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Promulgation
Title Main Contents
No. (Date)
Standardizes personnel records of military members so that they can be
Enforcement Rules of Partial Amendment
electronically prepared and kept; removes the provision requiring warranty
the Military Personnel No. 938
officer candidates to have at least two years of experience in the relevant
Management Act (October 18, 2017)
technical areas
Rules on Cost To enhance the management and protection of technical information
Partial Amendment
Calculation of Defense regarding the defense industry, newly introduces the legal basis for
No. 939
Materials Subject to including the expenses incurred by constructing separate systems for the
(October 31, 2017)
Cost Calculation external network and the defense in the overhead expenses
Rules for the Selection To ensure the continuity of works related to reserve force and the selection
of Personnel Partial Amendment of more qualified reserve force management personnel, requires personnel
Responsible For No. 940 currently working in reserve force management positions to retire first
Reserve Forces (November 16, 2017) before taking a selection examination for reserve force management
Management personnel
Replaces the Creative Planning Division and the Private-Public Partnership
Enforcement Rules of Division under the Head of the Office of Planning and Coordination with the
the Organizational Partial Amendment Planning and Coordination Innovation Division and the External
Setup of the MND and No. 941 Cooperation Division, respectively; adjusts the responsibilities of the
Its Subsidiary (November 21, 2017) divisions under the General Counsel Bureau and the divisions under the
Institutions Office of National Defense Policy and the Office of Military Force and
Resources Management
Rules on the Selection Partial Amendment Improves the selection process for medical and veterinary officers;
of Military Surgeons No. 942 prescribes the legal basis for the construction and operation of the
and Veterinary Officers (November 28, 2017) information system for candidate management
Requires a recommendation of the secretary general of the National
Rules on the Selection Assembly, the minister of the National Court Administration, the secretary
of Korea National Partial Amendment general of the Constitutional Court, or the secretary general of the Central
Defense University No. 944 Election Management Committee in cases where a public official of the
Students and (January 2, 2018) National Assembly, a court, the constitutional court, or the central election
Collection of Tuitions management committee is enrolled in a basic course of a diploma course
at the Korea National Defense University
Enforcement Rules of Replaces the National Defense Education Policy Bureau under the deputy
the Organizational Partial Amendment minister for policy with the North Korea Policy Bureau; adjusts the
Setup of the MND and No. 946 responsibilities of organizations under the Office of National Defense
Its Subsidiary (January 2, 2018) Policy; and transfers a part of the national defense functions assigned to
Institutions the deputy minister for policy to the Office of Personnel and Welfare
Partial Amendment Modifies the provisions that refer to the Military Personnel Management Act
Rules on Military
No. 947 provisions on a military scholarship following the amendment to the act that
Incentive Payment
(January 22, 2018) renames military scholarship to grants for additional military service
Enforcement Rules of
Partial Amendment
the Regulations on Changes the due dates for establishing and approving a plan for selection
No. 948
Military Scholarship of beneficiaries of grants for additional military service
(January 22, 2018)
Students
Introduces finer and clearer criteria for the degrees and assessment of
Rules on Draft Physical Partial Amendment
diseases and disabilities for determination of physical grades for an
Examination and Other No. 950
enhanced objectivity and reasonableness; improves on the weight and
Examinations (February 1, 2018)
height criteria for physical grade determination

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