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Korea considers drafting orphans, N. Korean defectors amid population decline (www.koreatimes.co.kr)
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The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) has been considering expanding military conscription to orphans and North Korean defectors to compensate for armed forces personnel shortages and the low birthrate, an opposition lawmaker said Saturday.

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[–] Izzgo@kbin.social 1 points 11 months ago

This is South Korea, anti-communist country. A national identity of anti-communism formed in South Korea under president Syngman Rhee after the nation’s inception in 1948.