Kim Minseok covers South Korean defense. He has worked as a journalist for South Korean military magazines Military Review and Defense Times. Mr Kim is also a research fellow at the Korea Defense and Security Forum, a think tank.
The UAE says it plans to purchase South Korea’s Cheongung Block 2 surface-to-air missile in a deal that could be the country’s largest defense export, news reports say.
From next year until 2026, Indonesia will pay the Korean government in cash and barter commodities in exchange for the right to license the manufacturing of 48 KF-21s.
South Korean defense agencies and manufacturers are in the exploratory stages of developing manned-unmanned teaming to operate alongside KF-21 fighter.