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Operational Experts Group (OEG), 51) which is a group

of countries leading the initiative. The ROK hosted
PSI exercises in 2010 and 2012, and conducted tabletop
exercises for proliferation prevention and WMD

seizures as well as maritime interdiction and boarding
and inspection training. The ROK held the PSI’s Annual
OEG meeting in Seoul in September 2012.
PSI exercise (2017)
Since 2014, six countries—the ROK, the U.S., Japan,
Singapore, Australia, and New Zealand—have hosted PSI exercises in the Asia-Pacif ic region
annually in rotation. The MND participated in PSI exercises on over 10 occasions between 2009

and 2018. The ROK Navy dispatched a naval vessel as well as a boarding and inspection team
to the U.S. and Singapore in 2014 and 2016 to participate in maritime interdiction training.
Moreover, since 2017, ROK CERN Defense Command dispatched part of the WMD search
team to support the ROK–U.S. joint training program on WMD search procedures for Southeast

Asian observer countries.
The MND will host the PSI exercise in 2019. By actively fulf illing its given role in the exercise,

the MND will continue to participate in the international community’s counter-proliferation
efforts.

[ Chart 5-5 ] PSI Exercise Hosting Countries
Year 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018

No
Country Singapore ROK exercise ROK UAE United New Singapore Australia Japan
held Japan States Zealand

51) The Operational Experts Group (OEG) consisting of 21 major member states is in charge of the operation of PSI.

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