Fear of army enlistment on the rise

Article: Fear of army service on the rise... "I can't go", "I can't send my son"

Source: Seoul Econ via Naver

"I'm your average college student who will soon have to serve in the army. There have been a lot of abuse cases in the army coming to light with the 'Yoon' soldier abuse scandal. I've never been scared of serving but now I am. It makes me upset that I must serve in such an environment."

"I'm a mother spending my nights in tears after sending my son off to the army. Before the 'Yoon' abuse scandal, I always told my son to work hard... but nowadays, I only shed tears. Thinking of that poor soldier enduring all of that abuse day by day shreds my heart in pain."

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1. [+23,981, -752] If they don't make changes soon, the army system as we know it will collapse. There has never been a country in history that has survived with a collapsed army. The Ministry must hurry.

2. [+19,181, -2,851] Nobody serves because they want to

3. [+16,940, -685] I served in the army. I'm sure our previous generations had it harder. The state of the army has reached this point because of people thinking that nobody actually wants to serve. I think it's time to change that sentiment while the issue's in the spotlight.

4. [+16,364, -3,410] I'm sure it was worse during my father's generation

5. [+2,994, -210] I think enlisting now is the best time where security is heightened because of all of these abuse cases. Even anyone swearing at you will launch an investigation. Enlist now while you can.

6. [+2,474, -124] If our boys are sacrificing the best years of their lives to protect our country, then we need to protect them back.

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Article: "The army has always been a place like that. In order for it to change..."

Source: Money Today via Nate

1. [+622, -70] How funny, the army has always been a place like that? From my time in the army, I've seen a lot of people and even cases where you'll be hit once or twice but never did I see someone force a man to eat his own throw up and lick spit off of the floor.

2. [+595, -64] The army is in the situation it is now because of the trashy mindset that the army is supposed to be a place like that.

3. [+561, -62] What a joke ㅋㅋ They're the ones caving under pressure and justifying their actions by saying everyone else does it too... during my service, I treated my juniors right even when I wasn't given the same treatment in return.

4. [+35, -9] It's because it's a conscription service. Everyone has to go, there's bound to be a psycho mixed in somewhere.

5. [+9, -2] If the army has always been a place like that, then nobody should survive until discharge ㅋㅋ The problem can be traced all the way to the bullying our junior high school students face. They not only abuse each other but murder and rape fellow classmates. They end up getting into the army and causing the scandals we see now. Don't act like the entire army is made up of trash like them.

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