Wednesday, June 11, 2014

ROK Constitutional Court upholds men-only conscription

On March 11, 2014, the Constitutional Court of Korea unanimously upheld art. 3.1 of the Military Draft Act, which subjects only men to conscription. Details can be found in this article from KoreaBang. The court claimed that men are more physically fit than women. The full opinion is not yet available in English on the court's website.

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