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As Korea reduces the Zaytun Deployment, the Defense Ministry plans to increase the Blue Beret commitments abroad:
The ministry plans to maintain standing Peace Keeping Operation (PKO) forces of 1,000 and revise relevant regulations in order to respond promptly to international needs, they said.
The ministry is also deliberating a U.N. request for the dispatch of heavy equipment and transportation, including helicopters, vessels and planes to United Nations peacekeeping missions worldwide, the officials said.
U.N. Secretary Ban Ki-moon [Pan Ki-mun] is reported to have made a request to South Korea's president-elect Yi Myo'ng-pak [Lee Myung-bak] and his power transition team to comply with the troop calls, saying that South Korea should be more involved in international issues, such as the Darfur crisis in Sudan.
Peacekeeping has its own set of issues, and one of the main areas of interest is the safety of PKO troops. The UN probably will not be as accommodating as MNF-I when it comes to stationing troops for PKO. Korean troops could end up back in such places as Somolia, (Korea had 250 Military Engineers deployed in support of UNOSOM II), Angolia (Engineering unit of 198 personnel supported UNAVEM III), and Liberia (2 Military Observers for UNMIL); albeit in much larger numbers, and probably in charge of a Battalion(+) or Brigade sized area of operations. There is an inherent risk that needs to be addressed and accepted prior to any troop commitment.
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