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Korean Women Win S. Korea’s 1st Gold at World Military Parachuting Championship

SEOUL, July 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Female soldiers from the Army’s Special Warfare Command won a gold medal in the 4-Way Formation Skydiving category at the 45th World Military Parachuting Championship held in Güssing, Austria. It is the first time for a South Korean team to win a medal at the championship in the last [...]

Female Soldiers Account for 6.8 percent of S. Korea’s Armed Forces

SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of female soldiers in the South Korean military stood at 12,602 last year, accounting for 6.8 percent of the total forces, the defense ministry said Wednesday. The tally is up from 5.5 percent in 2017, according to the ministry. South Korea aims to expand the number to [...]