The National Assembly opened a plenary session and passed an agenda extending the deployment of the Blue Sea and Arc units.

The National Assembly voted on the agreement to extend the dispatch of the ROK Army's Blue Sea troops to Somalia's Aden Bay, and the agreement to extend the dispatch of the ROK Army's Arc unit to the UAE education and training.

As a result, the dispatch period of the Cheonghae and Arc units has been extended to December 31 next year.

The National Assembly also voted to agree to extend the UN mission to South Sudan and to extend the UN peacekeeping force to Lebanon.

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