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195478
Mon, 07/18/2011 - 07:16
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Agency offers military service program to overseas Koreans
SEOUL, July 18 (Yonhap) -- A local military manpower agency said Monday it will invite dozens of young South Koreans living overseas this week to help them experience the military service in their motherland.
The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) said in a statement that about 70 people of Korean descent residing overseas will get their taste of military training here from Tuesday to Friday.
According to the MMA, the participants will undergo basic military training on Tuesday at the Eighth Army Division in Pocheon, about 46 kilometers north of Seoul and near the tense border with North Korea. They will visit the truce village of Panmunjom later and get a closer look at the heavily fortified border.
The Koreas remain technically at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. Able-bodied South Korean men must serve about two years in the armed forces.
"We prepared this event to help overseas Koreans develop better understanding about the implementation of mandatory military service," the MMA statement read. "It is also designed to help them feel more proud about their motherland."
The Military Manpower Administration (MMA) said in a statement that about 70 people of Korean descent residing overseas will get their taste of military training here from Tuesday to Friday.
According to the MMA, the participants will undergo basic military training on Tuesday at the Eighth Army Division in Pocheon, about 46 kilometers north of Seoul and near the tense border with North Korea. They will visit the truce village of Panmunjom later and get a closer look at the heavily fortified border.
The Koreas remain technically at war because the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice, not a peace treaty. Able-bodied South Korean men must serve about two years in the armed forces.
"We prepared this event to help overseas Koreans develop better understanding about the implementation of mandatory military service," the MMA statement read. "It is also designed to help them feel more proud about their motherland."
