seemingly meant to not further inflame tensions on the Korean Peninsula.

North Korea has protested these drills as provocative rehearsals for a possible invasion and cited them as the reason for their increased military maneuvers and missile tests.

So close to the highly militarized and hostile border, U.S. and South Korean forces know there is little they can say to reduce tensions at the same time they are conducting mock attacks, so they opt to say little.

VOA Seoul Producer Youmi Kim contributed to this report.


US, South Korea Conduct Joint Drills

 

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Dempsey, South Korean Counterpart Discuss North Korea Threat
By Lisa Ferdinando
DoD News, Defense Media Activity

SEOUL, March 27, 2015 – The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said he had "important and very productive conversations" with South Korean military officials here today on topics including integrated air and missile defense to deter North Korean aggression.

Army Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, in a meeting with his counterpart, Adm. Choi Yun-hee, praised the ties between their militaries, saying the relationship is stronger than it has ever been.

"Our alliance, which is really more like a friendship than an alliance, certainly will outlive anyone of us, because of the way we have lived and worked together over the past 60 years," Dempsey said in a roundtable meeting that included senior staff members from both nations.

"I am very proud of what we've been able to accomplish," he said.

Choi thanked the chairman for his commitment to peace and security on the Korean Peninsula, noting the alliance has maintained stability in the face of North Korean aggression.

"For the last six decades, the [South Korea]-U.S. alliance has effectively deterred North Korean provocation, and this has been the driving force, the foundation of the miraculous economic industrial development that we have achieved here in the Republic of Korea," Choi said.


Missile Defense Needed to Deter North Korean Threats

Just as terrorists use improvised explosive devices as the asymmetrical weapon of choice, Dempsey said, rogue states like North Korea rely on ballistic missiles.

To deter that threat, Dempsey said, close cooperation within the alliance and within the region is important to ensure effective interoperability of the integrated air and missile defense.

In a separate meeting, Dempsey told Defense Minister Han Min-koo the alliance had made progress in several areas.

Moving to a conditions-based approach for determining the time to transfer to South Korea wartime control of allied forces, known as operational control, was one key area. Others included missile defense and realistic military exercises that improved readiness, Dempsey said.


Honoring Fallen South Korean Sailors

Dempsey paused earlier today to remember the 46 sailors killed in a North Korean torpedo attack five years ago against the South Korean frigate Cheonan.

The chairman took part in a wreath-laying ceremony at the National Cemetery, to mark the March 26, 2010, attack. An investigation, led by South Korea that included experts from the United States and several other nations, concluded North Korea fired the torpedo.

The wreath-laying ceremony, Dempsey said earlier in the week, is a moving tribute to honor those killed in what he called "another indication" of the real danger posed by North Korea.

"I'm honored that I was asked to be part of that," Dempsey said on his plane as he traveled to Asia. "It is a chance to express both our condolences to the families who are still suffering from the loss and also to our Republic of Korea colleagues."

Dempsey, the highest-ranking U.S. military officer, met yesterday with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, shortly after he arrived in the country

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South Korea Is Planning a Huge Increase in Defense Spending



On Monday, South Korea said that its defense budget would grow markedly over the next five years amid a growing perception of threats from North Korea.

According to Yonhap News, South Korean defense spending will grow by $214.7 billion (232 trillion won) between 2016 and 2020. The annual rate of increase will be roughly 7 percent.

About $143.2 billion of the projected budget injection will go toward the maintenance cost of troops and the remainder will go toward improving military capabilities, including investments in research and development for South Korea’s preemptive strike, missile defense, and air defense apparatuses.

This will include the South Korea’s Kill Chain, Korean Air and Missile Defnese (KAMD) system, and other initiatives.

KAMD is similar to what the United States is offering South Korea with the controversial Terminal High-Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system—THAAD has drawn criticism from China which sees the technology as damaging to its national interests.

With a fully implemented Kill Chain, South Korea would theoretically be able to counter any North Korean preemptive attack within minutes in a war scenario.

Specifically, South Korea will invest $5.5 billion in the Kill Chain preemptive strike apparatus, and $2.5 billion in KAMD.

Reports that South Korea will increase its defense spending come amid competing threat assessments from Seoul and Washington regarding the state of North Korea’s nuclear weapons program and overall military readiness.

U.S. officials maintain that they believe that North Korea has successfully managed to miniaturize its nuclear devices for delivery via its KN-08 intercontinental ballistic missiles, an assessment senior South Korean defense officials have rejected.

“Our assessment is that they have the ability to put a nuclear weapon on a KN-08 and shoot it at the homeland,” Adm. William Gortney of U.S. Northern Command noted two weeks ago.

South Korean Vice Defense Minister Baek Seung-joo noted that Gortney’s remarks were “not made with a thorough assessment of North Korea’s capabilities.”

South Korea’s planned defense spending increase is also related to the ongoing process with the United States to shift wartime operational control (OPCON) of South Korean troops from Washington to Seoul.

The two allies met repeatedly to discuss OPCON transfer last year and ultimately agreed in October that Seoul needed more time to prepare for wartime control of its forces.

Currently, South Korea maintains peacetime control over its own troops, but in a war scenario, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, currently General Curtis M. Scaparrotti, would exercise operational control over the U.S.-South Korea allied forces.



South Korea Is Planning a Huge Increase in Defense Spending | The Diplomat

 

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