Indo-Pacific Defense FORUM Korean

01/16/2025

새로운 국내 해양법은 남중국해에서 필리핀의 주권을 강화하고, 외국 선박의 안전한 통항을 보장할 것이다. https://ipdefenseforum.com/ko/2025/01/%ec%a4%91%ea%b5%ad%ec%9d%98-%ec%a7%80%ec%97%ad%ec%a0%81-%ec%95%95%eb%b0%95%ec%97%90-%eb%8c%80%ec%9d%91%ed%95%b4-%ec%95%88%eb%8b%a4%eb%a7%8c-%eb%8b%88%ec%bd%94%eb%b0%94%eb%a5%b4-%ec%a0%9c%eb%8f%84/ #인도태평양

01/16/2025

"The Quad nations of Japan, the U.S., Australia and India seek to convene a foreign ministers' meeting in Washington after U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's swearing-in ceremony on Jan. 20... The meeting would serve to highlight the regional security framework's continued importance under the incoming administration, with the participants likely to work toward plans to hold a Quad summit within the year."

Japan, Australia, India ministers to attend Jan. 20 ceremony in Washington

01/16/2025

"Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday dedicated three advanced naval combatants - INS Surat, INS Nilgiri, and INS Vaghsheer - to the nation at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai. The commissioning marks a significant stride in India's defense manufacturing and maritime security initiatives... (INS Surat) is one of the most advanced destroyers globally, with 75% indigenous content."

PM Modi said, "India is exporting defense equipment to more than 100 countries... We should become global partners in securing the sea from drugs, weapons and terrorism and make it safe and prosperous."

India News: Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Mumbai to commission three naval vessels—INS Surat, INS Nilgiri, and INS Vaghsheer—enhancing India's maritime secu

01/16/2025

Navy spokesperson for the West Philippine Sea (WPS) Rear Admiral Roy Vincent Trinidad said "the AFP is eyeing more activities with its 'treaty allies and other partner nations' in the country's maritime territories. This includes Bajo de Masinloc, Northern Islands, Eastern Seaboard and the WPS."

"For last year, I think we had 10 multilateral maritime activities. We expect more for the year 2025. These are geared towards developing our capabilities and showing us what are the modern technologies that we could be aspiring for."

MANILA – Any construction or reclamation activities in the Bajo de Masinloc is a "red line" or an unacceptable action, the Philippine Navy said Tuesday. The Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has appropriate contingency plans in place in the event the red line will be breached, Navy…

01/16/2025

"As tensions have increased in the South China Sea over the past three years, the Marcos administration has significantly strengthened its security cooperation with Japan and the U.S., both of which share its concerns about China’s growing maritime assertiveness. This has resulted in joint military exercises and patrols between the three nations, agreements to increased U.S. access to Philippine military facilities, and last July, the signing of a Reciprocal Access Agreement with Japan that will facilitate the entry of soldiers into each other’s country for joint military exercises."

2025 is shaping up as another year of friction and contention in disputed parts of the South China Sea.

01/16/2025

"The (South Korean) state arms procurement agency has kicked off a project to renovate the Navy's four, 400-ton warships with homegrown technology for enhanced efficiency in operating the fleet, officials said Wednesday."

"Under the plan, DAPA (Defense Acquisition Program Administration) plans to fit the 4,400-ton warships with a homegrown combat system as well as an upgraded towed array sonar and guided missile equipment for enhanced anti-submarine and air defense capabilities..."

SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Yonhap) -- The state arms procurement agency has kicked off a project to r...

01/16/2025

Taiwan’s military conducts defense training in 2024, including with fighter jets, anti-tank missiles, a combat support ship and United-States-made howitzers.

Taiwan went on alert in mid-December in response to what it said was the PRC’s largest massing of naval forces in three decades around Taiwan and in the East and South China seas.

U.S. President Joe Biden had delegated to the secretary of state the authority “to direct the drawdown of up to $571.3 million in defense articles and services of the Department of Defense, and military education and training, to provide assistance to Taiwan,” the White House said in a statement.

Taiwan’s defense ministry thanked the U.S. for its “firm security guarantee,” saying in a statement the two sides would keep working closely on security issues to ensure peace in the Taiwan Strait.

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01/16/2025

"Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Wednesday that it would step up surveillance near four key areas where undersea cables are located after a Chinese-owned vessel apparently cut an undersea fiber-optic cable near Keelung Harbor."

"The Navy will use its radar and electronic intelligence systems to look for stalling vessels, those demonstrating 'unusual' speed changes, and those that follow 'suspicious' trails, Lee said."

Taiwan's Ministry of National Defense (MND) said Wednesday that it would step up surveillance near four key areas where undersea cables are located after a Chinese-owned vessel apparently cut an undersea fiber-optic cable near Keelung Harbor.

01/16/2025

Japan, ROK, and the U.S. conducted their first trilateral es**rt flight of 2025, building on a history of strong trilateral cooperation, interoperability, and commitment to a . Two Japan Air Self-Defense Force F-2s and two Republic of Korea Air Force F-15Ks es**rted two U.S. Air Force B-1B Lancers.

