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| Achievements of the Committee for the Eradication of Deep-Rooted Evils in the Military | During
its five-month run, the committee held 11 plenary sessions and more than 30 subcommittee meetings.
Through these meetings, the committee selected 10 recommended agendas and 69 tasks.

10 Recommended Agendas of the Committee for the Eradication of Deep-Rooted Evils in the Military
First Recommendation Second Recommendation Third Recommendation Fourth Recommendation
(December 14, 2017) (January 11, 2018) (February 8, 2018) (February 22, 2018)
˝ Enact laws to eradicate
military intervention in
ˢ Eradicate surveillance on
politics
servicemembers and
˞ Uncover the truth behind ˥ Institute reforms to
civilians by the Defense
suspicious deaths in the eradicate deep-rooted
ˡ Eradicate personal use of Security Command
military and reform the evils in personnel
servicemembers and ˣ Eradicate human rights
relevant systems management
reform the relevant violations in the military,
˟ Improve the ˦ Institute reforms to
systems and reform the relevant
extremeideological biases eradicate sexual violence
systems
in security education in the military
ˤ Promote whistleblowing in
ˠ Eradicate military service
the military
evasion and reform the
relevant systems
Tasks: 18 Tasks: 6 Tasks: 29 Tasks: 16
2. Details of the Committee for the Eradication of Deep-Rooted Evils in the
Military Recommendations

| Enact Laws to Eradicate Military Intervention in Politics | In the course of the 20 general
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election in April 2012 and the 18 presidential election in December of the same year, the Defense Cyber
Command (DCC) and the Defense Security Command (DSC) undermined the people’s trust in the military
by manipulating the public opinion with false online comments that support the ruling party and scandalizing
the opposition parties.
Recognizing that political intervention by the military stems from the nature of the military organization where
servicemembers are not free from pressure from the outside or their superiors who order such intervention,
the Committee for the Eradication of Deep-Rooted Evils in the Military recommended the establishment of
fundamental measures that are capable of eradicating political intervention by the military.
In response, the MND is preparing a legislative measure aimed at punishing the superiors or public
officials who order political intervention, allowing subordinates to refuse orders for illegal political intervention
from within and outside the military and thereby eliminating the possibility of political intervention by the
military.

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