European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday december 16, 1994 world the stars and stripes Page 17 s. Korea military slipping report says Seoul South Korea a South Korea s military once touted As among the most efficient and powerful in Asia faces a crisis of sinking morale and an upsurge in desertions violence and insubordination a government report says. According to the report the Lack of discipline is particularly rampant Amon the lower ranks and threatens South Korea s ability to defend itself in a War with rival North Korea. If the . Army is withdrawn i Don know whether our military could hold its own for More than a week in War wit North Korea Jee Man won a military analyst and former army colonel said Inan interview. About 37,000 . Service members Are stationed in South Korea. The classified report made no specific recommendations but said drastic Mea sures Are needed to restore Confidence inthe 650,000-member armed forces. The report was prepared in late no vember by the military spy Agency de sense Security command and leaked to the press this week. President Kumyoung Sam has not commented on the report. / the report was prompted by a rash of insubordination cases and lists 20 serious it / if the . Army is withdrawn i Don t know whether our military could hold its own for More than a week in War with North  Jee Man won South korean military analyst cent of the cases involved enlisted me beating their superiors including officers. Ii is assumed that personnel of about the size of one division were kept Idle in 1993 for disciplinary problems said there portly thie Institute of defense train ing and education a defense ministry thin tank. Division normally is about 14,000 sol piers. Incidents in which enlisted men beat up officers or disobeyed orders. The cases detailed in the report in clude a /., ". One army sergeant who refused Totake part in a unit March questioning Why such a Drill was needed when a nuclear bomb would make training moot a reference to suspicions that North Korea has nuclear weapons. Two army lieutenants who desert Din september with a staff sergeant after their superiors dismissed an insubordination Case involving enlisted men. The desertion the first by officers since the South korean military was founded in 1948, shocked the nation. The men said they wanted Tolet people knowhow serious the disciplinary problems Are. -. A crackdown related to the Case led to the arrests of 29 soldiers. The three deserters were convicted by a military Courland sentenced to. Up to seven years in prison. A a   Thirty months of military service arc mandatory for All South korean men older than 20. They also must serve Sev eral More years in the reserves with an Nual refresher  said insubordination is a threat to combat readiness. About two thirds of the troops Are deployed along the demilitarized zone that serves As Buffer with North  to a separate defense ministry report there were 7,328 safety or discipline related cases in the South korean military in 1993, double the previous year s total of 3,582. Ninety two percent of the 1993 cases were related to discipline. About 11 per since taking office nearly two years Agoras the first civilian president in 32 years Kim has pushed sweeping reforms expel Ling dozens of generals for corruption and association with past autocratic governments. Many people have praised the reforms which Nave kept the military out of poli tics. Kim s three predecessors were for Mer army generals who seized Power in coups or with military backing. But critics argue that Kim a former opposition Leader persecuted by past Mil itary governments used his reforms to retaliate against the military lowering mor ale.  