All materials contained on this site are protected by Korean copyright law and may not be reproduced, distributed, transmitted, displayed, published or broadcast without the prior consent of the JoongAng Ilbo | Tel: 1577-0510
JoongAng Ilbo Co., Ltd. | Address: 48-6 Sangamsan-ro, Mapo-gu, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Business registration number: 110-81-00999 | CEO & Publisher: Park Chang-hee | Executive Editor: Choi Ji-young
Mail order business report number: 2020-Seoul Mapo-3838 | Online newspaper registration No: 서울,아55177
Date of Registration: 2023. 11. 21 | Juvenile Protection Manager: Park Hyunyoung
![The ROKS Wang Geon destroyer, set to be deployed on May 15, for operations in the Cheonghae unit for antipiracy missions in the Gulf of Aden off the Somali coast [REPUBLIC OF KOREA NAVY]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12595590.jpg?imageId=12595590&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![Flames rise following an Israeli airstrike in Beirut’s southern suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon, on March 9. [AP/YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/12593882.jpg?imageId=12593882&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![At a naval base in Busan on Wednesday, sailors send off the 37th batch of the South Korean Navy anti-piracy unit Cheonghae aboard the 4,400-ton destroyer Dae Jo Yeong dispatched to waters off Somalia as part of a rotational deployment. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11191598.jpg?imageId=11191598&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![A file photo of Munmu the Great. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10652672.jpg?imageId=10652672&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)