Number of Applicants for Army ROTC Program Plunges

SEOUL, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The number of the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (ROTC) program applicants is declining at a rapid pace as the monthly wage of conscripted soldiers increases with their duration of military service becoming shorter. This year’s Army ROTC program applicants numbered 7,600, the second lowest behind only 2020 when the [...]