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S. Korea’s Chaotic, Corrupt Defense Policy Driven by Fear

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Oct 28, 2015
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Following an eight-month investigation that ended in July, a South Korean joint task force on corruption in defense contracts reported that W980.9 billion ($867.7 million at current exchange rates) worth of defense contracts in South Korea have been affected by corruption in the last seven years.

This amounts to a full 8.9 percent of this year’s Defense …

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