S. Korea to issue 1st postage stamp featuring homegrown submarine

SEOUL, Feb. 12 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will publish new postage stamps featuring the ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho this month, marking the country's first issuance of stamps featuring homegrown submarines, the state arms procurement agency and postal service said Wednesday.

The ROKS Dosan Ahn Chang-ho is the first of the three 3,000-ton KSS-III Batch-1 class submarines built with advanced homegrown technologies to bolster the country's underwater defense capabilities against North Korean threats.

It was delivered to the Navy in 2021, while the ROKS Shin Chae-ho, the third and final submarine of the KSS-III Batch-1 class, was delivered last year.

The postage stamps will be available for sale starting Feb. 20, according to the Defense Acquisition Program Administration and Korea Post.

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