Prime minister calls for integrated defense posture
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- 2010.02.01
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Prime minister calls for integrated defense posture
By Shim Sun-ah
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea's prime minister called Friday for the country to establish a full-scale integrated defense posture to safeguard itself from various types of security threats.
"The security environment on the Korean Peninsula demands response to various types of security threats besides North Korea's military threats," Chung Un-chan said.
"The (country's) entire people should focus their capability on ensuring national security in this age of a comprehensive security," he said at a regular meeting on integrated defense.
Chung, in particular, asked for a watertight security ahead of the Group of 20 (G-20) summit set to open in Seoul this fall, calling it a "great opportunity" for the country's further development.
"The G-20 summit to be held in November will put South Korea at the center of the world," he said. "South Korea should establish an integrated defense system where all elements of national defense are put together in order not to lose the high chance of becoming a top advanced country."
The meeting discussed ways to set up an all-out defense posture to make the G-20 summit a success and ensure unity of the administrative, military and police branches as well as civilians in dealing with natural disasters, Chung's office said.
Some 200 officials, including government ministers, the state intelligence chief, key military commanding officers and heads of local administrations, also took part in the meeting.
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