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Aug

/26
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South Korea: 60% Back Mandatory Military Service for Women

Nearly 60 percent of South Koreans support extending mandatory military service to women as the country struggles with a shrinking pool of eligible recruits. According to a Reform Institute poll of 1,006 adults, 59.6 percent backed drafting women and 34 percent opposed it. Support stood at 64.8 percent among men and 54.5 percent among women. […]
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Jun

/26
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The South Korean Draft Turns Medical Leave Into a Beauty Subsidy

South Korea’s army is discovering a bizarre side effect of compulsory service: soldiers are using leave, military medical benefits, and clinic discounts to undergo cosmetic procedures while still in uniform. According to a recent piece, this quickly becomes a military problem when soldiers return with swollen eyelids, fresh nose jobs, or other recovery needs that […]
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Mar

/26
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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) […]
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Mar

/26
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Policy Brief: Gender Polarization among South Korean Youth: Determinants, Conscription, and Comparative Insights from Sweden

In a new interesting policy brief of the Institute for Security and Development Policy, Hannah Kim points out the damage to gender relations in South Korea. Among the various structural drivers, male-only conscription in South Korea remains one of the most enduring and polarizing institutions affecting young men. (…) The symbolic weight of conscription has […]
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Brazil Bars Conscripts From Voting While They Serve

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Finnish Conscripts Served Food More Than a Month Past Its Expiration

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Finnish Conscript Deserted for 448 Days, Was Returned to Barracks, Then Disappeared Again

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