Does South Korea have mandatory military service?
Active conscription
Active conscription
South Korea is one of 64 countries classified “Active conscription” for military conscription — 33% of the 192 with data. (Also searched as the draft, national service.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Conscription
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- North Korea
- Active conscription
- Japan
- No conscription
- Taiwan
- Active conscription
- China
- No conscription
- Mongolia
- Active conscription
- Philippines
- No conscription
Other laws in South Korea
- Death Penalty
- Not used in practice
- School Corporal Punishment
- Banned
- Jury Trials
- Limited use / mixed courts
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