South Koreans set to frustrate Boeing as 20-aircraft fighter requirement opened up to US company's rivals

South Korea is to open the bidding for its next batch of 20 multirole fighter aircraft, a strategy likely to frustrate Boeing, which had hoped to receive a sole-source contract to expand a 2002 deal to supply the nation's air force with 40 F-15Ks.

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