What Its Like To Serve In South Koreas Mandatory Military Service

South Korea requires all of its male citizens to serve in the military for two years. Here s what that experience is like. Footage courtesy of Goyang TV, 2012 Following is a transcript of the video. The hardest part was when I and my group had to go into this gasfilled room. My name is Gene Kim, and I served in the South Korean military for 2 years. The law requires every male to serve the military, and it is extremely hard to get out of it. If you purposely evade the military duty, you will get jail