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Appendix
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Status of the Overseas Deployment
of ROK Armed Forces

Total of 1,038 personnel deployed to 14 countries As of November 2020
No. of Initial Rotation
Classification Region
Personnel Deployment Cycle
Dongmyeong Unit in Lebanon 280 Tyre July 2007
Units 8 months
Hanbit Unit in South Sudan 270 Bor March 2013
UN Military Observer Group in India and 8 Srinagar November
Pakistan (UNMOGIP) 1994
UN Mission in the Republic of South 7 Juba July 2011
Sudan (UNMISS)
UN-African Union Mission in Darfur
UN PKO (UNAMID) 1 Darfur June 2009
Individuals 1 year
UN Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) 4 Naqoura January 2007
UN Mission for the Referendum in 3 Laayoune July 2009
Western Sahara (MINURSO)
UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah - Al-Hudaydah July 2019
Agreement (UNMHA)
Subtotal 573
Coast of
Units Cheonghae Unit in the Coast of Somalia 306 March 2009 6 months
Somalia
Combined Maritime 1 year
Forces (CMF) in Bahrain Staff officer 4 Manama January 2008
Combined Joint Task
Force – Coordination 1 year
Horn of Africa officer 1 Djibouti March 2009
(CJTF-HOA)
Peace
Operations US Central Command Coordination 3 Florida November 1 year
of Individuals (CENTCOM) group 2001
Multinational Coordination
Forces US Africa Command officer 1 Stuttgart March 2016 1 year
Coordination December
Kuwait 2 Camp Arifjan 1 year
officer 2019
European Union Naval
Force (EU NAVFOR) Staff officer 1 Coast of March 2020 1 year
Somalia Somalia
(CTF-0465)
Subtotal 318
Defense Units Akh Unit in the United Arab Emirates 147 Abu Dhabi January 2011 8 months
Cooperation
Activities Subtotal 147
Total 1,038
* UN Mission to Support the Hodeidah Agreement (UNMHA): scheduled to resume the mission in 2021 due to COVID-19.

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