The Military Privatization in South Korea.

Over the last decade the global trends of privatization have reached national security arena, which has been considered as the monopolized relam of state. After reviewing the trend and controversies surrounding the military outsourcing around the world, especially that of the U. S., I will assess the trend of military privatization in South Korea, the place marked by intense Cold War tension for more than a half-Century. I will particularly focus on concerns of military privatization over cost-effectiveness, reliability, monitoring and oversight, and military's future. I will conclude the paper by providing some perspectives of South Korea's military privatization and its policy implications. ..PAT.-Unpublished Manuscript [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]