Should women serve? Korea’s female conscription debate is back as troop pool shrinks
Female South Korean soldiers stationed on Yeonpyeong Island, Incheon, pose while resolving to defend the nation’s northwestern frontier, Sept. 4. Courtesy of ROK Marine Corps South Korea’s decade-old debate over female conscription resurfaced during a National Assembly audit this month, amid growing concerns that a shrinking draft-eligible population could undermine military readiness. During a National…

