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Presidential Decrees

Promulgation No.
Title Main Contents
(Date)
• Amend the provisions to integrate the 1st and 3rd Army Commands
Partial Amendment
Operations Command No. 29321 previously under the Field Army Command Ordinance into the Ground
Ordinance Operations Command, which commands ground operations units at the
(December 4, 2018)
corps level
Partial Amendment
Defense Intelligence No. 29322 • Amendment to abolish the Defense Geospatial-Intelligence Agency and
Agency Ordinance integrate the relevant tasks to be performed by the Intelligence Command
(December 4, 2018)
Partial Amendment
Enforcement Decree of No. 29373 • Stipulate reducing the service period of full-time reserve forces by up to 6
the Military Service Act months
(December 18, 2018)
• Amend to improve the current system by means such as allowing the
Partial Amendment
Enforcement Decree of No. 29399 united defense councils for city (si) and province (do) and united defense
the United Defense Act councils for city, county (gun) and district (gu) to hold video conferences to
(December 24, 2018)
ensure the implementation conditions of efficient united defense operations
Regulations on the Partial Amendment • Change the location of the 2nd and 4th divisions of the General Military
Organization of Military No. 29400 Court of the Army Headquarters to reflect the amendments to the
Courts (December 24, 2018) Operations Command Ordinance
• Amend the provisions to set forth matters included in the written proposals
Enforcement Decree of Partial Amendment of requirements as identical to the matters contained in the force
the Defense Acquisition No. 29496 requirement plan to ensure that agencies proposing requirements such as
Program Act (January 22, 2019) Army, Navy, and Air Force Headquarters propose objective and reasonable
requirements for weapons systems, etc.
• Create a legal basis to allow the Minister of National Defense to provide
medical service subsidies within the budget to military healthcare
Enforcement Decree of Partial Amendment professionals who have acquired specialist qualifications according to their
the Military Healthcare No. 29497 medical treatment results, and, if medical service subsidies are paid by
Act (January 22, 2019)
fraudulent or any other illegal means, to redeem such medical service
subsidies
• In order to establish the status of the Cyber Command, which performs
Full Amendment No.
Cyber Command 29561 cyber operations and tasks to support such operations in the defense
Ordinance cyberspace, fully amend the current provisions of the Cyber Command
(February 26, 2019)
Ordinance
Enforcement Decree of • Set the specific scope of data or information that the Minister of National
the Special Act on the Defense may request from related agencies for fact-finding such as the
Payment of Severance Partial Amendment address, resident registration number, military service information, etc. of
Benefits for No. 29637 the person of national merit
Servicemembers Retiring (March 25, 2019) • When applying for the payment of severance benefits, stipulate allowing the
Before December 31, applicants to submit the confirmation of their signature in lieu of the
1959 certificate of seal impression to be submitted as an attached document
Organizational Setup of Partial Amendment • Increase the number of personnel required to provide and expand the use
the MND and Its Affiliated No. 29640 of public data for the MND by two persons (one grade-5, one grade-6) and
Organizations (March 26, 2019) one person (grade-5) required to prevent sexual violence in the military
Enforcement Decree of
the Act on the Excavation Partial Amendment • Add those who are eligible to receive reward payment by allowing the
Minister of National Defense to pay reward not exceeding 10 million won to
of the Remains of No. 29672
Soldiers Killed in the (April 2, 2019) those who have contributed to the identification of the war dead’s remains of
the Korean War with their DNA samples
Korean War
Organizational Setup of Partial Amendment
the MND and Its Affiliated No. 29734 • Increase the personnel by one person (professional officer) necessary to
reinforce the function of gender equality policy in the defense domain
Organizations (May 7, 2019)
• Stipulate allowing the Minister of National Defense to provide honorable
Enforcement Decree of treatment such as welcoming ceremony or retirement ceremony for
the Act on the
Repatriation, Treatment Partial Amendment registered prisoners of war, determine whether to provide honorable
No. 29747
of the Republic of Korea (May 7, 2019) treatment depending on whether the prisoners of war aligned themselves
with the detaining country, etc. during the period of detainment at the
Armed Forces Prisoners request of the Minister him/herself or the bereaved family members thereof,
of War
and vary the degree of honorable treatment
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