Kim Minseok

South Korea Correspondent

Seoul, South Korea

Summary

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.

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Articles

By Kim Minseok
Indigenous fighter development and F-35 acquisition figure heavily in South Korea’s 2020 defense budget, which will rise faster than GDP.
Defense and Space

By Kim Minseok
The parliament approved 1.403 trillion won ($1.2 billion) for the KF-X program as part of the 2020 defense budget passed on Dec. 10.
Defense and Space

By Kim Minseok
Taurus is promoting the KEPD 350 cruise missile to Japan for the Boeing F-15, despite a government statement in 2018 that it would acquire the Lockheed Martin AGM-158 Jassm for the fighter.
Defense and Space