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22 August

Arms

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

South Korea Sells 20 K9 Howitzers in First Vietnam Export Deal

South Korea’s Hanwha Aerospace has signed an export agreement with Vietnam for its K9 self-propelled howitzers.

21 August

Asia Pacific

Joe Saballa

South Korea Pushes Back Domestic Long-Range Missile Project by One Year

South Korea’s efforts to develop a homegrown long-range missile will take longer than expected.

19 August

Commentary

Ju Hyung Kim

How South Korea Could Tip the Scales in a Taiwan Contingency

South Korea, while traditionally sidelined in Taiwan conflict scenarios due to its focus on North Korea, could play a crucial, non-combat role that significantly improves US and allied outcomes.

16 August

Asia Pacific

Giulia Bernacchi

S.Korea Moves Toward AI-Driven Military Logistics With Willog Partnership

South Korea is expanding the use of AI in military logistics as part of broader efforts to modernize and automate its defense capabilities.

15 August

Asia Pacific

Staff Writer With AFP

South Korea President Vows to Build ‘Military Trust’ With North

South Korean President Lee Jae Myung vowed to "respect" North Korea's political system and build "military trust," a day after Pyongyang said it had no interest in improving relations with Seoul.

14 August

Technology

Rojoef Manuel

Reinforcement Learning Tech Takes Off in South Korea’s New AI Flight Simulator

The Republic of Korea Air Force has accepted an AI-powered tactical development and flight simulation system — the first in the country to leverage reinforcement learning (RL) technology.

14 August

Asia Pacific

South Korean and US soldiers watching from an observation post during a joint live firing drill

Christine Casimiro

S. Korea Seeks to Reclaim Wartime Operational Control From US by 2030

South Korea aims to reclaim wartime operational control (OPCON) from the US, a role Washington has assumed from around the time of the Korean War.

13 August

Arms

Rojoef Manuel

Poland Investigates Possible Invoice Fraud in Korean Arms Sales

Poland is investigating a Warsaw-based company that received approximately $27.5 million from a Korean arms manufacturer after the NATO government signed multibillion-dollar weapons deals with Seoul.

13 August

Asia Pacific

Rojoef Manuel

South Korea Courts Greece With Submarine, Drone, and Vehicle Deals

South Korea has presented Greece with three major defense cooperation proposals to secure its position in the European Commission’s 800-billion-euro rearmament program.

12 August

Asia Pacific

U.S. Army soldiers assigned to the 528th Military Intelligence Company, 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division, uncase the unit guidon during the unit's activation ceremony August 5, 2025, on Camp Humphreys, South Korea. The ceremony was held to commemorate the establishment of the new unit within the 2nd Infantry Division/ROK-U.S. Combined Division. (U.S. Army photo by Pfc. Wilfred Salters Jr.)

Rojoef Manuel

US Army Restores Korean War-Era Intel Unit to Strengthen Deterrence in Pacific

The US Army 2nd Infantry Division has reactivated the 528th General Support Military Intelligence Company in South Korea, reinforcing American capabilities on the Korean Peninsula.

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