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Navy set to launch 4 Chamsuri-class patrol ships

The Navy was set to launch four Chamsuri-class 230-ton patrol ships equipped with an advanced combat system and anti-jamming capabilities Monday in an effort to better protect the country's coast, officials said.

2025-12-08

Samsung scion will be flag representative at naval officer commissioning ceremony Friday

Lee Ji-ho, the son of Samsung Electronics Executive Chairman Lee Jae-yong, will serve as the flag representative at his commissioning ceremony, scheduled to take place on Friday. He joined the Navy in September after renouncing his U.S. citizenship.

2025-11-25

HD Hyundai, Anduril join forces to co-develop maritime drone for U.S. Navy

HD Hyundai has partnered with U.S. defense technology firm Anduril Industries to co-develop an autonomous surface vessel (ASV) for the U.S. Navy, positioning the Korean shipbuilder at the forefront of a rapidly expanding unmanned maritime market.

2025-11-23

Korean sub to participate in combined exercise with U.S. in first for Navy

The Korean Navy announced Monday that it will participate in Silent Shark, a combined Korea-U.S. antisubmarine warfare exercise held off the coast of Guam, with a domestically designed and built Korean submarine participating for the first time.

2025-11-17

Korean-built sub to participate in joint drills with U.S. Navy in Guam

The Korean Navy said Monday it will participate in a monthlong joint antisubmarine exercise with the United States in Guam from this week, sending its locally-built submarine Ahn Mu for the drills for the first time.

2025-11-17

Navy postpones joint exercise with Japan Maritime Self-Defense Forces

The Korean Navy informed Japan that it will postpone a joint search and rescue exercise with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force. Plans to resume the exercise this year were seen as a symbolic step toward restoring bilateral defense cooperation.

2025-11-17

U.S. chief of naval operations visits HD Hyundai Heavy Industries shipyard to discuss cooperation

Admiral Daryl Caudle, U.S. chief of naval operations, visited HD Hyundai Heavy Industries on Saturday to explore opportunities for naval cooperation under the Korea-U.S. shipbuilding initiative known as MASGA (Make America Shipbuilding Great Again).

2025-11-16

U.S. naval chief visits HD Hyundai, Hanwha shipyards to discuss cooperation

The chief of U.S. naval operations, Adm. Daryl Caudle, has visited the shipyards of HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hanwha Ocean to discuss shipbuilding cooperation between Seoul and Washington, the companies said Sunday.

2025-11-16

Korea, U.S. Navy chiefs to discuss cooperation in shipbuilding, MRO

Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Kang Dong-gil will meet with his U.S. counterpart in Seoul on Friday to discuss ways to strengthen military cooperation between their navies, including in the shipbuilding sector.

2025-11-14

Navy stages largest-ever fleet exercise to test new Task Fleet Command

Korea’s navy staged its largest-ever fleet exercise off Pohang on Monday morning as the newly formed Task Fleet Command tested its readiness amid regional missile activity.

2025-11-11