UPDATE: One Free Korea has a good posting on this as well.

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The US has requested assistance from the Zayutn Unit in Iraq to move the government agency USAID on to the Stun compound in Irbil:

A Defense Ministry source said Thursday the official request from the U.S. came by way of the Foreign Ministry in November, asking Korea to let USAID move into the base in Kurdish-majority Irbil, which is relatively calm compared to the rest of the war-torn country. The Office of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which oversees the Stun base, feels the USAID office would be no hindrance to base operations and is likely to permit it to move in around mid-February, the source said.

Of course there are already concerns that the agency would bring unwanted attention to the Stun unit:

However, there are concerns that if the U.S. organization moves into the base, the Stun Unit could become a more attractive target for insurgents.

I thought the Stun unit was brought to Iraq to help with reconstruction and yet you have naysayers saying that allowing a reconstruction agency such as USAID on to their compound is to dangerous? Going on patrol in the Sunni Triangle like the US soldiers are doing every day is dangerous, building toilet seats is not. When is the Korean government going to let these guys be soldiers?

I want to emphasise that I have nothing against the ROK Army because I think they are a fine organization, I am just against the policy that makes them nothing more than a window dressing army. The ROK Army and the Iraqis deserve better than that.