I came across a list of Korean small arms exports to Singapore
in the The UN Register of Conventional Arms. this is a
voluntary database for UN members states to report
their arms imports and exports to.
Curiously, Korea lists K-1a rifles/carbines, K-3 LMGs and K-4
grenade launchers as exports to Singapore in 2008/2009. However,
Singapore does not list these weapons as imports. These are
apparently not for re-export, as the Koreans reported the "Final
importer state" as Singapore. Under the Singapore entry, we can see
our imports/exports from/to and other countries, but these imports
are not listed.
Anyone know what unit is utilizing these weapons? Numbers are
relatively small, yet too large for evaluation purposes.
Background: The Register comprises seven categories of major
conventional arms, namely, battle tanks, armored combat vehicles,
large-calibre artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack
helicopters, warships (including submarines) as well as missiles
and missile-launchers. It has been in operation with effect from
calendar year 1992. Thus far, a total of 170 Member States have
reported to the Register one or more times. The Register captures
the great bulk of the global arms trade in the categories of
conventional weapons covered by it. ie Reporting is up to
the member state.
http://www.un.org/disarmament/convarms/Register/HTML/RegisterIndex.shtml
To see the database, go to
http://unhq-appspub-01.un.org/UNODA/UN_REGISTER.nsf >
Republic of Korea > 2008 & 2009
For 2009,
61 x Light machine guns
For 2008,
358 x Rifles and carbines, K-1a
136 x Light machine guns, K-3
17 x Hand-held under-barrel and mounted grenade launchers,
K-4