Military Manpower Administration to phase out supplementary service

South Korea is considering reducing and eventually abolishing the supplementary military service system, as the country faces a shrinking pool of people available for active military service. Hong So-young, commissioner of the Military Manpower Administration, said the government was in the final stages of reviewing how to scale back supplementary service under a new Defense Reform Basic Plan, in an interview with Yonhap News Agency in Seoul on Thursday. Supplementary service refers to the syste