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| Koreas disaster management system dates back to buyeok (compulsory service) in the Three Kingdoms era, which was succeeded in the Joseon dynasty by hyangyak and then, after Korean liberation, by the Framework Act on Civil Defense enacted in 1975. |
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| NEMA, formerly the Headquarters of Civil Defense and Disaster Management within the Ministry of Government Administration and Home Affairs, was launched on June 1, 2004. |
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| NEMAs main objective is to protect the lives and property of the Korean people from large-scale disasters, which have been recurring in Korea every year since the 1990s. |
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