South Korean weapons are setting export records, but defense semiconductors that serve as their core components rely almost entirely on imports, raising concerns about structural vulnerabilities. A report cited 98.9 percent import use for advanced chips in domestic weapon systems, with particularly high dependence for power and memory semiconductors. The article also highlights risks from hardware backdoors and limits of network separation, and notes China’s push to raise self-sufficiency in SiC and GaN power chips.

South Korea\'s military media stopped functioning on the night martial law was declared on Dec. 3, the article said. A former deputy editor of Kookbang Ilbo who witnessed the moment has released a book. Gi Kuk-gan (기국간), a professor at Sungkyunkwan University\'s Advanced Defense Research Institute, published the new title on April 10. The book diagnoses three paradoxes—hierarchy, distortion and communication—and proposes alternatives including red-team journalism and reforms to military media governance.