The K11 assault rifle will be recalled as electromagnetic interference could cause ammunition to explode in the chamber, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced Wednesday.According to DAPA, the explosion of a 20 millimeter air-burst shell inside the chamber during testing in November was caused by electromagnetic waves interfering in the interaction between the rifle’s controlling device and the device controlling the explosion of the shell.The K11 assault rifle is produced by S

The government will give the largest weighting to price and performance in selecting the next generation attack and naval helicopters, the Defense Acquisition Program Administration announced Monday. DAPA said that for the 1.84 trillion won ($1.6 billion) attack helicopter acquisition program, cost and performance will respectively be given 30 percent and 36.72 percent weighting according to the findings of analysis conducted by the Korea National Defense University. Interoperability will be giv

South Korea is on high alert over Pyongyang’s latest threat of “special military actions” against the presidential office and media organizations which experts believe may not be empty words. On Monday, North Korea’s state media Korean Central News Agency reported that a “revolutionary military special action” will take place soon, and that the actions will annihilate the targets in “three to four minutes” or less. The targets mentioned by the KCNA include President Lee Myung-bak and a number of

South Korea and the U.S. are set to launch a new high-level military dialogue channel this week to discuss the bilateral alliance and increasing threats from North Korea.The first Korea-U.S. Integrated Defense Dialogue will be begin on Thursday in Washington, D.C.Korea will be represented by Deputy Minister of Policy Lim Gwan-bin in the two-day meeting, while the U.S. side will be led by James Miller, the Principal Deputy Under Secretary of Defense nominee. Seoul and Washington agreed to establi

KUALA LUMPUR ― South Korean defense equipment makers are seeking ways to expand their presence in the international market at this year’s Defense Services Asia in Kuala Lumpur. Organized by Defense Services Asia Exhibition and Conference Sdn Bhd., DSA is the world’s fifth-largest defense industry show. More than 850 companies from 42 countries are displaying their wares at the show, which ends Thursday, and the organizers expect around 25,000 people to visit the four-day event. Korean firms are

As widely expected, North Korea unveiled an advanced long-range ballistic missile on Sunday, confirming that it has continued developing its warhead delivery capabilities at the expense of its starving people.During the ceremony marking the centenary of the birth of the communist state’s founding father Kim Il-sung, it revealed an intercontinental ballistic missile that measures 18 meters in length and two meters in diameter.Experts believe that the new missile appears to have a similar or longe

U.S. Army Cpl. Patrick R. Glennon will be buried this week at Arlington National Cemetery, six decades after he was apparently killed during heavy fighting with Chinese forces in the Korean War, the Department of Defense said Monday.Glennon was listed as missing on Nov. 1, 1950, while holding a defensive position near Unsan, a North Korean town close to the border with China, according to the department‘s POW/Missing Personnel Office.In 2007, the North handed over six boxes of remains of America

Seoul and Washington are closely monitoring North Korea’s rocket launch developments as increased activities have been detected around the launch facility.On Thursday CNN reported that a rise in activities was detected at the launch site in Dongchang-ri on the west coast of North Korea.According to CNN, satellite photographs of the site taken at the end of March showed marked differences from those taken on March 28.The latest photographs showed that the direction of the launch tower had changed