The South Korean Army held a send-off ceremony Tuesday for 128 elite troops set to leave for the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to replace a military contingent tasked with training the Middle East country's special forces, officers said.
The South Korean unit "Akh," meaning brother in Arabic, has been based in the eastern region of Al Ain in the UAE since 2011, after a South Korean consortium won a US$20 billion deal in late 2009 to build nuclear reactors in the oil-rich country.