The Korean military service law stipulates that male citizens aged 20 to 30 must perform military service, and the service period of different arms is different, but the shortest arms also need to serve for 24 months. Korean boys, if they don't go to college after graduating from high school, will immediately receive a notice of enlistment. If you go to college, you will usually drop out of school in your sophomore year, then go to the army for two years, and then come back to continue your studies. Some people choose to take the postgraduate entrance examination after graduation, but they should also serve after graduation. During the service, training and daily life were extremely difficult, and the monthly allowance was very small.

Only those who are seriously ill or have made great contributions to the country can be exempted from military service.

Who can be exempted from military service

International players only serve "mini" military service.

After the South Korean football team reached the semi-finals of the 2002 World Cup, the authorities immediately decided to give preferential treatment to these international players like national heroes, who only need to serve in the military for one month.

Olympic medal winner

According to the reward policy of the Korean authorities, Korean athletes who won medals at the Athens Olympic Games can not only get rich rewards, but also enjoy the privilege of exemption from military service, instead of just receiving four weeks of military training.

People who can enjoy this special treatment include athletes like Ryu Seung-min, who beat Wang Hao of China to win the men's table tennis championship.

Go finalist

If you are the top two players in the World Go Competition such as Ying's Cup, you can be exempted from military service. The semi-final of the 5th Yingshi Cup Weiqi tournament started in Guiyang, China on September 6th, and finally Korean player Cui Zhehan defeated China player Peng Quan. Mr. He Xunxi of the Korean Chess Institute breathed a sigh of relief: "There is no need for military service now!" Indeed, many talented teenagers in Go were destroyed in military service. In the 1999 match between China and South Korea, South Korea's Kim Wan-sook defeated South China's Hu 5-0. Now, Hu is already a first-class master, who has made outstanding achievements in internal and external wars, while Jin Wanshu, who has finished military service, just talks about chess on the website.

High-tech talents in the game industry

At present, South Korea has been recognized as one of the most developed countries in the online game industry in the world, and the government has also done some practical things, such as exempting high-tech talents engaged in the game industry from two years of military service, which has greatly inspired many young Korean men to join the game industry.

The way to evade service is "colorful"

Many people who come back from military service often say that military service is a waste of time, because young people who serve in military service are not really regular troops in South Korea. They only have four opportunities to contact live ammunition during their two-year military service. Young people complain that they are just cheap labor, and the pay is too low, only 40 cents a day, while prisoners can get 3-4 dollars a day through labor. Therefore, many men of school age are trying their best to take advantage of the military service regulations.

Obesity or hunger strike

Some obese people are desperate to overeat, but in sharp contrast, some weak people go on hunger strike to protest, in short, they want to make themselves unqualified. Wealthy families evade military service by bribing or sending their children to the United States to get a green card.

tattoo

Since 2003, there has been an upsurge of tattooing among young men in South Korea to avoid military service. The Conscription Law clearly stipulates that men with "too large" tattoos can be exempted from military service on the grounds that tattoo marks will make their comrades "disgusted".

Pretend to be sick

This year's fake kidney disease can be said to have raised the means of escape to a new height. The military service management authorities have to plan to apply for additional funds from Congress and adopt more perfect inspection methods to prevent this from happening. There are other ways: swallow gold paper wrapped in chewing gum before X-ray, and there are some shadows on the stomach when the film comes out. The doctor will diagnose gastric ulcer and perforation.

cheat

If a man has to support a family of more than three people from the age of 20, he can be exempted from military service. Therefore, some people get married immediately after graduating from high school, and then have two children in succession, which can successfully avoid military service. The military service administration announced a heavy sentence.

After the incident of pretending to be a soldier to evade military service became a big problem, the Korean Military Service Administration indicated that it would take measures to strengthen the punishment, and the authorities planned to increase the punishment for the parties from the current 1~3 years to 3~5 years.