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Friday, June 06, 2014

S. Korea to donate warship to Philippines

Pohang-class FSSouth Korea will be donating a lightly armed warship to the Philippines after its decommission by the end of this year, the Philippine Foreign Affairs Department said Thursday.

In a statement, the department said that South Korean Defense Minister Kim Kwang Jin announced the donation of one of its Pohang-class corvettes to the Philippine Navy when he met with Philippine Defense Secretary Voltaire Gazmin in Seoul last Friday.

"Minister Kim said South Korea's gesture is a small token compared with the great contribution of Filipino troops during the Korean War," the statement said, adding that the donation is "yet another sign of the two countries' growing defense cooperation."

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