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Establishing a Transparent and Efficient To keep up with changes in social
National Defense Management System conditions and public demands, the
ROK Armed Forces will adopt the
technology of the Fourth Industrial Revolution to enhance the efficiency, openness,
and transparency of the overall national defense system. To this end, the ROK
Armed Forces plans to lay the legal foundation for maintaining political neutrality
and to continue to expand the public’s participation in the policy making process. In
addition, the ROK Armed Forces will establish and actively implement measures
to eradicate corruption in defense acquisition programs and take strict measures
to reduce defense expenditures by increasing the efficiency of national defense
management.

Cultivating a High-Morale The ROK Armed Forces will cultivate
Military Culture that is Inclusive of an advanced barracks culture that re-
and Trusted by the Public flects social changes by drastically
improving the servicemembers’ work-
ing conditions and ensuring their human rights to allow them to fully focus on their
combat missions. In addition, the ROK Armed Forces will continue to strive to earn
the public’s trust and support by actively and preemptively protecting the people’s
lives and safety through efforts, such as providing proactive support during national
disasters and advancing the interests of the people.

Building a Foundation for Establishment To resolve the North Korean nu-
of Peace through Inter-Korean Military clear issue and shape the condi-
Confidence Building and Arms Control tions to establish permanent peace

on the Korean Peninsula, the ROK
Armed Forces will work towards military de-escalation and inter-Korean confidence
building. The ROK Armed Forces will pursue stable military assurance measures in
connection with the progress from inter-Korean exchanges and cooperation projects
and will seek realistic arms control measures in line with advances made towards
denuclearization and the establishment of a peace regime.

3. Military Strategy

Military strategy set up the military strategic objectives to realize the NSS and NDP
in military domain and specifies the concept to employ military forces and direction

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