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76 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1948-08-15</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Jurisdiction</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Government_of_South_Korea" title="Government of South Korea">Government of South Korea</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data">22, Itaewon-ro, <a href="/wiki/Yongsan-gu" class="mw-redirect" title="Yongsan-gu">Yongsan-gu</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seoul" title="Seoul">Seoul</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Korea" title="South Korea">South Korea</a><br /><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Ministry_of_National_Defense_(South_Korea)&params=37.533528_N_126.977694_E_"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">37°32′01″N</span> <span class="longitude">126°58′40″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">37.533528°N 126.977694°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">37.533528; 126.977694</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Annual budget</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_Korean_won" title="South Korean won">₩</a>57.01 trillion <br /><span style="white-space: nowrap"><a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>44.2 billion</span> (2023)<sup id="cite_ref-ROK_MND_budget_2023_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ROK_MND_budget_2023-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Kim Yong-hyun</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Deputy Minister responsible</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;">Kim Seon-ho</li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Child agencies</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"><ul><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_Program_Administration" title="Defense Acquisition Program Administration">Defense Acquisition Program Administration</a></li><li style="text-indent: -1em; padding-left: 1em;"><a href="/wiki/Military_Manpower_Administration" title="Military Manpower Administration">Military Manpower Administration</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mnd.go.kr/mbshome/mbs/mndEN/">Official MND website in English</a><br /><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.mnd.go.kr/mbshome/mbs/mnd/">Official MND website in Korean</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="infobox" style="width: 22em"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-subheader" style="font-size: 125%; color: #202122;background-color: #b0c4de;">Ministry of National Defense</td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hangul" title="Hangul">Hangul</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%8C%80%ED%95%9C%EB%AF%BC%EA%B5%AD" class="extiw" title="wikt:대한민국">대한민국</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AD%EB%B0%A9" class="extiw" title="wikt:국방">국방</a><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%EB%B6%80" class="extiw" title="wikt:부">부</a></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><div style="display: inline; font-size: 1rem;"><span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani"><a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%A4%A7%E9%9F%93%E6%B0%91%E5%9C%8B" class="extiw" title="wikt:大韓民國">大韓民國</a> <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E5%9C%8B%E9%98%B2%E9%83%A8" class="extiw" title="wikt:國防部">國防部</a></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">Revised Romanization</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="Revised Romanization of Korean transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Daehanminguk Gukbangbu</i></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight: normal;"><a href="/wiki/McCune%E2%80%93Reischauer" title="McCune–Reischauer">McCune–Reischauer</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><span title="McCune–Reischauer transliteration"><i lang="ko-Latn">Taehanmin'guk Kukpangbu</i></span></td></tr><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Ministry of National Defense</b> (<b>MND</b>, <a href="/wiki/Korean_language" title="Korean language">Korean</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hang">대한민국 국방부</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Hanja" title="Hanja">Hanja</a>: <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko-Hani">大韓民國國防部</span></span>; <a href="/wiki/Revised_Romanization_of_Korean" title="Revised Romanization of Korean">RR</a>: <span title="Korean-language romanization"><i lang="ko-Latn">Daehanminguk Gukbangbu</i></span>) is a department within the government of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Korea" class="mw-redirect" title="Republic of Korea">Republic of Korea</a> (ROK) and responsible for the military branches of South Korea. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_National_Defense_(South_Korea)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Ministry of National Defense was established on 15 August 1948<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and located at <a href="/wiki/Yongsan-dong,_Seoul" title="Yongsan-dong, Seoul">Yongsan-dong</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yongsan_District" title="Yongsan District">Yongsan District</a>, Seoul.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was established following the foundation of ROK in 1948, superseding the <a href="/w/index.php?title=Department_of_Internal_Security&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Department of Internal Security (page does not exist)">Department of Internal Security</a><span class="noprint" style="font-size:85%; font-style: normal;"> [<a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EA%B5%AD%EB%82%B4%EA%B2%BD%EB%B9%84%EB%B6%80" class="extiw" title="ko:국내경비부">ko</a>]</span> (DIS, <span title="Korean-language text"><span lang="ko">국내경비부</span></span>) in charge of Southern Korean armed forces under the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army_Military_Government_in_Korea" title="United States Army Military Government in Korea">United States Army Military Government</a> (USAMGIK) during the Allied occupation era.<sup id="cite_ref-대한민국역사박물관_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-대한민국역사박물관-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During <a href="/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat_of_December_Twelfth" title="Coup d'état of December Twelfth">Coup d'état of December Twelfth</a>, ministry was occupied by 1st Airborne Special Forces Brigade commanded by <a href="/wiki/Park_Hee-do_(general)" title="Park Hee-do (general)">Park Hee-do</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2018, the Ministry has agreed to respect the results from its Special Investigation Committee on <a href="/wiki/Gwangju_Uprising" title="Gwangju Uprising">Gwangju Uprising</a> in which <a href="/wiki/MD_Helicopters_MD_500" title="MD Helicopters MD 500">MD Helicopters MD 500</a> and <a href="/wiki/Bell_UH-1_Iroquois_variants#UH-1H" title="Bell UH-1 Iroquois variants">UH-1H</a> were used to fire on protesting citizens.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Ministry of National Defense is allegedly active in military-level censorship such as book banning<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and screening of <a href="/wiki/Mobile_app" title="Mobile app">mobile apps</a><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> within the military hierarchy. </p><p>In April 2024, South Korean and the UK navies conducted joint patrols around the Korean Peninsula to enforce UN sanctions against North Korea's nuclear and missile programs. The mission aimed to intercept illicit shipping, following the Downing Street Accord signed by the leaders earlier. Canada and New Zealand also contributed to sanctions enforcement in the region. However, challenges arose, with Russia vetoing a resolution to renew the panel monitoring sanctions enforcement against North Korea.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Agencies">Agencies</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_National_Defense_(South_Korea)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Agencies"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Defense_Acquisition_Program_Administration" title="Defense Acquisition Program Administration">Defense Acquisition Program Administration</a> (DAPA)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Military_Manpower_Administration" title="Military Manpower Administration">Military Manpower Administration</a> (MMA)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="List_of_ministers">List of ministers</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Ministry_of_National_Defense_(South_Korea)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: List of ministers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Minister_of_National_Defense_(South_Korea)" title="Minister of National Defense (South Korea)">Minister of National Defense (South Korea)</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span 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