| Date - Field | Korea, South - Military service age and obligation |
2009 January
Military service age and obligation | 20-30 years of age for compulsory military service, with middle school education required; conscript service obligation - 24-28 months, depending on the military branch involved (to be reduced to 18 months beginning 2016); 18-26 years of age for voluntary military service; women, in service since 1950, admitted to 7 service branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps; some 4,000 women serve as commissioned and noncommissioned officers, approx. 2.3% of all officers (2008) |
2008 January
Military service age and obligation | 20-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 24-28 months, depending on the military branch involved (to be reduced to 18 months beginning 2016); 18 years of age for voluntary military service; women, in service since 1950, admitted to 7 service branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps; some 4,000 women serve as commissioned and noncommissioned officers, approx. 2.3% of all officers (2007) |
2007 January
Military service age and obligation | 20-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 24-28 months, depending on the military branch involved; 18 years of age for voluntary military service; some 4,000 women serve as commissioned and noncommissioned officers, approx. 2.3% of all officers; women, in service since 1950, are admitted to seven service branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps (2005) |
2006 January
Military service age and obligation | void - (all current Military informations) |
2005 January
Military service age and obligation | void - (all current Military informations) |
2004 January
Military service age and obligation | void - (all current Military informations) |
2003 January
Military service age and obligation | void - (all current Military informations) |
2002 January
Military service age and obligation | void - (all current Military informations) |
2001 January
Military service age and obligation | void - (all current Military informations) |
2000 January
Military service age and obligation | void - (all current Military informations) |
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