Some North Korean families are paying up to US 0 to keep their boys from deployment in the Ukraine-Russia war. The ...

South Korea shares a tense relationship - and one of the world's most heavily-fortified borders - with North Korea, and conscription is seen as key to the country's defence. Able-bodied Korean men ...

Members of K-pop band BTS are to fulfil their requirement to do military service in South Korea, their representatives say.

Military service exists for the purpose of training the citizens of a country to defend their nation in times of war.Conscription in South Korea has been in place since 1957 and requires all men ...

While most South Korean men are expected to serve for at least a year and a half, shortly after finishing high school, the conscription law has a number of exceptions. Certain K-Pop stars with ...

By: Phone Min Thant, Staff Writer Content warning: brief mention of sexual harrassment and suicide. When I found myself waking up to the news of martial law in South Korea last month, my first ...