OVERVIEW
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Definition of military terminology
| conscription | The State imposes a duty to perform active service on any person liable for military service to serve in the military |
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| call-up | The State imposes a duty to perform military service, other than active duty service, or to serve in the field of public interest, on a person in reserve service, supplementary service, wartime labor service, or alternative service, among persons liable for military service or persons performing military service through volunteering (referring to a feminine gender performing active service through volunteering in accordance with the latter part of Article 3 (1)) |
| enlistment in the military | A person liable for military service enters a military unit through conscription, call-up, or volunteering |
| officer cadet | A cadet who receives education, training, etc. at a military educational institution, training agency, etc. to be assigned for military register as an officer, warrant officer, or noncommissioned officer |
| employer | He head of a public or private enterprise or organization governed by the Labor Standards Act, who employs a person liable for military service |
| doctor specializing in the draft physical examination | A person who is qualified as a medical doctor or dentist and is employed as a public official in general service prescribed by Presidential Decree pursuant to the State Public Officials Act to perform duties related to physical examinations, etc |
| secondment | The status of a person serving as an active duty serviceman is changed so that he may perform the duties of an auxiliary police officer or obligatory fire fighter |
| full-time reserve service | Personnel who are called up and perform active duty service to support regional defense and the affairs related thereto, after having performed active service as an active duty serviceman for a specified period and then having been assigned to reserve service |
| onboard ship reserve service | Personnel who are mariners or engineers under Article 4 (2) 1 and 2 of the Ship Personnel Act, and who are called for taking charge of work to transport goods essential for the national economy and military supplies as well as work related thereto during a war, public disturbance, or emergency similar thereto in accordance with the Act on Emergency Preparedness or the Act on Maintaining Marine Transportation and Port Functions to Prepare for Emergency Situations to provide their service aboard a ship |
| social service personnel | persons called up to serve in the field of public interest to support social service duties, administrative duties, etc. related to social welfare, hygiene, medical service, education, culture, environment, safety, etc., which are necessary for the following agencies, etc. serving public interest
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| art and sports personnel | Persons with special skills in the field of arts or sports who are assigned pursuant to Article 33-7 and perform duties in the field of arts or sports to promote culture and enhance national prestige |
| public health doctor | A person who is qualified as a medical doctor, dentist or oriental medical doctor and provides public health service, as prescribed by the Act on Special Measures for Health and Medical Services in Agricultural and Fishing Villages |
| public-service advocate | A person who is qualified as an attorney-at-law and is engaged in legal aid affairs or legal affairs necessary for performing duties of the State or local governments which have public objectives under the Public-Service Judge Advocates Act |
| doctor exclusively in charge of the draft physical examination | A person who is qualified as a medical doctor or dentist and is assigned to engage exclusively in physical examinations, etc. in the military under Article 34 |
| public quarantine veterinarian | A person who is qualified as a veterinarian and is engaged in the business of epidemic prevention for livestock in accordance with the Act on the Public Service Veterinarians for Prevention of Epidemics |
| expert research personnel | Persons assigned to serve as expert research personnel as prescribed in Article 36 to carry out research on learning and technology, and engaged in any research affairs in the relevant technical field |
| industrial technical personnel | Persons assigned to serve as industrial technical personnel as prescribed in Article 36 to foster and support the industries, and engaged in the relevant field |
| alternative service personnel | Persons assigned to alternative service, who serve in the field of public interest after being called to alternative service agencies under the Act on Assignment to and Performance of Alternative Service |
| military service-designated entity | Any of the following entities where expert research personnel or industrial technical personnel are to be in service
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| public organization | A corporation or organization established under statutes to attain public objectives, which is prescribed by Presidential Decree |