01/15/2025

새로운 국내 해양법은 남중국해에서 필리핀의 주권을 강화하고, 외국 선박의 안전한 통항을 보장할 것이다. https://ipdefenseforum.com/ko/2025/01/%ec%a4%91%ea%b5%ad%ec%9d%98-%eb%b6%88%ec%8b%a0%ec%9e%84-%ec%a3%bc%ec%9e%a5%ec%97%90-%eb%8c%80%ed%95%9c-%ed%95%84%eb%a6%ac%ed%95%80%ec%9d%98-%ea%b2%b0%ec%9d%98%eb%a5%bc-%eb%b3%b4%ec%97%ac%ec%a3%bc/ #인도태평양

마리아 T 레예스(Maria T. Reyes) 필리핀은 두 가지 새로운 법률을 제정하여 주권과 해양 권리를 주장하기 위한 또 다른 결단을 내렸다. 해양 구역법과 군도 해로법은 특히

01/15/2025

"The Indian government plans to finalize four major defense agreements before the end of the current fiscal year on March 31st. These deals, totaling over ₹1.5 lakh crore, aim to strengthen the armed forces' capabilities."

"India will sign a ₹63,000 crore contract with France for 26 Rafale-Marine fighter jets (while a second agreement with France), worth ₹38,000 crore, covers three additional Scorpene submarines."

India plans to finalize four significant defense agreements worth over ₹1.5 lakh crore before March 31st. These include the purchase of Rafale-Marine fighter jets, Scorpene submarines, Prachand light combat helicopters, and advanced towed artillery gun systems. The deals aim to enhance the armed f...

01/15/2025

"At least 300 North Korean soldiers dispatched to support Moscow's war in Ukraine have been killed, with some 2,700 others injured, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers Monday."

"The (National Intelligence Service) said it attributed the 'massive casualties' of North Korean soldiers to their 'lack of understanding of modern warfare,' including their 'useless' act of shooting at long-range drones, based on the agency's analysis of a combat video it obtained recently. The spy agency also said North Korea has stressed to its soldiers to kill themselves to avoid being captured alive by the Ukrainian military."

(ATTN: UPDATES with more info in paras 6-9, 11-13; ADDS photo)By Yi Wonju SEOUL, Jan. 1...

01/15/2025

"North Korea has launched multiple short-range ballistic missiles towards the sea off the country’s east coast, South Korea’s military reports."

"The (South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff) said it was preparing for additional missile launches and that the South Korean military had strengthened monitoring of North Korea’s activities. It added that Seoul was closely sharing information with US and Japanese counterparts while 'maintaining a full readiness posture'."

South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff said the missiles travelled up to 250km (155 miles) before landing in the sea.

01/15/2025

"Taiwan’s intelligence bureau says China’s main spy agency is working with criminal gangs, shell companies and other dubious partners to gain intelligence on Taiwan’s defenses, resulting in a major rise in those arrested for alleged espionage on the island."

"According to a report released over the weekend by Taiwan’s National Security Bureau, Chinese agents have sought to use the Taiwanese underworld to channel funds to those with information to sell. Gangs, many with origins dating to before the 1949 split between the two sides, are sought out, along with loan sharks, shell companies that can be used to launder funds, religious sects that sometimes engage in illegal activity, and non-profit groups, the report said."

Taiwan’s intelligence bureau says China’s main spy agency is working with criminal gangs, shell companies and other dubious partners to gain intelligence on Taiwan’s defenses, resulting in a major rise in those arrested for alleged espionage on the island.

01/15/2025

"South Korea has kicked off the development of a new homegrown missile system designed to intercept targets at higher altitudes, the state arms procurement agency said Tuesday, as the country seeks to bolster its air defense capabilities against North Korean threats... The L-SAM is designed to play a central role in the country's multilayered missile shield, called the Korea Air and Missile Defense (KAMD)."

SEOUL, Jan. 14 (Yonhap) -- South Korea has kicked off the development of a new homegrown m...

01/15/2025

"Japan has been stepping up military deployments in the west of the country and on islands off its southwest coast due to the increased military threats from China, the Institute for National Defense and Security Research said in a report published on Wednesday last week."

In addition, "A surface-to-ship missile unit was also installed on Okinawa Island, as well as an alarm radar to monitor the ships passing through the Miyako Strait". Japan has also "obtained land-based 'enhanced Type 12 surface-to-ship missiles' and Tomahawk missiles a year ago and test-fired 'high-speed missiles for island defense' to attack enemy ships invading Japan’s outlying islands..."

Bringing Taiwan to the World and the World to Taiwan

01/15/2025

"Finland's top representative in Taipei has said that his country and Taiwan could complement each other's strengths and work closer together on technology, green energy, civil resilience, and more."

Finland's top representative in Taipei has said that his country and Taiwan could complement each other's strengths and work closer together on technology, green energy, civil resilience, and more.

01/15/2025

싱가포르군과 미군은 밸리언트 마크 2024에서 유대감과 상호 운용성을 강화했다. https://ipdefenseforum.com/ko/2025/01/%eb%b0%b8%eb%a6%ac%ec%96%b8%ed%8a%b8-%eb%a7%88%ed%81%ac%eb%a5%bc-%ed%86%b5%ed%95%b4-%ec%83%81%ed%98%b8-%ec%9a%b4%ec%9a%a9%ec%84%b1-%eb%b0%8f-%ed%8c%80%ec%9b%8c%ed%81%ac%eb%a5%bc-%ea%b0%95%ed%99%94/ #인도태평양

마크 맥도너(Mark McDonough) 대위/미국 동남아시아 해병순환군 싱가포르군과 미국 동남아시아 해병순환군은 2024년 12월 중순, 군 간 상호 운용성과 파트너십을 강화하기