Extra, extra read all about it: “Seoul pushes to require naturalized South Koreans to serve in military.” The Korea Times reports:
The defense ministry is considering making it mandatory for naturalized male citizens to serve in the military, as other South Korean men must do, in an effort to cope with a decrease in the number of draftees amid a shrinking population, a senior government official said Wednesday.
The state-run Korea Institute for Defense Analyses is in the final stage of research on the issue, and based on the results, the ministry could begin procedures to revise the military service act as early as next year, the official said.
But this is only half the story. The Times reports South Korea needs the extra bodies for their military, citing a “shrinking population.” But this is far from the truth. The pro-Chinese Moon administration is greenlighting another long term goal of the Chinese Communist Party, the acquisition of the South Korean military. After a bit of reading the Korea Times article does mention that the majority of the naturalized citizens under 35 are Chinese (ethnic Koreans), also known as 조선족.
Red and shades of red represents the Chinese ethnic-Korean population in China, along the border region of North Korea.
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For our English speaking audience, the pie graph above represents ‘long term foreign residents’ in South Korea, with ethnic Koreans at (32.2%) and Chinese at (13%), combining for nearly half of all ‘long term foreign residents’ in South Korea. Chinese residents in South Korea has now surpassed 1 million, with a majority of those residents living in strategic military locations, such as Pyeongtaek and Jeju.
South Korea’s political landscape is no longer dominated by the traditional ‘left-right’ paradigm. The impeachment of President Park by pro-Chinese forces signals a new era for the South Korean political landscape. In this era, factions from both the left and right in South Korea, now work hand-in-hand with the Communist Chinese Party for the eventual dissolution of the Republic of Korea into a Chinese tributary state. The ROK military is one of the last institutions left that is fighting for the Republic of Korea. This new law should serve as an alarm to all those invested in the survival of the Republic of Korea.