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South Korea's military service system to change drastically, from draft physicals to service

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  1. The Military Manpower Administration has announced a reform of seven military service systems to take effect from the second half of 2025.
  2. From July, the pre-enlistment fitness examination will be extended to all enlistees, and the number of job-training specialties will rise from 38 to all 83 specialties.
  3. From September, disease follow-up management will be introduced for persons who require separate management in the military register, and from October the evaluation criteria for recruits will change; details of the revisions are available on the Military Manpower Administration website.

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South Korea's military service system to change drastically, from draft physicals to service

Read the full article (machine translation) → Original article (Korean): “신검부터 복무까지 싹 바뀐다” 하반기 병역제도 확 달라진다

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