South Korea

Overview
Force Structures
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South Korea's armed forces number roughly 570,000, along with 3.1 million reserves.

Under the Defense Reform 2.0 initiative announced by the Ministry of National Defense on July 27, 2018, the overall size of the active-duty military was to contract from 640,000 to 500,000 personnel by 2022. Troop reductions are to be offset by research and investments in advanced technologies and 4th Industrial Revolution (4IR) capabilities. The ROK Army plans to mechanize all of its squads by...

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