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Politics, Demographics Prompt S. Korea To Update, Shrink Forces

Posted by Matt in March 24th, 2007

Like other countries in the region, South Korea is modernizing a shrinking military.
Bruce Klingner, Northeast Asia specialist at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, said Seoul’s decision to modernize is driven by demographics and politics.

“South Korea seeks to mirror the evolution in U.S. military capabilities and take advantage of benefits provided by the revolution in military affairs by shifting reliance from a manpower-intensive, ground forces-reliant military to a technology-intensive force with greater emphasis on air forces,” he said.

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