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Korea’s Mandatory Military Service

(대한민국의 병역 제도)

Life in the Army

군대에서의 생활

Lack of Freedom:

  • No phones/laptops/entertainments
  • Short hair
  • Uniform, no personal items

Tough Conditions:

  • No hot water
  • Mountainous range, outdoor plumbing, patrol in minefields

Compensation

(보상)

Bias from the society

(사회에서 바이어스)

The following data is from 'Regulation on Public Servant Compensation'

meal for the air force

공군을위한 식사

meal for the prisoners

포로에 대한 식사

Conscription

(징병)

Public Values

(공공 값)

  • Mandatory military service/compulsory national service
  • Military Manpower Administration,1965
  • Males, aged between 18 and 35
  • Longest military service periods in the world, ranked behind Israel, Singapore, and North Korea
  • A shortening of the term or a switch to voluntary military service

  • However, in Dec 2010, the government confirmed that there will be no reduction of service periods.

(2010 ROKS 침몰 & 연평도 포격)

Why ??

  • Korean War never officially ended

-->unpredictable and unstable threat right across the border

-->North Korea's nuclear power plant

-->No peace treaty signed

  • Small population and manpower

(작은 인구)

Exemptions (면제)

Length of Duty

군사력 비교

Active Duty (현역):

  • Medical conditions, organ donator

  • Graduates from special high schools

  • Imprisoned for more than 18 months or are in poverty (<$1300)

  • Notable athletes
  • 21 months for Army Corps (육군)
  • 23 months for Navy (해군)
  • 24 months for Air Force (공군)

Non-active Duty Service(비 현역):

  • Civil service or public service worker, from 24 months to 36 months.

What are you thoughts on mandatory military service ?

Controversies

(논쟁)

The public is sensitive towards mandatory military service, but also has a low tolerance towards those who attempt to dodge or receive special treatment

Steve Yoo

(스티브 유)

Song Seung-heon

(송승헌)

  • Famous Actor

  • Taking medication to fail the military physical examination.

  • Claiming to have severe diabetes and high blood pressure, but was found to be false.

  • Song publicly apologized and agreed to immediately serve his two-year term in the military.
  • Korean American former pop singer,
  • Giving up Korean passport and became a naturalized U.S. citizen.
  • Born in Seoul and migrated to the United States at the age of 13.
  • South Korean government considered it an act of desertion and deported him, banning him from entering the country permanently.

References:

http://askakorean.blogspot.com/2009/03/military-service-series-part-i.html

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conscription_in_South_Korea

http://www.brownpoliticalreview.org/2013/12/a-dreaded-rite-of-passage-koreas-mandatory-military-service/

http://www.qiranger.com/2012/09/03/koreas-mandatory-military-service/

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