Gen. Kang Shin-chul, the deputy commander of the South Korea-U.S. Combined Forces Command (CFC), was set to leave for Australia on Sunday to meet key military officials, according to the CFC.
Kang’s weeklong visit to Australia, the first such trip by a CFC deputy commander, comes at the invitation of Lt. Gen. Greg Bilton, chief of joint operations at the Australian defense force, the CFC said.
Kang will discuss ways for military cooperation with key officials during his visit to the defense ministry, the Headquarters Joint Operations Command and the Fleet Command.
He will also visit the Australian War Memorial to pay respects to those killed during the 1950-53 Korean War.
Australia was among the 22 countries that sent troops or gave medical aid to South Korea under the U.N. flag during the Korean War, which ended in a ceasefire, not a peace treaty.
Canberra dispatched a total of 17,164 service members during the war, with 339 of them being killed in action, according to South Korean data.
Source: Yonha
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