地 址:联系地址联系地址联系地址
电 话:020-123456789
网址:4.nawaer.com
邮 箱:[email protected]
South Korea's defense ministry said Friday the pledges made by presidential hopefuls to reduce the mandatory service period in the military and abolishing the conscription system lack viability.
As South Korea is still technically at war with the North, all able-bodied men between the ages of 18 and 35 must serve in the military for about two years under the existing system.
Moon Jae-in, a potential candidate from the main opposition, has been claiming the service period should be reduced, while Gyeonggi Gov. Nam Kyung-pil, another hopeful, claimed South Korea should shift to a volunteer military system from the current conscription.
The ministry said such claims lack viability considering national security as well as the budget.