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The ROK Armed Forces has also been strengthening its emergency relief system and

international cooperation concerning overseas disasters while actively participating in
international coordination on humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
In 2016, the ROK participated in f ive international conferences and exercises including the

ASEAN civil–military coordination meeting and the ASEAN military medicine and disaster
relief combined exercises. In 2017, the ROK participated in six international conferences
and exercises including the multinational-combined exercise for humanitarian assistance and

disaster relief and the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) Inter-Sessional Meeting on Disaster
Relief. Through these international conferences and exercises, the MND is seeking ways to
cooperate with international organizations for systematic disaster relief response and develop

related capabilities.
In August 2017, a disaster relief delegation from Thailand’s Ministry of Defense visited the
ROK. The representatives undertook f ield trips to observe the ROK’s weather forecast as well
as natural and man-made disaster control systems, and discussed issues of mutual interests

on disaster relief. Those trips helped strengthen the two countries’ cooperation in the f ield of
disaster relief. In 2018, the ROK attended six international conferences and exercises including

the ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief and
the Tabletop Exercise. The participation helped solidify the ROK’s international cooperation
system for swift and ef fective humanitarian assistance and disaster relief in various types of
disasters.

Thailand’s disaster relief delegation visiting the ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group on Humanitarian
MND (August 2017) Assistance and Disaster Relief
(February 2018)

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