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Solidarity for Peace And Reunification of Korea
106th Peace Disarmament rally
The National Assembly should cut the defense budget and expand the public welfare budget!
In front of the ROK National Assembly, Seoul, Oct. 26, 2010

Comparison between the 2008 SK & NK defense cost
24.7 billion dollar (S. Korea)
550 million dollar (N. Korea)

Give to the United States?
Annually 1 trillion 940 billion won [about $ 1billion 710 million]

Give to the North Korea?
Annually 200 billion won [about $170 million]

The 3rd in the defense expense among the OECD countries!
The last in the welfare expense among the OECD countries!

[No!] Anti-personal mine + cluster bomb unit (CBU) + construction of golf field + bestowing to the U. S.
[Yes!] People’s welfare + defense reform + peace & unification + people’s enough livelihood

If the defense budget is cut:

1 trillion 471.3 billion won only for the 23 budget items of the illegal, wasteful and retrogressive against peace, which the SPARK has pointed out
→ It is possible to convert the 200,000 irregular workers to the regular workers ( 1 trillion 200 billion won)

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Illegal budget CDIP (* Combined Defense Improvement Project)_ 312 billion won
+ wasteful budget for the construction of golf field_ 223 billion won

→ In the citizen rental housing business, City of Seoul, support for the personal charge & moving residence
by resident recipients is possible
→ Making up to 574 billion won

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Induction cost for Anti-human & non-peaceful mines for the anti-personal & anti-tank
:122 billion won

→ 81 billion won of the support cost for bringing up disabled children(2,500) of which the number was cut by the Grand National Party who had initially promised it

Now is the time to cut the military budget, not to build war power!
Do not expand the defense budget with the pretext of the Cheonan ship!
Defense cut is needed for the peace in the Korean peninsula!

(*1 $=1138.58 won on the date of Oct. 26, 2010)