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Jang Bogo-class submarine built by Hanwha Ocean

Korean shipbuilders to square off next in Saudi Arabia, Thailand and Greece

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries and Hanwha Ocean are set to split bids for Saudi Arabia’s naval program while preparing for fiercer overseas competition.

2026.7.24

Hanwha Philly Shipyard in Philadelphia [HANWHA OCEAN]

Can Hanwha build Trump's golden armada? Legal barriers, poor U.S. infrastructure spark doubts.

President Donald Trump has called on Hanwha Philly Shipyard for U.S. Navy frigate construction, but regulatory hurdles and labor shortages may limit their involvement in the Navy's 'Golden Fleet' vision.

2025.12.25

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, center, attends the completion ceremony for the Sinpo Seaside Fish Farm in Sinpo on Dec. 28. [YONHAP]

North Korea building new 3,000-ton frigate possibly with guided missiles, footage suggests

North Korea released footage of a new 3,000-ton frigate under construction for the first time on Monday through its state media, with leader Kim Jong-un reportedly having visited the construction site some days before.

2024.12.30

A render of the Ulsan-class Batch-IV to be built by Hanwha Ocean [HANWHA OCEAN]

Hanwha Ocean secure contract to build 'smart frigates'

Hanwha Ocean signed a contract worth 839.1 billion won ($578.60 million) with the state-run Defense Acquisition Program Administration to construct the first two Ulsan-class Batch-IV frigates on Thursday.

2024.12.19

South Korean destroyer ROKS Choi Young, right, and French frigate FS Prairial. left, take part in a joint training exercise near the port city of Busan on Wednesday. [REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY]

Korean, French warships conduct joint exercise in seas off Busan

Korea and France conducted a joint naval training exercise on Wednesday to bolster their security cooperation in the Indo-Pacific region, the Korean Navy said.

2024.11.20

Commander Park Yeon-soo, salutes in front of the frigate ROKS Cheonan on Monday at the South Korean Navy's 2nd Fleet in Pyeongtaek, Gyeonggi. Park was inaugurated as the new captain of the ROKS Cheonan. [REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY / YONHAP]

Survivor of Cheonan sinking assumes captaincy of reincarnated frigate

A lieutenant who survived the sinking of the corvette ROKS Cheonan, Commander Park Yeon-soo, has become captain of the newly reincarnated frigate that bears its sunken predecessor's name, the South Korean Navy said Monday.

2024.1.22

Pyongyang's state-controlled Korean Central Television released this photograph of a suspected Hwasal-2 cruise missile being launched from a new North Korean naval frigate on Monday. [YONHAP]

South questions accuracy of cruise missiles launched from North's new warship

North Korea's state media reported Monday that leader Kim Jong-un observed the launch of several cruise missiles from a new frigate during his inspection of a naval flotilla, but South Korean officials later cast doubts on the missiles’ accuracy.

2023.8.21

The 3,600-ton-class frigate 'Chungnam', which is the first ship of Ulsan-class Batch-III, built by HD Hyundai Heavy Industries [HD HHI]

HD HHI logs court injunction over government project snub

HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) lodged an injunction at the Seoul Central District Court against the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) on Monday after being excluded as a preferred bidder for a government project.

2023.8.15

Hanwha Group Vice Chairman Kim Dong-kwan visits a Hanwha Ocean booth at the International Maritime Defense Industry Exhibition (Madex) at Bexco in Busan on June 7. [HANWHA OCEAN]

Hanwha Ocean preferred bidder for FFX Batch-III project

Hanwha Ocean was selected as a preferred bidder to build 830 billion won ($631.6 million) worth of battleships for a state-run military procurement agency.

2023.7.14

Booths of Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries installed at the International Maritime Defense Industry Exhibition (Madex) in Busan in early June. The rivals vied to boast warship technologies at the exhibition. [KIM SU-MIN]

Hanwha Ocean, HD HHI vie for $632M Navy contract

Hanwha Ocean and HD Hyundai Heavy Industries (HD HHI) are each vying for a government project to build the last two FFX Batch-III frigates for the Navy worth 830 billion won ($631.6 million).

2023.6.30