‘Pyongyang not the enemy’: South Koreans fed up with military service 1 SHARES Share it! “I’ve never considered North Korea as an enemy,” said Namgung, who studies computer science in Seoul. Almost all able-bodied South Korean men are obliged to fulfill sentry duties, often in remote locations along the heavily militarised border. Like Namgung, Han Sang-kyu — an 18-year-old who is scheduled to start his military service next year — said he was not hostile to Pyongyang. Some 60,000 South Korean recruits are thought to have died since 1953 from a range of causes including suicide, firearm accidents and medical malpractice.

Source: Manila Bulletin February 20, 2019 03:11 UTC