Aerospace & Defense IndustriesSouth Korea hosts arms fair amid wars in Europe and Middle East
President Yoon Suk Yeol vows to keep expanding defense industry
Visitors to a South Korean defense exhibition look at a display for an unmanned helicopter made by Hanwha Aerospace. (Photo by Kim Jaewon)
KIM JAEWON, Nikkei staff writer
October 17, 2023 20:26 JST
SEONGNAM, South Korea -- South Korea kicked off a weeklong international aerospace and defense exhibition at a military airport near Seoul on Tuesday, aiming to use the biennial gathering as a launchpad to increase exports of the country's fighter jets, rocket launchers, drones and other weapons.