People are fleeing

Because of conscription (mandatory military) families are literally fleeing the country of South Korea. Some made it to North Korea only to be taken into prison and many others have made it to China and very many even made it to the United States which is very surprising. All to avoid the mandatory military forced on their young sons.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

Development

The South Korean military was established in 1948. They only started mandatory military or conscription in 2004, when they realized that had a very low amount of soldiers due to the uprise of need for jobs. They made it mandatory and ever since it has been a major problem in soceity. The rule has changed since 2004. When conscription first started as soon as a man turned 18 they had to enlist and be fully trained by the time they were 20. But now it is any man over 18 and they can enlist whenever as long as they have served for 24 months before they turn 31. That's a big deal.

  • 2004- Conscription started
  • February 2008- changed rule to anytime before 31
  • 2009- started talks about changing from 24 month term to 18 month term, although not in place yet
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  1. Bumi u Rumah uApril 29, 2014 at 4:38 PM

    I'm writing about south korean military service but I did not find the draft bill - mandatory military law ..
    Do you have compulsory military draft rules korea...

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