As at 2024, the monthly wage of a private second class, the lowest rank in the South Korean military, from which conscripted soldiers start, is 640,000 won (US$470). - AFP
SEOUL: A young man who enlisted to serve another man’s mandatory military service on condition of sharing the soldier’s salary has been caught by the authorities.
This is the first time such an incident has occurred since the establishment of the Military Manpower Administration (MMA) in 1970.
