SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) – Under South Korean constitutional law, able-bodied young men must serve in the military as part of the country’s national defense strategy. On May 16, however, a man was acquitted by Judge Lee Seung-hoon at the Suwon District Court for objecting to military service. The man, who objected to serving in [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Growing evidence of an alleged investigation into homosexual acts in the South Korean army including images of conversations on gay dating app Jack’d between service members and secret service agents is causing an uproar, with some human rights groups calling for the army general accused of giving the order to track [...]
SEOUL, Dec 25 (Korea Bizwire) – A sliding device to help navy sailors to evacuate quickly from a sinking ship has been developed by the Navy. The Korean Ministry of Defense said on December 24 that the evacuation slide developed by the ROK Navy Second Fleet won the best prize for its Lean Six Sigma [...]
SEOUL, Sep 8 (Korea Bizwire) – Another suicide accident happened in South Korea. A soldier surnamed Song, 21-year-old, private first class, committed suicide on September 6, by hanging himself at a military camp in Sokcho, Gangwon Province, eastern Seoul. According to a military officer at the unit said, “Before Private Song hanged himself, he reported [...]