Court Upholds Constitutionality of Military Service for Foreign-born Men Ahead of Citizenship Renunciation

SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The Constitutional Court has upheld the constitutionality of the law requiring military service for men born to South Korean parents temporarily staying overseas before they can renounce their Korean citizenship. According to legal sources Wednesday, all eight Constitutional Court judges rejected a 23-year-old man’s petition questioning the constitutionality of [...]