Military manpower - availability: males age 15-49: 14,194,960 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - fit for military service: males age 15-49: 8,990,488 (2002 est.)
Military manpower - reaching military age annually: males: 394,397 (2002 est.)
Military expenditures - dollar figure: $12.8 billion (FY00)
Military expenditures - percent of GDP: 2.8% (FY00)
Transnational Issues Korea, South
Disputes - international: Demarcation Line with North Korea; Liancourt
Rocks (Takeshima/Tokdo) disputed with Japan
This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
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