韩国建立海军机动舰队对东亚的影响

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VOA Chinese, Feb, 23, 2010.
http://www1.voanews.com/chinese/news/asia/SOUTHKOREABUILTNAVAL-20100223-85062487.html


(a) 第七机动战团 Seventh High-Mobility Unit
(b) 世宗大王 Sejong the Great or King Sejong the Great
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sejong_the_Great
(1397-1450; best remembered for creating the Korean alphabet Hangul)

(c) 釜山 Officially 釜山廣域市 Busan Metropolitan City; South Korea's second
largest metropolis after Seoul, with a population of around 3.6 million;
the largest port city in South Korea and the fifth largest port in the world
. Wikipedia.

(d) 镇海(市) Jinhae (of South Gyeongsang Province 慶尙南道; on the western
border of Busan)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jinhae
(e) 济州岛 Jeju Island, the country's largest island


```````````See also
Navy Launches High-Mobility Combat Unit. Chosun Ilbo, Feb. 2, 2010.
http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2010/02/02/2010020200561.html

Quote:

"Since its inception in 1945, the operational radius of the South Korean
Navy had been restricted to waters near the coast, due to the small number
of ageing vessels.

"South Korea's third Aegis destroyer, which will be put into operation in
2012

Note:
(a) For KDX-II destroyer, see Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin class destroyer
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chungmugong_Yi_Sun-sin_class_destroyer
(The hull was designed by Hyundai and the first ship built by Daewoo; the
lead ship of this class was commissioned in 2003 ROKS Chungmugong Yi Sunshin
忠武公 李舜臣)

(b) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_Sunsi
(1545-1598; died in a sea battle with Japanese feudal lord by a bullet from
enemy ship (Japan was not united then), his last word being, "The battle is
at its height; do not announce my death..."


------------Separately
S. Korea's second Aegis destroyer close to operation: officials. Yonhap, Feb
. 18, 2010.
http://english.yonhapnews.co.kr/national/2010/02/18/75/0301000000AEN20100218007500315F.HTML

My comment:
(a) This Yi I 李珥 is the same as Yulgok Yi Yi in Chosun Ilbo above.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yi_I
(pen name Yulgok (Chestnut valley 栗谷); 1536-1584)

(b) Yonhap 聯合
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yonhap
(publicly-funded; established in 1980)

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