South Korea Cutting 118,000 Troops from Their Military By 2022
A cut of 118,000 servicemembers is going to be quite a reduction in the size of the ROK military by 2022:
Concerns are being raised over possible regional economic crises in cities near the inter-Korean border as they are seeing a considerable population outflow with military units in the region having been or set to be withdrawn or unified in the near future. This is in line with the country’s overall Defense Reform 2.0 troop drawdown plan.
Under the five-year plan announced by President Moon Jae-in last July, the military is seeking to be smaller but “smarter” to counter the demographic cliff the country is facing. The combined number of troops in the ROK Armed Forces ― the Army, Navy, Air Force and Marines ― is currently 618,000 but the government is planning to cut this by 118,000 by 2022.
Out of the eight corps currently being operated by the Republic of Korea Army, two ― VI Corps in Pocheon, Gyeonggi Province and VII Corps in Yangyang, Gangwon Province ― will be disbanded, while the number of Army divisions will also see a reduction from 39 to 33, according to military sources.
Korea Times
You can read the rest at the link, but the governments of the cities near the DMZ are concerned about the loss of population from the troop cuts and how it will effect regional economies. The governments are planning to turn towards DMZ eco-tourism to fill the economic gap the cuts in troops is going to cause.
On one hand “Yankee Go Home” on the other, we’ll cut 118,000 troops stupid America will fix it. Over the wire kim fatty the third is laughing and laughing…
118,000 extra unemployed won’t help any part of the Korean economy.
Death by a thousand cuts. Soon, the Ethiopian military will be able to defeat S. Korea.
Any economic crisis caused by a reduction in physical presence is really a crisis in leadership either by allowing the region they manage to be singularly dependent upon that presence or by allowing broader regulations that handicap their ability to diversify.
118,000 future Comrades aka gulag laborers.
If South Korea doesn’t want to defend their own country, why should the US?
There’s no choice, considering that there is now half the number of men in the ages of 18 to 24 compared to 25 years ago. And that number keeps shrinking every year as the demographic realities hit the country. This is a rapidly aging country, it cannot scrape up enough men to have over 600,000 men in forces.
They can draft women, incumbent on South Korea to defend THEIR country first, not rely on the kindness of strangers to do it for them.
Appeasing, just keep on making excuses. Because, in the end, South Korea will welcome their wormy overlords with open arms.
We all know that’s what they want.
We also know they’ll whine and cry and blame the migooks for not stopping them.
C’est la vie.
Setnaffa, I just feel sorry for your Korean wife. Taking your hatred of Koreans out on your wife, that’s really sad.
You’re a rather low sort of creature. I don’t hate Koreans; but I recognize leftizts and Narcissists. Look around you. Have fun when Kim Fatty takes over management.
And don’t try to say you never saw it coming. Remember how many times they arrested Lee Sun Sin, even though he was their one hope to fight the Japanese fleet
You don’t hate Koreans? Could have fooled me. Your wife has come to me on numerous occasions on how you bark at her, blaming her for everything that you perceive as her own kind’s shortcomings. Poor woman. Your president that you love, is the same guy who just kissed Kim Jung Un’s butt at Panmunjom. Laugh aloud at those two tubs of lards. So who’s the real lefty again?
So you are a troll, albeit a not very original one. Good to know. This “conversation” is over.