S KOREA HAS A MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE FOR EVERY ABLE BODIED MAN IN THEIR TWENTIES WITHOUT EXCEPTION–THUS EXPLAIN WHY THE COUNTRY HAS BEEN ABLE TO PRESERVE ITS NATIONAL BORDERS AND SOVERIEGNITY AS EVERY CITIZEN DOES HIS OR HER SHARE TO MANAGE THE BURDEN OF ANY POTENTIAL OUTSIDE THREAT SAY FROM THE COMMUNIST N KOREA–YET A FEW AND SHALL WE SAY WANT TO HAVE THAT EXCEPTION FOR THEMSELVES AND THUS BECOME A REFUGEE FROM DOING THE MILITARY SERVICE–AS FRANCE ACCEPTS A KOREAN TO BECOME ITS CONSCIOUS OBJECTOR AND A REFUGEE

Three years ago, Lee Ye-da, then 23, arrived in Paris. He had only purchased a one-way ticket, having decided to live as a refugee overseas. He chose to leave everything he had ever known -- including his family -- as he was against the obligatory military duty in South Korea.
About 10 months after his arrival at Charles de Gaulle Airport, Lee was granted refugee status in France and was given a renewable visa that let him stay in the country for 10 years. Now 26, Lee is one of a handful of Korean conscientious objectors who are living as refugees overseas. In France he is actively involved in antiwar movements while working at a bagel shop part-time, claiming that refusing mandatory military service should be recognized as a right, instead of a crime, in his home country.
South Korea, a U.S. ally, is technically still at war with North Korea as the Korean War (1950-53) ended in a cease-fire, not a peace treaty. Accordingly, it currently offers no alternative to military duty required for all “able-bodied” men.

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