Defense ministry launches audit on Cheonghae unit s mass COVID-19 outbreak koreatimes.co.kr - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from koreatimes.co.kr Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
In the wake of the worst-ever mass outbreak among service members, the ministry brought them all home, weeks ahead of schedule, and sent them either to military hospitals or other facilities for treatment and necessary quarantine measures. Three of them showed moderate symptoms. We will continue to closely monitor the conditions of the crewmembers and take necessary steps, a ministry official said.
Their destroyer left an African port earlier in the day, after the ministry sent a team of crewmembers there Tuesday to pilot it back home.
The new batch of the Cheonghae unit arrived in the Gulf of Aden recently and is working to begin peacekeeping missions, according to officials.
Stern punishment
Military should go all-out to prevent sex crimes
Military prosecutors have indicted 10 service members over the death of an Air Force master sergeant who was sexually harassed by her colleague in March. On Friday, the Ministry of National Defense announced the indictment, disclosing the interim results of its month-long investigation into the case.
However, critics are questioning whether the ministry has done its best to get to the bottom of the case and its sincerity to take stern action against those responsible for her death. The ministry and the military still cannot avoid criticism for failing to conduct a thorough investigation and get tougher on the perpetrator and other service members who tried to cover up the case.