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national defense materials 32) to reduce the time required for the procedures. It also pursues a

wide variety of other efforts aimed at supporting the regulatory reform efforts 33) across the
government and addressing the inconveniences experienced by the people including the
permission to f ly agricultural drones in military-controlled airspaces and expanding the test

flight airspace for industrial drones.
In addition, the MND Regulatory Innovation Review Committee determines the
appropriateness of regulations newly introduced or reinforced under the statutes to prevent the

creation of unnecessary regulations.
Going forward, through demand surveys at local governments and business sites, and
the Regulatory Reform Sinmungo(Open Voice System), the MND will pursue regulatory

improvements that can actually be felt by the people by actively identifying the people’s
inconveniences and developing solutions that are readily acceptable to the people.

| Rationalization of Regulations on Military Installation Protection Zones | The rapid

urbanization of areas surrounding military installations has pushed the demand for deregulation
such as lifting of military installation protection zone designations. The MND has been actively

lifting and reducing protection zone designations as long as it does not interfere with military
operations, to protect the people’s rights and promote local residents’ convenience.

[ Chart 6-13 ] Current Status of Lifting and Reduction of Military Installation Protection Zone Designations
(Including the Lifting of Flight Safety Zone Designations)

(Unit: km ) 2
2009
Category Total and 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Before
Released 778.59 225.71 25.22 49.54 1.59 27.79 26.72 20.36 26.12 37.13 338.41
Mitigated 320.47 240.66 2.67 5.70 6.25 0.76 46.53 4.51 0.22 0 13.17

Total 1,099.06 466.37 27.89 55.24 7.84 28.55 73.25 24.87 26.34 37.13 351.58

32) Merged pre-export “preliminary export approval” and “approval for participation in international tenders” into
“preliminary export approval”
33) National defense regulations identified by the Private–Public Regulation Advancement Task Force of the Office
for Government Policy Coordination, and the New Industry Regulatory Innovation Committee.

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