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(From AFX Europe (Focus))
GYERYONGDAE, South Korea (XFN-ASIA) - President Roh Moo-Hyun said his military will be capable of playing a leading role in deterring war on the Korean peninsula in the early part of the next decade.
"We should build our self-defense capability to guarantee security for ourselves under any circumstances," Roh said, marking the 58th anniversary of the army's creation at military headquarters south of the capital Seoul.
"By the early 2010s, our military will have the capability to lead deterrence to war on the Korean peninsula."
Roh said the country will develop a "more efficient, strong and advanced elite" military, which could then play a "pivotal role in establishing peace in Northeast Asia" by 2020.
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