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News Briefing
PopularClubsCloseonHalloween,CrowdsStillGather
Clubs in the districts of Itaewon,
Hongdae, and Gangnam closed on
Halloween weekend to prevent the
spread of the coronavirus. Around
half the clubs in Seoul actively
volunteered to close on what would
otherwise be one of the busiest
clubbingweekendsoftheyear.
The Itaewon outbreak in May was
a key factor to this mass closure,
and various organizations put
forth slogans, coining terms like
“Hell”-oween, to warn the public
of gathering in large numbers as
is Halloween tradition in Korea.
However, this proved to be
ineffective,aspeoplestillpackedthe
streetsofpopulardistricts.
ⓒOhJong-chan/Chosun
DraftResistersGotoPrisonforService
On Oct. 26, 63 conscientious
objectorsofthemilitaryconscription
lined up to serve their military
serviceinprisonsasadministrators.
Theusualconscriptionperiodforall
able-bodied men are 21 months in
thearmy,23monthsinthenavyand
24monthsintheairforce.However,
the conscientious objectors, who
generally refuse service citing the
Bible’s teaching of nonviolence, are
toservefor36months.
Inthepast,conscientiousobjectors
were convicted and jailed for their
refusal to serve. The Supreme
Court ruled in June 2018 that there
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neededtobeanalternativeforthose
who could not serve for religious or conscientious reasons, leading to a change in the law where objectors could serve a longer,
violence-freeservicethatdoesnotinvolvetheuseofanykindofweapon.
chhwpark@hufs.ac.kr
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