The Cheonghae Unit 42nd, the Dae Jo-yeong-class destroyer (DDH-II, 4,400-ton class), set sail for the Gulf of Aden on the 1st from the naval port in Jinhae, Gyeongnam, receiving a farewell from fellow ...

The Cheonghae unit, deployed to safeguard a strategic waterway in the Middle East, is South Korea’s first overseas anti-piracy unit, best known for its highly publicized 2011 “Operation Dawn of Gulf ...

The Cheonghae Unit of the Navy celebrated its decadelong contributions to global peace Wednesday, standing as the very first maritime unit including warships to be deployed overseas. Having set sail ...

Members of South Korea's virus-hit Cheonghae naval unit returned home from Africa on Tuesday, the defense ministry said, after cutting short their anti-piracy mission following an unprecedented mass ...

A total of 261 out of 272 service members who contracted COVID-19 while on anti-piracy missions in waters off Africa have fully recovered and are expected to reunite with their families as early as ...

As of 8 a.m. on the 19th, 247 out of 301 crew members of the 34th contingent of the Cheonghae Unit aboard the ROKS Munmu the Great, or 82% of the crew, have been confirmed to be infected with COVID-19 ...

On the morning of the 22nd, the Naval Operations Command held a 'Welcome Home Ceremony for the 39th Cheonghae Unit' at Jinhae Naval Base, presided over by Lieutenant General Kim Myung-soo, Commander ...