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the military mainly comes from unreasonable

practices and inhumane treatments inside the
military rather than from inconveniences in
living conditions.

The MND will educate and supervise
commanders, staffs, and other off icers
responsible for commanding and supervising
Awards for units that showed outstanding results in
unit management, select and give awards to abolishing unreasonable practices and irrationalities
units with outstanding results, and engage in
other efforts to eradicate unreasonable practices and irrationalities.

| Prohibition of Giving Orders or Using Servicemembers for Personal Purpose | The
Framework Act on Military Status and Service stipulates that even a superior off icer may not
issue any order unrelated to his/her duties or beyond his/her authority. 2) In keeping with this

provision, the MND has been ref ining the relevant regulations to prohibit officers from giving
orders to or using servicemembers for their personal purposes.

The nature of the military dictates a need to strictly maintain its hierarchy of command, in
which the superiors give orders and the subordinates follow them. However, servicemembers do
not have to obey orders that are unlawful or lie outside the public sphere. The ROK Armed Forces
needs to instill a culture in which servicemembers can refuse unlawful orders and commands.
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The MND has enacted and implemented an amendment to its Unit Management Directive,
which prohibits off icers from using or giving orders to servicemembers for personal purposes
and prescribes punishments for violators. The regulations of each service also adopted relevant

provisions. In addition, the MND discontinued the utilization of welfare support personnel for
off icial residences, tennis courts, and golf ranges. In addition, personnel in noncombat positions,
such as sales personnel at military supermarkets, will be gradually replaced with civilians.

| Replacement of Fatigue Duties of Enlisted Servicemembers | The MND plans to

2) Framework Act on Military Status and Service, Article 24 (Duty of Command Originator) Paragraph 1: “No soldier
shall issue any order, which is unrelated to his/her duties, contradicts any relevant laws, rules, or his/her superior’s
command or beyond his/her authority.”

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