diff --git a/frontend/src/components/korea/KoreaMap.tsx b/frontend/src/components/korea/KoreaMap.tsx
index 3701952..acee348 100644
--- a/frontend/src/components/korea/KoreaMap.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/components/korea/KoreaMap.tsx
@@ -142,6 +142,14 @@ export function KoreaMap({ ships, allShips, aircraft, satellites, layers, osintF
   const [selectedGearData, setSelectedGearData] = useState<SelectedGearGroupData | null>(null);
   const [selectedFleetData, setSelectedFleetData] = useState<SelectedFleetData | null>(null);
   const [zoomLevel, setZoomLevel] = useState(KOREA_MAP_ZOOM);
+  const zoomRef = useRef(KOREA_MAP_ZOOM);
+  const handleZoom = useCallback((e: { viewState: { zoom: number } }) => {
+    const z = Math.floor(e.viewState.zoom);
+    if (z !== zoomRef.current) {
+      zoomRef.current = z;
+      setZoomLevel(z);
+    }
+  }, []);
   const [staticPickInfo, setStaticPickInfo] = useState<StaticPickInfo | null>(null);
 
   useEffect(() => {
@@ -480,7 +488,7 @@ export function KoreaMap({ ships, allShips, aircraft, satellites, layers, osintF
       initialViewState={{ ...KOREA_MAP_CENTER, zoom: KOREA_MAP_ZOOM }}
       style={{ width: '100%', height: '100%' }}
       mapStyle={MAP_STYLE}
-      onZoom={e => setZoomLevel(Math.floor(e.viewState.zoom))}
+      onZoom={handleZoom}
     >
       <NavigationControl position="top-right" />
 
diff --git a/frontend/src/hooks/usePoll.ts b/frontend/src/hooks/usePoll.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..257e497
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/hooks/usePoll.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+import { useEffect, useRef, useCallback } from 'react';
+
+/**
+ * 공통 폴링 훅 — 주기적으로 fetchFn을 호출하고 결과를 onData로 전달.
+ * enabled가 false면 폴링 중지.
+ */
+export function usePoll<T>(
+  fetchFn: () => Promise<T>,
+  onData: (data: T) => void,
+  intervalMs: number,
+  enabled = true,
+): void {
+  const onDataRef = useRef(onData);
+  onDataRef.current = onData;
+
+  const fetchRef = useRef(fetchFn);
+  fetchRef.current = fetchFn;
+
+  const doFetch = useCallback(async () => {
+    try {
+      const data = await fetchRef.current();
+      onDataRef.current(data);
+    } catch {
+      // graceful — 기존 데이터 유지
+    }
+  }, []);
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (!enabled) return;
+    doFetch();
+    const t = setInterval(doFetch, intervalMs);
+    return () => clearInterval(t);
+  }, [enabled, intervalMs, doFetch]);
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/services/apiClient.ts b/frontend/src/services/apiClient.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abcbd2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/services/apiClient.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+const BASE_PREFIX = '/api/kcg';
+
+/**
+ * KCG 백엔드 API 호출 래퍼.
+ * - 자동 credentials: 'include'
+ * - JSON 파싱
+ * - 에러 시 null 반환 (graceful degradation)
+ */
+export async function kcgFetch<T>(path: string): Promise<T | null> {
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(`${BASE_PREFIX}${path}`, { credentials: 'include' });
+    if (!res.ok) return null;
+    return await res.json() as T;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}
+
+/**
+ * 외부 API 호출 래퍼 (CORS 프록시 경유).
+ */
+export async function externalFetch<T>(url: string): Promise<T | null> {
+  try {
+    const res = await fetch(url);
+    if (!res.ok) return null;
+    return await res.json() as T;
+  } catch {
+    return null;
+  }
+}