South Korea and North Korea have continued to pour resources into modernizing th...
SEOUL - South Korea and North Korea have continued to pour resources into modernizing their militaries despite a frenzy of diplomacy since 2018, data shows, creating a point of tension that has sharpened as talks have stalled.
Pyongyang has sharply criticized U.S.-South Korean military drills and South Korea’s defense procurements - including an aircraft carrier, stealth fighters and spy satellites - as undisguised preparations for a preemptive strike. About $85 billion of the future budget is earmarked for arms improvements, representing an average 10.3 percent year-on-year increase.
North Korea criticized that as well as other weapons announcements as a reckless arms build-up that was forcing it to develop new short-range ballistic missiles to “completely destroy” the new threats. In 2016, the last year for which estimates were available, North Korea spent an estimated $4 billion, or 23 percent of its GDP, on defense. Almost 5% of the population serves on active duty in the military, according to the U.S. State Department’s 2018 World Military Expenditures and Arms Transfers report.
Additionally, South Korea’s population is aging, reducing the number of young people available to serve in South Korea’s military.
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