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Do you have to be born in Korea for military service?
Under ROK law, all ROK males between the ages of 18 and 35 are subject to compulsory service in the ROK military. If you are an ROK national and you naturalized in the United States, you would automatically have lost your ROK citizenship and would not be subject to conscription in the ROK military.
Does everyone have to go to the military in Korea?
Conscription in South Korea has existed since 1957 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 28 to perform compulsory military service. Women are not required to perform military service, but they may voluntarily join the military.
Can a South Korean citizen join the military without foreign citizenship?
If a male who is under 38 has both South Korean and the US citizenship and lives in South Korea, he will be conscripted. A South Korean male citizen without foreign citizenship cannot decide whether or not to join the military. Females can select, but males cannot.
Can dual citizens be forced to do military service in Korea?
Objection to military service, for any reason, is not allowed and will lead to jail-time. Dual citizens must also choose one citizenship by their 18th birthday, and will not have to complete their military service if they revoke their Korean citizenship. However, from that moment they will be regarded fully as foreigners by the Korean government.
Is mandatory military service required in South Korea?
Mandatory military service is required in South Korea. Reduced to two years now I think from 3 years previously. The best slots are for KATUSA Korean Augmentation to the US Army. I had 6 Korean soldiers working for me.
What is the punishment for not joining the South Korean military?
According to South Korea’s «Military Service Law», a person who does not join the military when he was called to join is sentenced at most 3 years in prison. The term of the sentence was same in 1945, during the Japanese occupation period. I hope this country will stop conscription like Republic of China (a country which controls Taiwan).