S.Korea to raise military spending for leaner force
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South Korea plans to spend 10 percent   more on defense next year to boost its arsenal of high-tech   weapons, while reducing the number of troops in uniform, the   defense ministry said on Wednesday.
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The Army and Marine Corps are planning to ask incoming Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates and Congress to approve permanent increases in personnel, as senior officials in both services assert that the nation's global military strategy has outstripped their resources.
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BEIJING, March 5 -- China announced Sunday that it will increase military spending at a sharply higher rate this year, budgeting a rise of nearly 18 percent, and a senior U.S. official immediately called for clarity on the planned expenditures.
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China will boost military spending by 17.8 percent this year, a spokesman for the national legislature said Sunday, continuing more than a decade of double-digit annual increases that has stirred unease in Washington and some of China's neighbors.
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The Pentagon may have to boost the Army's size or call up more reserves to ease the war's burden.
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South Korea has stepped up aid to impoverished North Korea through international agencies this year, donating about 40 million dollars so far to seven programmes, officials said Monday.
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President Roh Moo-hyun made a surprise visit Wednesday to northern Iraq where 3,600 South Korean troops are helping rebuild the violence-wracked country, his office said.
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Violent protests staged against the U.S. military presence in South Korea are likely to delay a major realignment of U.S. bases in the country, including the closure of a base in Seoul, the defense ministry said on Wednesday.
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South Korean parliament extended the country's controversial troop deployment in Iraq for another year, Yonhap news agency reported.
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SEOUL The much-delayed deployment of South Korea&#39;s brigade to Iraq has gone ahead, the Defense Ministry announced Wednesday in a move that is expected to improve ties with the United States.
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The United States warned China Monday that its announced military spending boost was &quot;inconsistent&quot; with peaceful growth and hinted that Beijing was understating its defense expenditures.
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China is devoting more resources to its military and the Pentagon wants Beijing to be more open about its intentions.
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The South Korean government approved a plan to halve the size of its troop deployment in Iraq but to extend the mission for another year, officials said.
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South Korea is to boost state spending next year in an effort to create jobs and kick-start its sputtering economy.
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The South Korean government is preparing a huge &quot;New Deal&quot; spending package in the next few years to revive the country's sagging economy, Yonhap news agency said.
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Energy-poor South Korea is expected to raise its energy independency as the government has agreed to join oil field and uranium development projects in Kazakhstan.
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Secretary of State Colin Powell sought  South Korea's support on Tuesday for a U.S. hard line on  Pyongyang's nuclear programs as Seoul stepped up security along  its border with North Korea due to a suspected infiltration.