http://www.koreabang.com/2014/videos/the-era-of-women-in-koreas-armed-forces.html

This is a bit too niche to be in the main sub.

This article is about women who are increasingly joining the armed forces in Korea, but not as enlisted soldiers (which all able bodied men in Korea must do for 2 years). Instead, they are automatically placed as officers, whereas a man with the same qualifications (college degree) cannot do this because he must serve 2 years mandatory enlisted as any other man.

Further, there's the issue that to protect women from being "enlisted" the Supreme court ruled that korean women are not "legally able-bodied", yet women demand the high status positions saying they are just as "able-bodied" and can serve as officers/artillery/tank detail.

I think this has major similarities to the US situation, except it's more exacerbated in a country where all men must serve.

So why not go Israel's route and require ALL able bodied youths?