SOUTH KOREA'S MILITARY

MILITARY

• Ranked 9th
• Sacred job of manhood
• 700,000 troops backed up by 28,000 U.S. troops
• Immense pride in military
• 32 billion dollars spent
• Must serve between ages 20-30
• Sharing a boarder with NK makes them have a large military

TRAINING

• Winter training in -20 degrees Fahrenheit
• Training is one of the toughest
• Must be certain height, weight, black belt in tae kwon do
• Military exercises with U.S.

DMZ

• Called ROKs
• Uniforms are BDU
• Memorial Day June 6th
• Women in service since 1950
• Most militarized zone in the world
• Built after Korea split in 1953

JSA

• Blue buildings called JSA
• Closest to NK without getting shot
• "Truce Village"
• No more than 35 guards at one time
• Where NK and SK discuss problems

WHITE TIGERS

• Elite female soldiers
• Established in 1982
• Black berets
• Intense training