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The article presents information on a study regarding the culture of military strategies and the military modernization in South Korea. Iin the post cold war era, peer competition and weapons purchases have emerged as a new strategy among the third world countries. To accommodate the new weapons, force modernization became functional for the military forces in Asia. The accelerated pace of arms acquisitions in the region resulted in the beginning of new international relations in the post cold war era. The research on the cultural context of South Korean force modernization focuses on different predictions about the future of armed forces in connection with the Asian security.