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Introduction - Korea, South: | Location - Korea, South: | People - Korea, South: | Government - Korea, South: | Economy - Korea, South: | Communications - Korea, South: | Transportation - Korea, South: | Military - Korea, South: | Military branches | Army, Navy, Republic of Korea Air Force (Han-guk Kong Goon), Marine Corps, National Maritime Police (coast guard) (2006) | | Military service age and obligation | 20-30 years of age for compulsory military service; conscript service obligation - 24-28 months, depending on the military branch involved (to be reduced by 6 months beginning 2014); 18 years of age for voluntary military service; some 4,000 women serve as commissioned and noncommissioned officers, approx. 2.3% of all officers; women, in service since 1950, are admitted to seven service branches, including infantry, but excluded from artillery, armor, anti-air, and chaplaincy corps (2007) | | Manpower available for military service | males age 20-49: 12,483,677
females age 20-49: 12,014,462 (2005 est.) | | Manpower fit for military service | males age 20-49: 10,115,817
females age 20-49: 9,721,914 (2005 est.) | | Manpower reaching military service age annually | males age 18-49: 344,943
females age 20-49: 312,720 (2005 est.) | | Military expenditures percent of gdp | 2.7% (2006) | |
This page was last updated on 16 September, 2007 Source: CIA >>> |