South Korea's "high-power" ballistic missile hits a target during a test launch | Image: ROK Ministry of National Defense (Sept. 15, 2021)
South Korea should equip the military with weapons that can bring “crushing defeat” to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the state arms procurement agency’s new chief said in an inauguration speech on Thursday.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol tapped longtime bureaucrat and army reserve brigadier general Eom Dong-hwan to serve as head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) on Wednesday.
“[We] should provide our frontline soldiers with the best weapons systems to guarantee them security and a strong assurance of victory while bringing despair and crushing defeat to forces of foreign invasion
South Korea should equip the military with weapons that can bring “crushing defeat” to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, the state arms procurement agency’s new chief said in an inauguration speech on Thursday.
South Korean President Yoon Suk-yeol tapped longtime bureaucrat and army reserve brigadier general Eom Dong-hwan to serve as head of the Defense Acquisition Program Administration (DAPA) on Wednesday.
Jeongmin Kim is a Lead Correspondent at NK News, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean and DPRK-related foreign, defense and humanitarian affairs, and has covered the 2022 ROK Presidential election on the ground. Prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency's Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim