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Assembly OKs military extensions in UAE, Somalia

By Korea Herald

Published : Nov. 22, 2012 - 19:58

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The National Assembly voted Thursday to extend the nation’s troop deployment in the United Arab Emirates and Somalia for another year to the end of 2013.

South Korea has dispatched 310 naval commandos in the Gulf of Aden since 2009 as part of a global effort to tackle piracy in the region. About 150 soldiers have also been based in the eastern region of the UAE, tasked with training the Middle Eastern nation’s special operations forces.

Separately, the National Assembly approved a bill to extend the mission of some of its troops protecting aid workers in Afghanistan by one year. (Yonhap News)