The government and the ruling Democratic Party agreed on July 16 to establish an integrated military academy for the Army, Navy and Air Force at Jaundae in Daejeon.
The government and the ruling Democratic Party held a policy consultation meeting at the National Assembly on Thursday and agreed to swiftly push ahead with the establishment of the academy at Jaundae, a military training compound in Daejeon about 140 kilometers south of Seoul.
Defense Minister Ahn Gyu-back said the National Military Academy will adopt an academic system that provides autonomy and maximizes each cadet's potential, with at least 50 percent civilian professors and a dedicated task force to oversee the project.
Rep. Han Byung-do, the acting leader of the Democratic Party, described the current system of separate academies as facing practical limitations and called the unified academy a task that can no longer be put off.
