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Long Government Title-The Soverign Republic of South Korea
Short Government Title- The Republic of South Korea
Common Government Title- South Korea
Abbreviation- ROK

Currency- Won
1/10 Piece- Pushan
1/25 Piece- Seoul
1/15 Piece- Tao

Chancellor- Kim Nae
Chief of Staff-Yeon Gaesomun
Secretary of State- Ki Bayun Bukk
Prime Minister- Dang Na

Defense Flag- http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Mndsmall.gif
Military age Age=20-30 years of age (24-28 months mandatory service, depending on the military branch involved)
Availability 13,000,000 (2005 est.)
Fit for military service 10,500,000 (2005 est.)
Active troops 800,000
Military expenditures
Amount $21.06 billion (05 est.)
Percent of GDP 2.5% (05 est.)

Won (Army)-

CiC: Pak Won

The two armies of The Republic of South Korea (ROK) are the 1st Won and 2nd Won of South Korea. These two armies are equipped with the XK2 Main Battle Tank which is fitted with a German MTU 1500 hp Europowerpack engine, 120 mm main gun with an autoloader, which has been reportedly rumored to be able to penetrate through the amount of armor equivalent to that of American MIA2 Abram. The new tank will also feature radar equipment as well as all-bearing LASER detection system and armor comparable to the American M1A2 and French LeClerc.
The total combined forces equal some 560,000+ troops 5,350+ Tanks/Armored Vehicles, roughly 11,337 Artillery Systems, 7,032+ Missile Defense Systems and 13,000+ infantry support systems, one of the best militaries in Asia its fighters are fnatical willing to give up their life for country and the Caliph.
In addition South Korea already manufactures the indigenous K-9 howitzers, which have been exported to Turkey, as well as the K200 series KIFV's which saw action in UN peacekeeping operations as part of the Malaysian peacekeeping forces. A variation of the K200, the KAFV's can be retrofitted to bear a 90 mm barrel or 40 mm grenade turret.
The ROK Army also fields the mobile K-SAM "Pegasus, fitted with 8 missiles that fly at maximum speeds of mach 2.6, and the K-30 "Biho" series, which features a 30 mm twin gun system for anti-aerial fire support.
Cutting the Russian IFV project in 2010 the South Korean military hopes to be able to buy the newer Bradley IFV for its use and experimentation from American in hopes to encourage diplomatic and military ties which have been solely tested.

Pushan, (Navy)-

CiC: Yeong

ROK has a three fleet navy, the East, West and South. The ships in each fleet are distributed evenly and as such each fleet has 1 LPX, 5 PK-Xs (Patroller), 3 FF-Xs, a KSS-3 Sub, two 214 Subs from Germany, a KDX-III, two KDX-Is, 4 KDX-Is and an assortment of supply vessels. With only one aircraft carrier it has made its own fleet to be sent to hotspots, with itself and 3 KSS-2s and 2 KDX-IIIs. These are then all maned by 800,000 assorted NCOs and enlisted men.

Gushan (Air force)-

CiC: Seo O

The KT-X and F-X are generally the two planes who do the job around South Korea’s airspace. Numbering 610 airplanes and 8000 men this crack force is somewhat smaller than the North Korean counterpart but is more advanced, as the mostly ancient Soviet fighters supplemented but the used Chinese fighters don’t quite make th pick.

Operating mainly out of Pushan along with the Navy 150 aircraft are positioned at any one time on the aircraft carrier, a highly honorable position. Several disputes over which branch should be in charge of the aircraft carrier has lead to a falling out between Ghusan Commander in Chief Seo O and Navy Chief of Admiralty Yeong.

2006: The first road is finally lifted of all restrictions.
2007: First highway between the two Koreas is established.
2008: President Tom Roh Moo-hyun is assassinated at a meeting between him and a North Korean committee.
2008: Public condemnation against North Korea by South Koreans unleashes at North Korean highway checkpoints.
2008: Burning of North Korean flags ends all dreams of a cross border transportation as North Korean soldiers close the checkpoints as streams of cars try to get back over the border to ROK.
2008: Provisional government is powerless to stop the protesters as they storm the checkpoints.
2008: North Korean troops shoot mobs of fleeing and charging South Koreans, killing 400 and wounding 1400.
2008: Violent riots break out across the ROK as the provisional government struggles to find an acceptable leader.
2009: With riots continuing across ROK the appointment of Tom Dae-jung, goes relatively unnoticed.
2009: One of the WORST ploys of yellow journalism, a incident aboard the ROK Rea, it explodes, is conspired with the North Koreans the brunt of the blow.
2009: With riots going throughout all cities Tom Dae-Jung resigns.
2010: Provisional government appoints Kim Nae as president.
2010: Kim Nae institutes marshal law to quell riots.
2010: Riots are finally quelled and by September most rioters are once again content citizens.
2011: Riding a wave of hatred and nationalism the newly formed Soverign Capitalist Entity of Korea quickly stomps out all competition in the mid-term elections, which included reappointing resigned, deceased, and/or jailed ministers.
2011: Prime Minister Kim Nae delivers his mid-term speech which talks about “re-organizing the Republic of South Korea under a new fervor of nationlism and capitalism.”
2012: Winning the Presidential elections handedly Kim Nae officially lays out his new “re-organization plan” of the ROK.
2012: Within the week it is approved, all measures, and the ROK is now firmly ready for anything.
2012: With midterms coming Kim Nae has almost total popularity, as all final plans are implemented the word "Soveriegn" is put in ROK's name.
2013: With the launch of the SCS Juju-do, the aircraft carrier, the last phases of upgrading the three branches are complete.
2013: Later that week a small naval battle between several light patrol boats between NC and SK forces.
2013: With heightened awareness of North Korea’s nuclear weapons South Korea looks to the US for expanding its missile shield to South Korea.
2014: Opening of 3 US Missile Defense stations spark more tensions between the divided peninsula.
2014: Midterm elections leave only fragments of oppostion parties, or really any other parties, left in the Senate.
2015: Kim Nae calls for mobilization fo all armed forces, all forces are put on heigtned alert, and South Korean soldiers finally bock off any chance into South Korea from North Korea by closing down their side checkpoints to civilians.

