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Gov’t Discloses Personal Info of 261 Draft Dodgers Online

SEOUL, Dec. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The state manpower agency on Thursday publicly disclosed the personal information of 261 citizens who failed to comply with state orders to fulfill mandatory military service last year without due reasons. The disclosure is in accordance with the 2015 revision of the Military Service Act as part of efforts [...]

8 Men Accused of Faking Hearing Impairment to Dodge Draft

SEOUL, Mar. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military recruitment agency has accused eight men of having dodged or attempted to evade military service by feigning hearing impairment, its investigators said Tuesday. The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) said that six of the men falsely registered as hearing-impaired after intentionally exposing themselves to the high-pitched sounds [...]