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(From The Korea Herald)
By Kim So-young The military has started to replace wooden floors bedecked with blankets at camp barracks with individual beds, the Defense Ministry said yesterday.
The change, which aims to improve soldiers' living conditions, will be finished at frontline units by the end of this year, the ministry said.
Many Korean soldiers still sleep on a wooden floor elevated from the ground in barracks, which usually house 25-30 soldiers.
Ministry officials said a total of 6.58 million won had been invested to furnish 158 military barracks near the border with North Korea.
It is the first of the army's steps to offer ...