Korean Conscientious Objector 병역거부자 은국 기자회견

All South Korean male citizens are conscripted to perform military service for 2 years. While most people reluctantly succumb to the extreme state and social pressure to serve, a small but increasingly vocal number of individuals are choosing go to prison instead of joining the military. For adhering to their principles, they are punished with a prison sentence of a year and a half, a permanent criminal record, and social stigma. There is currently no alternative option given to those who object to serving in the military.

There are 450 objectors now in prison. Their reasons for objection are varied. While the majority of them have religious reasons (mostly Jehovah's witnesses) others have political or moral beliefs and are active in the peace movement that has been growing during the last several years in Korea.

Eun-gook (Eun-guk/은국), a traditional Korean medicine doctor, is one peace activist who declared his objection last February. His declaration was made during a press conference in Seoul on the day he was supposed to enlist.

In March 2003, Eun-guk was involved in one of the anti-war peace activist groups in Iraq where the United States proclaimed war and the Korean government decided to dispatch Korean soldiers. Since then, Eun-gook kept thinking about objecting to his conscription for the last 6 years.
관련된 단체:
전쟁없는 세상 http://www.withoutwar.org
기사:
한의사 은국 파병국가의 군인이 될 수 없다
http://blog.daum.net/_blog/BlogView.do?blogid=0Mgze&articleno=7782113&...

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[AndrewChan84]

Hero! With moral and principles! Not like the rest of the evil Korea. I will boycott all Korean products like Samsung and LG today!!!!!

Useless society forcing young men to die for them like as though boys are cheap dogs. People who advocate conscription should burn in hell.

[rladntjd123]

내 나라를 빼앗겼던 서러움을 잊으셨나요?

아무 잘못도 없는 생사람 귀를 자르고 실험용으로 몸을 해부하고 죽은 시체의 여성 자궁에 곳챙로 해한 그들의 만행을 잊으셨나요?

역사는 되풀이 된다고 하는데

우리가 제대로 된 역사의식을 가지고 있다면 두번다시 그러한 일이 일어나지 않도록 예방하고 연구하는 것이 자국민으로서 할 도리라고 생각합니다.

하나님이 주신 내 나라를 지키고 애국하는것이 우리 신앙인들이 지켜야 할것들 입니다.

군대를 거부하고 가목가실 용기 있으시면 옛 독립투사들 처럼 나라를 위해 용기있게 목숨을 받치시는 것이 그것이 진정 하나님이 원하는 길일 겁니다.

여증 여러분 강건한 신앙 지켜 나가시길 바랍니다.

[alHalwima]

Would lying about being gay be such a bad option? S. Korea is one of the few industrialized nations left that believes in that homophobic bullshit. Hell, that strategy got Jimi Hendrix and many others out of Vietnam ^_^

[sheepblitzer]

to face the wrath of the government, its courts and prisons, and hoards of angry citizens screaming "traitor" and "coward," is surely an act of bravery

[you20091010tube]

韓国の男性は大変だと思います。一切、良心的兵役拒否が許されず­、兵役拒否者は問答無用で刑務所に収監されるわけですから。

女性の首相が誕生し、初の韓国人宇宙飛行士が女性である時代なの­に、男性だけに義務が課されているのは男女の権利・義務の均衡を­欠いていると感じます。