Korea Gas Corporation Runs Army-Backed Counter-Terror Drill at Incheon LNG Base

Korea Gas Corporation staged a facility defense and fire response exercise at its Incheon base headquarters on the 19th, part of the Ulchi 2026 exercise, according to The Fair. The company disclosed the drill on the 24th, five days after it took place.

The scenario simulated terrorists infiltrating the site using a powered paraglider, followed by a fire caused by the aircraft crashing and a hazardous materials leak. Participating bodies coordinated their responses in stages, from rapid alert dissemination and initial measures through neutralizing the attackers, extinguishing the fire and decontamination.

The army's 17th Infantry Division, the Yeonsu police station in Incheon and the Songdo fire station took part alongside personnel from the Incheon base. Gas import infrastructure was handled as a defended installation, with a military unit inside the exercise perimeter rather than a purely commercial site running an internal safety drill.

A Korea Gas Corporation official said that stable natural gas supply and securing the safety of core facilities are directly tied to national security.

For an industry that usually discusses import terminals in terms of send-out capacity, storage tanks and berth availability, the framing is the news. The receiving terminal is the single point where cargoes become domestic supply, and the drill treats disruption there as a defense problem rather than an operations problem. The reported scenario chain, low-altitude airborne intrusion into fire into hazardous material release, describes a failure mode that runs through the physical plant rather than the commercial contract.

The article on the exercise was written by journalist Choi Jun-gyu of The Fair and published on August 24, 2026 at 14:33.

Separately, Korea Gas Corporation opened second-half 2026 hiring for a total of 151 positions, covering entry-level and experienced general roles, research roles and special-category roles, according to Hosu News. Applications run from September 1 to September 15, 2026.

The screening ratios are set out by track. For entry-level general roles and social equity hiring, document screening passes 50 times the number of posts for administrative functions and 30 times for technical functions. The written stage for entry-level general roles narrows that to 2 to 3 times the number of posts, combining a National Competency Standards assessment with a job competency assessment.

Experienced general hiring works differently: document screening passes every eligible candidate, and the written stage retains 5 times the number of posts. Special-category hiring moves from document screening to a written test and interview, with the written stage passing 3 to 5 times the number of posts. Across all functions, the final interview selects one candidate per post.

Research hiring is scored on degree points and a written description of research capability at the document stage, then runs through a personality test, a thesis review and a final interview. Some functions carry no requirement on education level or field of study, while others give preference to master's degree holders or demand specific qualifications.

The hiring report was written by journalist Yoo Ji-min of Hosu News and dated September 1, 2026 at 18:49, filed from Seoul.