SEOUL, Jul. 5 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s military seeks to craft an alternative service program this year and implement it next year for young men who refuse conscription, most commonly for religious reasons, sources said Thursday. The authorities are also weighing options, such as doubling the length of the service period for “conscientious objectors” [...]
SEOUL, Jun. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — G-Dragon, leader of the K-pop boy band BIGBANG, became the subject of a big controversy Monday over using a one-bed room at a local hospital where he has been hospitalized for treating his ankle while in the military. Earlier in the day, an online media company reported that the [...]
SEOUL, Sep. 27 (Korea Bizwire) – If you paid more attention to the tragic accidents happened in South Korea’s military camps recently, you might have noticed one thing in common in the fatal accidents within the barracks. That is most of the misfortunes happened in and near the G.O.P. or General Outpost near the border [...]
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 [...]