Military Manpower Agency Chief Voices Regret over Asian Games Footballers' Gloating About Military Exemption
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(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Jeon Myeong-hun = On the 12th, Hong So-young, Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, [addressed] inappropriate remarks regarding the military service exemption system made by athletes participating in the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games...
Military manpower agency chief voices regret over Asian Games footballers' gloating about military exemption
The head of South Korea's military manpower agency voiced regret Monday over South Korean footballers glorying in their exemption from mandatory mi...
For the South Korean soccer players who won gold at the recent Asian Games, the victory brought a reward that goes beyond sporting glory: exemption from the country's mandatory military service.
For the South Korean soccer players who won gold at the recent Asian Games, the victory brought a reward that goes beyond sporting glory, namely exemption from the country's mandatory military service.
Footballers celebrated exemption from military service, but scandal has angered Koreans and authorities are now considering abolishing the privilege
Hong So-young, Commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, expressed her agreement with the plan to gradually reduce and eventually abolish the special military service exemption system for the arts and sports fields. During the parliamentary audit by the National Defense Committee held at the Military Manpower Administration headquarters in the Government Complex Daejeon on the 12th, Commissioner Hong stated, "I share the same opinion…
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