defense budget, which has steadily increased in recent years.
In 2021, South Korea's defense spending accounted for about 9.3 percent of total government spending. In 2022, South Korea allocated about 54.6 trillion South Korean won to its Defense expenditure as a percentage of real government spending in South Korea from 2011 to 2021
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