Jee said Kim s reforms although War ranted resulted in conscripts losing re Spect for career officers. The opportunistic attitude of the current military leadership also is to blame he said.  sea encounter studied Beijing a China said thurs Day that it was concerned about an encounter Between one of its submarine Sand a . Aircraft Carrier. We Are in the process of clarifying what has happened foreign ministry spokesman Chen Jian said at a weekly briefing. That in itself says that we Are  Chen suggested that the . Tracking of a chinese nuclear submarine might have violated agreements that Are the basis of sino-. Diplomatic  he stressed again that the chinese Side was still looking into the incident. The state department has confirmed that the . Carrier Kitty Hawk had a encounter with the chinese submarine in the yellow sea in late october. News reports said the Kitty Hawk Santi submarine aircraft tracked the sub for three Days super Nintendo genesis hundreds of titles available next to the Wolfgang sports store Wolfgang Kaseane Hanau. 2-for-1 Sale on selected titles december 16 & 17,1100-1830 december 18,1200-1630 Arey Ourant payments Tod big for y6ur britches ? Check out Nec Kura conveniently located hear you Ansbach inside Kau Halle . 0981-15644 Bada Bung inside Fiat showroom 191.08061-36577 Augsburg . 24 Tel. 0821-529395 Babenhausen Aschaffenbur Ger str. 58 Tel. 06073-62253  alzeyerstr.22a Tel. 0671-65525 Bamberg prestige motors zobnerstr.119 Tel. 0951-37947 Bamberg Michael Daniels Pestalozzi str. 4 Tel. 0951-302116 Baum older Kennedy Altee 28 Tel. 06783-1051 Pitburg bit Burger str. 76 Tel 06561-12930. Budinger Hernhuter str. 28 Tel. 06042-69490 Darmstadt Ludwka Shostr. 131 Tel. 06151-661295 Frankfurt Raimund str. 133 Tel. 069-569292 Forth leynerstr.91 Tel. 0911-706404 Forth Hempel Agency Fronmuller str. 120 Tel. 0911-785018 Geilenkirche Anderson insurance haihoverstr.11 Tel 02451-2983 Geilenkirche Kart Amow str. 150 Tel. 02451-66748 Gie Belstadt Markt Plaza Tel. 09334-348 Giessen the Annex Rugener str. 13 Tel. 0641-492199 Giessen Smith Agency Grunberg Elfstr. 115 Tel 0641-48948 Grafen Wuhr Atte Amberger str. 52 Tel. 09641-3681 Hanau Wolfgang Daniev Agency ascnaffenburgefstr.64 Tel. 06181-56381 Odelberg Augustine Agency speyerer str. 3 Tel 06221-24125 Heidelberg Wallis Agency Karlsruhe of str. 132 Tel 06221-301707 Heidelberg us car Center goteramtstr.3 Tel. 06221-161015 Hohenfels american Center marfctplatz9 Tel. 09472-8672 i Leshem am Bohnhof Tel. 09841-8902 Kaiserslautern lmharderwaki4b Tel. 0631-98801 Kaiserslautern across from pizza hut kaiserstr.37 Tel. 0631-90633 Karlsruhe a Walds Tel. 0721-71047 Kirch guns Smith Agency across from Chapel Tel. 06033-60990 kttz1ngen Rudolf diesel str. 13 Tel. 09321-32757 Mainz Wackernah. The Annex Ober Omer str. 22 Tel. 06132-56283mannheim Cox Agency a fillinger str. 5-7 Tel. 0621-735204 Mannheim Millard Agency waweckweg9 Tel. 0621-738835 ram Stew Kingsbacher Stry Abc Comer Tel.06371-70425hb ram Stem Reichs Wakter. 1c Tel. 06371-58834 Ham Stein lands Uhter. 72 Tel. 06371-71140 rhein4iain air base adm.-Rosendahl-str.22 Tel. 069-694099. Schweinfurt nose re. 4 ins. Center Richard-Wagner-str.6 Tel. 09721-804451 Schweinfurt video Shack ewmtachstr.4-6 Tel. 09721-802000 Sembach Haup str. 82 Tel. 06303-5270 Span Dahlem Kreuz Gartell Tel. 0656w087 Tutta vain Cen stable Agency Hau str. 170 Tel. 0711-6772612  Burke Agency Katzenbach str. 97 Tel. 0711-7353602 Vilseck the outpost Annex sofgholnf.58 Tel 09662-8730 Vilseck Delta Arnanz marfctplatz22 Tel. 09662-9540 Wiesbaden car. Crest View hug. Patrick str. 36 the. 0611-561247 Wiesbaden air b. Farmer Agency Boef Chestr. 239 Tel. 06134-23353 . 1 Tel 06241-43750 Wurzburg us car Center rottendorferstr.58 Tel. 0931-783311  Coa service Center rohendorferstr.40 Tel 0931-887208 Wurzburg Horst Agency Rotten Ortw str. 35a Tel 0931 -883980 do you want lowest Auto insurance premiums and Best service Nec Kura is the place to look first i your Low Cost Auto insurer Nec Kura Sutti dewy of nationwide insurance