Conscription in South Korea

First conscription examination, conducted on 16 December 1949 after liberation from Japan's colonial rule This article is part of a series onConscription1780 caricature of a press gang Related concepts Alternative civilian serviceCivil conscriptionConscientious objectorConscription crisisCounter-recruitmentDraft-card burningDraft evasionEconomicFor autistic peopleImpressmentLevée en masseMale expendabilityMilitary serviceNational serviceOf people with disabilitiesPenal military unitSexismWar resister By historical country Ottoman EmpireRhodesiaRussian EmpireSoviet UnionGerman Empire By modern country ArgentinaAustraliaAzerbaijanBermudaBrazilCanadaChinaDR Congo (child soldiers)CroatiaCubaCyprus (reduction)DenmarkEgyptEritreaFinlandFranceGeorgiaGermanyGreeceIsraelIranIrelandNorth KoreaSouth KoreaLatviaLithuaniaMyanmarthe NetherlandsNew ZealandNorwayMexicoMonacoMozambiquethe PhilippinesRussiaSerbiaSingaporeSouth AfricaSri LankaSudanSwedenSwitzerlandTaiwanTurkeyUnited Arab EmiratesUnited KingdomUnited StatesUkraineVietnam vte Conscription in South Korea has existed since 1957 and requires male citizens between the ages of 18 and 35 to perform compulsory military service. Women are not