SEOUL, Jan. 30 (Yonhap) -- The defense ministry said Tuesday it is not considering conscripting women for the country's mandatory military service after the issue received renewed attention in a campaign pledge ahead of the April general elections.
On Monday, the leader of the newly created Reformative Conservative Party, Lee Jun-seok, proposed having women serve in the military first if they want to apply for jobs as police officers or firefighter as a campaign pledge.
When asked about the possibility of female conscription, the ministry's spokesperson Jeon Ha-kyou denied considering it.
7 Comments
halflife39@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 2y
In South Korea, all able-bodied men must serve mandatory military service for at least 18 months, while women can volunteer for military duty as officers or noncommissioned officers.
I wonder why the Korean government doesn't draft women. According to the article, women can serve in the military as non-commissioned officers or officers, but don't non-commissioned officers and officers need more physical abilities and skills than regular soldiers?
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 2y
No. Officers and NCOs are more managers.
The higher rank you have the more paperwork you do. Especially if you aren't in a front line trade.
Railison@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 2y
Presumably they women will need to stay back and improve the country’s anaemic birth rate
CosmoNova@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y
And I am sure the south korean public will have a calm and thoughtful discussion about it.
xmunk@sh.itjust.works · -2 pts · 2y
How the fuck does military experience benefit a fire fighter?
SquishyPandaDev@yiffit.net · 13 pts · 2y
Team work 🤷. Military training is more than just firing guns
HikingVet@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 2y
Well, the whole "ability to preform in stressful and adverse conditions" comes quickly to mind.