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Military Service History of South Korean Presidents

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1. 1st–3rd Syngman Rhee
No military records from the Provisional Government. (Exempt from Provisional Government service)
2. 4th Yun Bo-seon
No records from the Provisional Government's Liberation Army. (Exempt from Provisional Government service)
3. 5th–9th Park Chung-hee
Graduated from Japanese Military Academy
Served as an officer in the Japanese Manchukuo Army
Military Chief of the South Korean Labor Party
Converted from communist to Major General in the Republic of Korea Army
Long-term military rule following the 5.16 coup
4. 10th Choi Kyu-hah
No military service in the Republic of Korea
5. 11th, 12th Chun Doo-hwan (Omitted)
13th Roh Tae-woo (Omitted)
6. 14th Kim Young-sam
Reportedly served as an Army student soldier, but the service period was only 8 months in 1951.
7. 15th Kim Dae-jung
Exempt due to age
8. 16th Roh Moo-hyun
Discharged as a Sergeant after full term
9. 17th Lee Myung-bak
Military exemption
10. 18th Park Geun-hye
11. 19th Moon Jae-in
Discharged as a Sergeant after full term
12. 20th Yoon Suk Yeol
Military exemption
13. 21st Lee Jae-myung
Military exemption
Excluding professional soldiers involved in coups or rebellions,
there are only 2 people who have completed pure military service.
Regardless of the reason, over 85% of South Korean men
go to the military.
Is it okay to be President if one has physical or mental defects
severe enough to prevent military service?
They aren't the Donghak Peasant Army; the times have changed for over 100 years.
I don't even ask for them to be officers, but at the very least,
I wish they had completed their military service.

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