Constitutional Court to hear conscientious objector cases
Social affairsJun 26, 2018
The Constitutional Court is scheduled to rule on several conscientious objectors on Thursday.The hearing scheduled this week is the latest in a series of conscientious objector cases heard by South Korea’s Constitutional Court, which has previously ruled that avoiding mandatory conscription is illegal, citing Article 88 of the Military Service Act. (Yonhap)South Korea has long taken a hardline stance on conscientious objectors, dating back to the 2004 ruling by the Supreme Court. But the Moon Ja