In the early 1990s, the Korean government plan for the construction of next generation coastal ships named
Frigate 2000 was scrapped due to the
1997 Asian financial crisis. But the decommissioning of the destroyers and the aging fleet of
Ulsan-class frigates, the plan was revived as the
Future Frigate eXperimental, also known as FFX in the early 2000s. 10 ships were launched and commissioned from 1980 to 1993. They have 3 different variants which consists of Flight I, Flight II and Flight III. == Construction and career ==