Zaytun Division
The Zaytun Division (Korean: 자이툰부대; Kurdish: Tîpa Zeytûnê) was a combined infantry unit of the Republic of Korea Army (ROKA) contingent operating in Republic of Iraq from September 2004 to December 2008, carrying out humanitarian aid, humanitarian intervention, peacekeeping, providing medical assistance to people in the area of responsibility, providing security for civilians affected by war in Erbil area, and other reconstruction-related tasks as South Korea's contribution to the Iraq War. == Formation == South Korea dispatched a small contingent of 600 military medics and combat engineers (the 320th Medical Assistance 'Jerma' Unit and the 1100th Construction Engineer 'Seoheui' Unit) to predominantly Shia areas in Southern Iraq in April 2003.