Medical checkups for draftees

Hong so-young (L), chief of the Military Manpower Administration, poses for a photo with an aspiring soldier who was judged eligible for conscription after a medical checkup at an office of the administration in Seoul on Jan. 15, 2026, part of the year's first batch of applicants evaluated by the office. All able-bodied South Korean males are required to serve roughly 18 months in the military. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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