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Looks like that. Seems logical for South Korea to have such capability, actually: they face the same problem with falling boosters as North Korea, which significantly limited their directions for satellite launches. By putting the space rocket on the ship, they could circumvent their territorial limitations.
yes, you're right. The extra photos posted by raptor82 make it clear they're part of the ship.
I suppose mostly to present this design as "also capable of doing civilian work in peacetime".
You were right. It was confirmed to be a sea-launched SLV. The erecting launchers just behind the superstructure is meant to be Hyunmoo V. The erecting launchers and the SLV launcher are said to be merely company proposals by Hanwha Ocean. The missile configuration is also not really set in stone since the "Joint Firepower Ship" program is still in a preliminary studies stage. The closest part of that model to the real ship in the future would be its mast, funnily enough.
UCAV carrier is a purely private proposal and is not an actual ROKN program whereas the Joint Firepower Ship/Arsenal Ship actually is. Though you are right that in that there would be significant difference between the model and the actual ship. What's more probable is that the actual ship will feature way more ballistic missile cells than present on the model, since that's the main purpose of the ship (build sea-launched ballistic missile platforms since building and operating TELs are exepensive and are pain in the arse).
Exactly that. RoK forces are very wary of Chinese ASAT threats in case of a war. There were some serious civil-military studies concerning possible sea-launch capabilities further south in the middle of East China Sea. In terms of civil applications there's still a demand for sea launch since even when launched from Naro Space Centre on the penninsula's southern coast, there's some significant payload capacity wasted on post launch maneuvering. Currently a 4-stage solid fuel rocket is in development based on Hyunmoo technology to fulfill the "tactically responsive space launch" demands you've mentioned. It is an ADD program as opposed to other Korean SLV programs which are ran by KARI.
To my knowledge, this ship is not meant for BMD. It's probably one of the Hyunmoo IV variants.
Like I've said, the program is rather in a definition stage atm. The contractor for the study is HHI and that model from Hanwha doesn't mean much. In terms of why the ship is not meant for BMD, the radar array you see there is X band. It is not meant for long-range volume search or tracking ballistic missiles but rather for faster detection of sea-skimmers and self protection. Anti-air capabilities of this ship will be limited to self-defence, although it will be really good at it with such a large X band radar. And that's about the only thing that is rather concrete concerning this ship, apart from its intended use (re: replace ground-based ballistic missile launcher with a sea-based platform).
