South Korea to Phase Out Supplementary Military Service

Military Manpower Administration to phase out supplementary service

South Korea is considering reducing and eventually abolishing the supplementary military service system, as the country faces a shrinking pool of people available for active military service. Hong So-young, commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, said the government was in the final stages of reviewing how to scale back supplementary service under a new Defense Reform Basic Plan, in an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Seoul on Thursday. Supplementary service refers to the syste

By The Korea Herald