South Korea’s President Wants to Overhaul National Service with Selective Conscription
SEDaily reports that: As part of efforts toward self-reliant defense, Lee called for accelerating defense reform and raised the topic of “selective conscription.” The selective conscription system, which Lee has advocated since his presidential candidacy, would maintain the current mandatory conscription system while allowing eligible conscripts to choose between short-term enlistment (10 months of service) […]
