ROK Navy to allow female sailors on submarines
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy has decided internally to allow female sailors aboard its KSS III submarines.
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ROK Navy Names New KDX III Batch II Destroyer ‘Jeongjo the Great’
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy announced it will christen the first ship in the new KDX III Batch II class of destroyers as "ROKS Jeongjo the Great".
HJSC Launches 4 New PKMR Boats for the ROK Navy
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) and DAPA announced that four 230-ton Patrol Killer Medium Rocket (PKMR) patrol ships were launched on May 12th...
ECA Group provides its Steering and Diving Console to the ROK Navy Submarines
The South Korean Navy awards ECA Group a fifth consecutive contract for the supply of a Steering and Diving Console (SNDC) in the framework of its South Korean submarine program.
HHI Starts Construction on ROK Navy’s First FFX Batch III Frigate
South Korea’s Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) announced that it held the keel laying ceremony for the first ship of the new Ulsan-class of frigates.
South Korea’s AESA Radar Technology to Benefit ROK Navy Programs
South Korea is on the verge of successful development of the AESA (Active Electronically Scanned Array) radar...
ROK Navy Test-Fires Haesung II Cruise Missile Following North Korea’s ICBM Launch
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy test-fired a Haeseong II ship-launched supersonic land-attack cruise missile following the ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) launch by North Korea on March 24.
ROK Navy seizes North Korean vessel in the Yellow Sea
A day before the Korean presidential election, the ROK Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) told the press that at 9:30 a.m. on March 8, the ROK Navy seized and investigated a North Korea vessel that had crossed the Northern Limit Line (NLL) in the West Sea 10 kilometers east of Baekryung Island.
ROK Navy Finds Major Defects on Three of its Type 214 Submarines
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROK Navy) announced that defects were found in 3 of the 9 Son Won-il-class submarines, the South Korean variants of the Type 214, currently in active service.
ROK Navy Deployment Facing Successive COVID-19 Crises
On January 27, 35 service members on board the ROKS Choe Yeong, which relieved the ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin as the flagship of the unit in November, tested positive for COVID-19.