Goyang, South Korea ¨C As Japan¡¯s defense industry struggles, South Korea¡¯s is thriving, driven not only by the need to counter Pyongyang¡¯s growing military threats but also by Seoul¡¯s ambition to make the country one of the world¡¯s top defense exporters.
Just how determined the government is to help the industry expand was highlighted in recent statements made by President Yoon Suk-yeol, who last month expressed his intention to make his country one of the world¡¯s top four weapons suppliers.
¡°By entering the (list of the) world¡¯s top four defense exporters after the United States, Russia and France, the defense industry will become a strategic industrialization and a defense powerhouse,¡± Yoon said.
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