South Korea has a conscription system for men. Length of military service of the various services of the Korean National Army served as the Army and Marine Corps for 24 months, the Navy for 26 months and the Air Force for 28 months. "Conscientious objectors" will be sentenced to imprisonment.
Those who fail the physical examination, those who have special performance in sports or academic performance, and some who have obtained permanent residency abroad and stayed in China for less than one year may be exempted from military service. At present, the Korean government is studying a plan to shorten the length of military service.
Extended data:
Exemption condition
1 6 active mental disorders, major diseases and disabled people.
2. People who have made great contributions to the country.
3, highly educated or primary school education, doctors or clergy and other special industries.
4, to the service age but bear the life of three or more people.
5. Men with tattoos over the whole body skin 1/3.
Men over 6.34 years old.
7, deprivation of political rights, military service is a kind of civil rights, deprivation of political rights will naturally lose the qualification for military service.
8. Athletes who won gold medals or Olympic medals in the Asian Games.
Baidu Encyclopedia-Korean Military Service System