Korean monitoring role

A WARRANT officer had been appointed to be the first Australian in the international team monitoring the border crossings between North and South Korea.

Defence Minister Robert Hill announced that the warrant officer will be attached to the UN Command Military Armistice Commission and will work within the De-Militarised Zone.

He will help monitor the movement of stores, equipment and supplies through Transport Corridor West, which is the western link to the major new industrial zone Kaeyson that is currently under construction just north of the border.