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defense guidelines related to the protection of important national facilities, and these
measures are currently being applied and implemented in the field.

Support for Major In preparation for major international events hosted by the
National Events government, the ROK Armed Forces made improvements
in their counterterrorism activities and safety measures
by deploying more than 20,300 service members and 1,307 types of equipment.
This resulted in a series of successful events in 2019, including the World Aquatics Chapter 3
Championships in Gwangju, the ASEAN-ROK Commemorative Summit in Busan,
the Seoul Defense Dialogue (SDD), the Seoul International Aerospace & Defense
Exhibition (ADEX), the International Maritime Defense Industry Exhibition
(MADEX), as well as the Defense & Security Expo Korea (DX-Korea) in 2020.

Counterterrorism training during the Gwangju World Comprehensive national counterterrorism training
Aquatics Championships (June 2019) (November 2020)

Establishing a Counterterrorism The ROK Armed Forces is maintaining
Cooperation System at a solid pangovernment response system
Home and Abroad against domestic terrorism threats. By

participating in a comprehensive national
antiterrorism training conducted by the NCTC in November 2020, the ROK
Armed Forces established a system for sharing information and disseminating the
situation among related agencies, and at the same time, enhanced the capability of
government–military–police integrated response to complex terrorism threats. In
order to effectively respond to international terrorism threats, the ROK is striving to
strengthen its counterterrorism capabilities by establishing an information sharing
and cooperation system through international counterterrorism cooperation, and
to achieve this, the MND participates in ADMM-Plus Experts’ Working Group on
Counter Terrorism and combined terrorism response trainings.
The ROK Armed Forces will strive to enhance their civilian–government–

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