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Conscription in South Korea has existed since 1957 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 to perform compulsory military service. [1] [2] Women are not required to perform military service, but they may voluntarily join the military.
Service in the South Korean military became mandatory for all male citizens in 1949. [4] Because South Korea is technically still at war with North Korea, attempts to end mandatory military service continue to be denied. [4] According to cultural anthropologist Timothy Gitzen, this is called a "Cold War binary."
Conscription in South Korea requires male citizens between the age of 18 and 28 to perform compulsory military service. [35] Women are not required to perform military service, but they may volunteer as officers, warrant officers, or non-commissioned officers. [36]
In 1973, the women's groups in South Korea united in the Pan-Women's Society for the Revision of the Family Law to revise the discriminating Family Law of 1957, a cause that remained a main focus for the rest of the 20th-century, and finally resulted in a major reform of the Family Law in 1991. [18]
[7] [3] [1] Women may also serve if they choose to do so. Draft evasion is one of the most hated crimes in South Korea and could lead to a loss of societal respect and honor. Military service is seen as a rite of passage to becoming a "real" man and a loyal citizen.
After South Korean men finish their 18 to 21 months of mandatory military service, they become reservists for eight years. ... Choi said conscripting women could solve South Korea’s problem, but ...
Reserve Officers' Training Corps (Hangul: 학생군사교육단; Hanja: 學軍士官) in South Korea is a college-based officer training program which was established in 1961. [1] [2] South Korea's Conscription Law applies to males, aged between 18 and 35, [3] although women are allowed to enroll in the ROTC as of 2010. [4]
Officials estimated that women volunteers relieved 12,000 men for combat in World War I by assuming clerical and other duties. During World War II, South Africa had five service organizations for women—the South African Military Nursing Service, and women's auxiliaries attached to the army, the navy, the air force, and the military police.