What does it mean for South Korea that hundreds of thousands of people perform military service every year? Why do Koreans evade military service?

This means that the construction of the Korean national army system is growing.

Because South Korea has a small population, in order to ensure the construction of the national military system and the efficiency of this system. Therefore, they must let 25-year-olds do military service.

Because military service in South Korea is compulsory, some Koreans are unwilling to perform military service, so they have to skip military service.

In Korea, male citizens between the ages of 20 and 28 must perform military service. Different arms have different service periods, but the shortest arms also need to serve for 24 months. South Korea has a conscription system for men. Length of military service of the various services of the Korean National Army served as the Army and Marine Corps for 24 months, the Navy for 26 months and the Air Force for 28 months. "Conscientious objectors" will be sentenced to imprisonment.

In Korea, there are several situations that can be exempted from military service:

I can be exempted from military service if I suffer from a serious mental or physical illness, or if I am disabled.

For example, harisu, a Korean female artist, became a woman just because she had sex-change surgery. She is considered abnormal and doesn't need to join the army.

People who have made great contributions to the country can also be exempted from military service. For example, athletes who have won gold medals in the Olympic Games don't have to do military service (that's why they want to win so desperately ...), and special occupations such as doctors and clergy don't have to join the army. How much contribution can elites like scholars and doctors make to society in two years? Let people focus on their own careers. ...

Well, if you have a low education, you don't have to do military service. For example, Zheng Yucheng, a Korean actor, was exempted from military service directly because he dropped out of high school and had a low academic record. ..