The Ministry of Defense is responsible for all matters regarding military policy, military order, and other military affairs related to national Defense. He is also reponsible for establishing the national defense policy, acquisition and distribution, and management of national defense resources, establishing the mid-term national defense plan, and developing national defense law and system. The total active manpower is around 650,000 soldiers.
The Land Forces of South Korean army is around 500,000 soldiers with the structure :
- 4 main commands fiels
- 10 Corps HW with a total of 47 divisions and 16 brigades