This looks alright although I'd just like to point out that South Korea would quickly begin to lose its US support when it became a religious regime. Therefore the opening of the US missile defense sites in SK after that point seem rather unlikely.

PS: You may want to poast a link of this into the OOC thread so that others may review it as well.

And you also might want to consider this:

2012: Kim Jong-Il is cornered in Chongjin when he holds out for three weeks with his closest body gaurds, before he kills himself, the Second Korean War ends, when the nations of North Korea, lead by the South Korean Hu-Wah Song, and President Kim Dae-jung sign a treaty uniting the peninsula under South Korean leadership.

So you might want to re-name your country The Shinto Caliphate of Korea. There's also the fact that caliph is a middle-east term used for a ruler, but if you can't find an alternative title, you can keep the name, just change the Korea thing.

1) I don't see a real way that the relations between the ROK and DPRK could improve that much in that short of time so you need to re-write it
2)Same thing the US said before

I will let the others know ASAP, for the history segment I thought we were dropping the unified Korean pennisula. At least that was the impression I got from the members, besides, I don't want a unified pennisula. That just kills so many RP options. Because then where would that other Korean guy go?

The "re-organization" is mainly concerned with titles, currency, and names. The US would be looking for more "radical" nations then a free-market export economy who has had a history of siding with the US, several military pacts, and is democratic.

So I see no reason why the US would suddenly back of South Korea because it got tired of The Republic.

personally, this is a big insult.

Caliph is a reserved title for the leader of Islam - of which there hasn't been any caliph for the past hundred years since the collapse of the Ottoman Empire. That said, the Muslim population in Korea is not significant enought to gain legitimacy as a caliphate. And Shinto is a Japanese religion - no Korean would ever dare establish a Shinto state.

Your Korean state is not considerably Korean by any amount - it's more Japanese than anything else.

Yeah, we are staying with the old history, no Unified Korea. Also Choeson is right, Korea would not become a Shinto Caliphate, I'm fine with Korea being more nationalistic, but you'll need to change the name of the country and that political party.

I was okay with it being this religous state, but not with the Shinto or caliph part. South Korea is mostly non-affilliated but not 100% like North Korea. Most of the country is either Buddhist or Christian. If you wanted to keep your current state, you might want to call your country the Buddhist Theocracy of Korea or something like that.

I was okay with it being this religous state, but not with the Shinto or caliph part. South Korea is mostly non-affilliated but not 100% like North Korea. Most of the country is either Buddhist or Christian. If you wanted to keep your current state, you might want to call your country the Buddhist Theocracy of Korea or something like that.


Why not stick with ROK? There is no reason that Korea should form a religious government, particularly since they never have in their entire history. Granted, at times [during the Koryo period], Buddhist militants seized political control over the country, but they never declared a theocracy, simply because it isn't in their nature [as Buddhists] to sanction a theocracy. Besides that, there are too many Christians in Korea that would hate the idea in the first place.

No Taxes said it best - more nationalistic perhaps but not theocratic.

Aside from all of this, Asians in general have a different perspective of religion compared to Western people - religion isn't about God so much, more than it is a way of living. Confucian and Buddhist traditions focus more on the individual living for the collective will [society etc.]; in the West, most religions have focused on the divine will [God], so it's much more different. That said, there is still the divinity aspect of Asian religions [when I say, I mean to say Buddhism, Confucianism, and in parrt Shintoism], but it is more like the gods reward and punish people on the way they live in society.

Finally got that all done, whoo, that was diffucult. The radical South Korea which you saw when you first visited here is now no more.

Okay, you had me scared with the theocracy there for a sec. This looks fine.

*gives big hug to Moorington - pops eyes out*

:eek:

(no fluffys)


yea, it's better to leave ROK as ROK; I'm finally glad that this is done, but that means I've gotta change my history (for better :D). ^^

hate to rail, but there are a few typos...

The two armies of The Shinto Caliphate of South Korea (CSK) are the 1st Won and 2nd Won of South Korea...one of the best militaries in Asia its fighters are fnatical willing to give up their life for country and the Caliph.

That's something of a little oversight; even I missed it the first few times.

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just add a "]" after the "http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/2a/Mndsmall.gif

The Soverign Republic of South Korea

Unless you're really thinking about making Korea two different countries (i.e no unification at all), that's Republic of Korea. And Sovereign <<< is spelled like that <<<.


Otherwise, as it has been, it's a good factbook.

And please critique my factbook too, because I want to be sure that our history is cooperative (not literally...) and doesn't tell two completely different stories (more like the same story from different perspectives).

Thanks mate, now I can move on in this RP, like maybe a resurgent SEATO? I'll check over for the NK thread but I have to admit I am no expert in NK politics, but is there anyone who can be an expert on NK?

Well, there are experts on North Korea - they just happen to live there.

I'm personally not the best analyst, but I am Korean, and I have a good familiarity with the politics from North Korea, so I think that it'll all be good enough.

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