Military branches: Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, National
Maritime Police (Coast Guard)
Military manpower-military age: 18 years of age
Military manpower-availability: males age 15-49: 13,849,615 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-fit for military service: males: 8,837,541 (1998 est.)
Military manpower-reaching military age annually: males: 399,034 (1998 est.)
Military expenditures-dollar figure: $17.4 billion (1996)
Military expenditures-percent of GDP: 3.3% (1996)
@Korea, South:Transnational Issues
Disputes-international: Demarcation Line with North Korea; Liancourt
Rocks (Takeshima/Tokdo) claimed by Japan
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