MANILA, June 5 — The South Korean government will be donating a corvette to the Philippines before the end of 2014, Department of National Defense spokesperson Dr. Peter Paul Galvez said on Thursday.
He added that the corvette will be one of South Korea's "Pohang" class and there is a big possibility that the ship will be handed to the Philippine Navy with all its weapons and sensor system intact.
The "Pohang" class corvette is a general purpose vessel operated by the Republic of Korean Navy.
They have served in a coastal defense role during the late Cold War and post Cold War period.
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