The Yoon administration will request a 4.6% increase to national defense spending for next year, raising South Korea’s defense budget to a record-high $42.4 billion (57.1 trillion won) as it seeks to counter North Korean threats.
Seoul has secured increasingly larger defense spending for the past several years, including a 3.4% increase in 2021 — the final budget from the Moon Jae-in administration. The largest annual defense budget increase under Moon was 8.2% in 2019.
The Yoon administration will request a 4.6% increase to national defense spending for next year, raising South Korea’s defense budget to a record-high $42.4 billion (57.1 trillion won) as it seeks to counter North Korean threats.
Seoul has secured increasingly larger defense spending for the past several years, including a 3.4% increase in 2021 — the final budget from the Moon Jae-in administration. The largest annual defense budget increase under Moon was 8.2% in 2019.
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