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One of The World 's safest borders between the two Koreas

South grant Korea pardons to 1,879 men who refused military Service for religious or personal reasons.

It Comes after a court last year, conscience or religious beliefs" as a legitimate reason to turn "is recognized as a-down-military-Service .

All the able-bodied men in South Korea are required to serve, for up to 24 months from the time you are 28.

conscientious objectors faced 18 months in Prison , and often struggled to find employment.

A conscientious objector, who is on probation, exempt, the rest of the sentence.

All The Others have already been freed, and The Pardon allows, to correct their criminal records.

rights groups say That the military duty to fight to find conscientious objectors face the social stigma in Korea , and employment after their Prison sentence.

An "alternative", non-military Service for a period of three years and takes place in prisons, or "correctional facility" is

on Monday the announcement was the third round of special pardons, since President Moon Jae-in was elected in the year 2017.

More Than 5,000 people have been pardoned in total, including 267 who violated election law, and three political and labour activists, said the Ministry of justice.

The government said the step would help convicts return to society.

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South Korea shares a strained relationship And One of The World 's most fortified borders with North Korea , and the conscription is the key to defend the country.

able-bodied Korean men are required to serve in the army for 21 months, the Navy for 23 months, or the Air Force for 24 months.

Male conscription was legal for decades, and conscientious objectors were arrested and punished. You are 18 months in Prison .

Earlier, the pop group Bts was confirmed this year, despite fans asking for a Special Treatment .

South Korea 's footballers - including Tottenham forward Son Heung-min received exemptions.

In 2018, a landmark judgment of the court of justice recognised That the need for an alternative Service - not with the use of firearms or other weapons - for those with faith based objections. to serve,

After the verdict against hundreds of men, mostly Jehovah's witnesses who refused, witnesses were dropped.

The government released from jail hundreds of men were already in Prison serving time, and had exhausted all their appeals.

last week, Parliament passed a new law, with the assistant in the civil Service - But it was criticised by rights group

"the arrest of people in Prison -and almost twice as long as the typical military Service , your right to freedom of thought, conscience, religion, respects freedom of religion or belief," said Arnold Fang, on its East Asia researcher.

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Source of news: bbc.com