South Korea’s HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) has delivered the ROKS Jeongjo the Great, the first of the new KDX III Batch II Aegis destroyers, to the Republic of Korea Navy.
Japan, the Republic of Korea, and United States kicked off the second iteration of exercise Freedom Edge, a trilateral multi-domain exercise, Nov. 13, 2024.
The Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy conducted a test during which a General Atomics “Mojave” drone took off from amphibious assault ship ROKS Dokdo (LPH-6111).
The Republic of Korea Navy (ROKN) Joint Training Task Group made a rare port call at the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force’s Yokosuka Base.
The ROK Navy will upgrade ROKS Dokdo with new long-range radar, IRST, navigational radar, combat systems and Torpedo Acoustic Counter Measure.
ROK Navy vessels could virtually be crewed by officers only by 2030 as South Korea is looking at addressing recruitment and staffing issues.
HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HHI) has started to build the third and final Jeongjo the Great-class (KDX-III Batch-II) destroyer for the ROK Navy
Hanwha Ocean selected as preferred bidder for the construction of second vessel of Soyang-class fast combat support ship (AOE-II).
The first three P-8A Poseidon maritime patrol aircraft (MPA) on order for the Republic of Korea (ROK) Navy arrived in South Korea.
The Republic of Korea Navy took part in a combined maritime live-fire exercise with the ROK Army and ROK Air Force in the East Sea on May 10th.
