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South Korean Vice Admiral Kim Choong-ryon toasts with the US Army Lt. Gen. Lloyd Austin III, Commander of the Multii-National Corps-Iraq during a ceremony to mark the end of their mission at Camp Zaytun in Irbil, a city in the Kurdish controlled north 350 kilometers (217 miles) north of Baghdad Iraq, Monday, Dec. 1, 2008. South Korean troops are leaving Iraq, bringing to an end a mission that focused on rebuilding hospitals, roads and schools.