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Promulgation No.
Title Main Contents
(Date)
Partial Amendment
Regulations on Military No. 29790 • Regulations on strengthening the management and supervision of military
Entrusted Students entrusted students
(May 28, 2019)
Partial Amendment • In order to reinforce the combat readiness inspection function of operation
Organizational Setup of No. 29819 units and combined units, establish a combat readiness inspection group
the Joint Chiefs of Staff
(June 11, 2019) as a special staff section under the Joint Chiefs of Staff
• Set matters delegated under the Act and other matters necessary for
implementation thereof by setting the conditions for agreement of the
Enforcement Decree of commander of the jurisdictional unit, etc. as the case where alternative
the Protection of Military Partial Amendment facilities are installed in the previous military installations, prohibiting any
No. 29893
Bases and Installations (June 25, 2019) unreasonable or inaccessible conditions such as banning the installation of
Act windows facing the unit, and requiring the facilities directly used for military
purposes to be used for war equipment, production of supplies, and
storage facilities
• Set matters delegated under the Act and other matters necessary for
implementation thereof for the event where there are no lineal descendants
of grandparents or lineal ascendants of grandchildren other than the military
Enforcement Decree of Partial Amendment personnel him/herself, so there is no one to care for the grandparents or
the Military Personnel No. 29894 grandchildren, thereby allowing the military personnel to take a leave of
Management Act (June 25, 2019) absence to care for said grandparents or grandchildren
• Amend provisions, such as modifying the chemical division to the CBRN
division among the names of basic branches in each service, so as to
correctly reflect the mission of each branch in the name thereof

Enforcement Decree of • When calculating the period of continuous service for civilian personnel in
the Act on the Partial Amendment the military service, be sure to add all the relevant experiences only for
Management of Civilian No. 29937 civilian personnel in the military service who has been converted from
Personnel in the Military (July 2, 2019) extraordinary civilian personnel or general civilian personnel in contractual
Service service into general civilian personnel in the military service
Enforcement Decree of
the Act on the
Conferment of Orders of Enactment No. • Set matters delegated under the Act and other matters necessary to
implement thereof, such as the method of applying the registration of the
Military Merit for 29993
Distinguished Services (July 23, 2019) person of merit or bereaved family members thereof and the tasks of the
investigation team for finding the order of military merit for the Korean War
Rendered During the
Korean War
• Set matters delegated under the Act and other matters necessary for
implementation thereof to ensure that, when any bereaved family member
Enforcement Decree of of military personnel killed in action or during the course of his or her duty
the Special Act on the and who was set to be promoted applies for promotion, the member is
Promotion of Promotable Enactment No. asked to submit documents such as a certificate of family relations attached
29994
Military Personnel Killed to the promotion application to the Minister of National Defense; enable the
in Action or in the Line of (July 23, 2019) Minister to require the Chief of Staff of each service or the commander of
Duty the Marine Corps to verify the facts regarding whether the person for which
an application for promotion has been submitted is indeed the person set
to be promoted and make reports thereof within 30 days
• In order to reinforce the protection of military personnel who have made
Decree on Disciplinary Partial Amendment positive administration, amend the provisions to ensure that, when a person
Action Against Military No. 30022 subject to review such as sanctions testifies of the fact or submits evidence,
Personnel (August 6, 2019) it includes also the fact that it corresponds to the grounds for exemption
such as sanctions
Organizational Setup of Partial Amendment • Appoint a general public official falling under the scope of high-level public
the MND and Its Affiliated No. 30041(August officials as the logistics management officer of the MND and increase the
Organizations 13, 2019) needed manpower by one person (high-level public official)
• Amend the provisions to require play etiquette music only without any wind
Partial Amendment
Decree on Military No. 30064 instruments for foreign guests of the State and skip playing wind
Ceremony instruments limited to ceremonial events where no salutes are fired for the
(September 3, 2019)
President, thereby reducing the time required for playing honors music

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