Conscientious Objection in Korea and Elsewhere
'Alternativniks' Challenge Russia's Conscript Army - Hospital orderlies in Nizhny Novgorod have launched a bold challenge, seizing what, in theory at least, is a constitutional right to avoid bearing arms and seek alternative civilian service instead. In doing so, they have triggered an unprecedented public debate on the future of the armed forces, The Wall St. Journal, May 10, 2002.
South Korea Faces A Test Of Conscience Over The Draft - Mr. Oh, a 28-year-old Buddhist cleric, who refused to be drafted into the South Korean Army last year, has not only battled hard through the courts for recognition as a conscientious objector, but has helped turn the draft into one of South Korea's hottest political issues, New York Times, May 8, 2002
Korea Solidarity for Conscientious Objection (KSCO) - made up of 30 civic groups and lots of individual supporters was kicked off on Feb. 4, 2002. The aim of the KSCO is to make the issue of conscientious objectors more public and draw people's attention. The KSCO is trying to put more focus on legal support, consultation for the draftees and research on the alternatives of military service.
Conscientious Objectors Fight War Against War - A few refuse a two-year obligation for all able-bodied Korean men once they finish their education on moral and religious grounds, Korea Herald, January 11, 2002
Suppress ‘Anti-conscription System’ - Snapshot of organized CO activities in South Korea
Korean Johovah's Witnesses Conscientious Objectors
"Conscience Is the Same All Over the World" - The atmosphere regarding conscription as a matter of course is 'a brick wall'…Often denounced as narcotic traffickers for objection to military service
"Military Service Veto Right Should Be Much More Publicized" - Worldwide Peace Organizations and Conscientious Objection Movement Activists Gathered in Korea to 'Dare to Discuss the Conscription System,' Hankyoreh 21
"We're Not Put in Prison" - A Visit to Taiwan, Introducing Conscientious Objection and the Alternative Service System in Action First in Asia, Hankyoreh 21, March 29, 2001