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The Mid-Term Defense Plan for 2019 –2023 thoroughly ref lects the major government projects

of the Moon Jae-in administration, projects under “Defense Reform 2.0,” and the National
Defense Policy for 2019–2033. The Plan makes a reasonable adjustment of force operating
costs, including labor costs, through the reorganization of the defense workforce structure and

ef f icient defense operations while channeling available f iscal resources to the force enhancement
budget.
The total budget allocated to the Mid-Term Defense Plan for 2019 –2023 is KRW 270.7 tr illion.

Under the plan, forc e operating costs will increase at an average rate of 5.8% per year; the force
enhancement budget, at 10.8%; and the overall defense budget, at 7.5%. The breakdown of the
budget for the Mid-Term Defense Plan for 2019 –2023 is shown in [Chart4-17].

[ Chart 4-17 ] Mid-Term Defense Budget Breakdown
(Unit: KRW trillion)
Years Subject to the Mid-Term Plan
Category 2018
2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Total
Defense Budget 43.2 46.7 50.3 54.1 57.8 61.8 270.7
(Growth Rate) (7.0%) (8.2%) (7.8%) (7.5%) (6.8%) (7.0%) (7.5%)

Force Operating 29.6 31.3 33.3 35.4 37.3 39.3 176.6
Costs
(Growth Rate) (5.3%) (5.7%) (6.3%) (6.3%) (5.3%) (5.4%) (5.8%)
(Share) (68.7%) (67.1%) (66.2%) (65.4%) (64.5%) (63.5%) (65.2%)

Force Enhancement 13.5 15.4 17.0 18.7 20.5 22.5 94.1
Budget
(Growth Rate) (10.8%) (13.7%) (10.8%) (9.8%) (9.8%) (9.8%) (10.8%)
(Share) (31.3%) (32.9%) (33.8%) (34.6%) (35.5%) (36.5%) (34.8%)

The major contents of the Mid-Term Defense Plan for 2019 –2023 in the category of force
operations are as follows.
First, to ensure that the existing forces exercise their capabilities, KRW 5.3 trillion is allocated

to the expansion of war sustainment capabilities via the achievement of an adequate equipment
availability rate and ammunition per formance. KRW 346.4 billion is allocated mainly to
the strengthening of education and training for combat missions. The adequate equipment

availability rate will be achieved through the procurement of combat-critical repair parts,
the expansion of PBL support, and maintenance support for new weapons systems. For the
assurance of ammunition p erformance, ammunition storage facilities will be modernized with

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