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[Chart 6-8] Major Activities of Dongmyeong Unit
(As of November 2020)
• Surveillance and reconnaissance in the operation area: 110,000 times
Operational • On-foot and vehicular reconnaissance, and explosive ordnance disposal (EOD)
Activities reconnaissance: 6,400 times
• Combined reconnaissance with Lebanese forces: 110,000 times
• Medical support for local residents: 150,000 times
• Treatment of livestock: 35,000 heads
• Taekwondo class: 2 towns (Abbassia and Burglia) / Soap art class: 5-town tour
Civil–Military
Operations and • Korean class: Distance education
• Projects for local residents: 417 projects (public facilities, school facilities, sewage facilities,
Humanitarian
Assistance etc.)
• Support for Lebanese forces: 105 cases
• Support related to the Beirut explosion: 6,000 sets of daily necessities including face
masks and 4,000 sets of medical supplies (delivered to the Lebanese Armed Forces)

Hanbit Unit in South Sudan

After Sudan gained independence
from the joint colonial rule of the
United Kingdom and Egypt, a civil
war broke out in 1955 due to political Chapter 6
and religious causes, and after two

peace treaties, South Sudan became Bor-Pibor road repair completion
Hanbit Unit
indepen-dent from Sudan in July 2011.
To assist the reconstruction of the newly independent nation, the UN established the 59)
The name “Hanbit” stems
United Nations Mission in the Republic of South Sudan (UNMISS) and requested its out of the desire to become
“one bright light that leads
member states to deploy troops. the world” through support
for the reconstruction
After receiving the National Assembly’s consent in September 2012, the ROK of South Sudan and
humanitarian activities.
government created an engineering unit supporting reconstruction in South Sudan
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(Hanbit Unit) in January 2013 and deployed 300 troops to South Sudan on March 31, The deployment to South
2013. Sudan is the ROK’s 7th
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UN peacekeeping forces
In the Bor region that had been devastated by civil war, the Hanbit Unit has deployment following
deployments to Somalia
successfully carried out reconstruction support activities including embankment (1993-1994, reconstruction
assistance), Western
construction along the Nile as well as the construction and repairs of airport, roads, Sahara (1994-2006,
medical assistance),
and bridges. The unit has also assumed humanitarian assistance missions such as Angola (1995-1996,
reconstruction assistance),
refugee protection, provision of drinking water, and medical support. In addition, East Timor (1999-2003,
security and border
to help the local residents of South Sudan to get back on their feet, the unit operates control), Lebanon
(2007-present, armistice
seven courses in the Hanbit Vocational School, including agriculture, carpentry, and monitoring), and Haiti
(2010-2012, reconstruction
civil engineering. Major activities of the Hanbit Unit are listed in [Chart 6-9]. assistance.)

Chapter 6. Developing a Robust ROK–US Alliance that is Mutually Complementary and Promoting Defense Exchanges and Cooperation