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2. Spreading a Barracks Culture wherein Basic Rights and Lives are
Respected

Reinforcing Activities to Eradicate
Irrationalities

The ROK Armed Forces has made a
wide variety of efforts to eradicate
irrationalities within the military to
"embed a high-morale military culture
of being with the people and trusted by Self-governing committee of servicemembers (top-
notch servicemember system of the Air Force)
the people" and resolve the hardships of
servicemembers.
In order to eradicate unreasonable practices and irregularities, the MND is
conducting on-site inspections and providing education for key personnel related
to unit operation, and is reviewing the introduction of a self-governing system for
enlisted servicemembers to observe the rules voluntarily and plan and implement
self-correction activities. Furthermore, the MND will continue to make efforts to

select and reward excellent units for eradicating irrational practices.

Prohibition of Giving Orders or Using Due to the nature of the mission, Chapter 7
Servicemembers for Personal Purposes the military needs to maintain a
strict top-down relationship. Still,
servicemembers should also be able to refuse any illegal orders or instructions given
for personal purposes. The Framework Act on Military Status and Service stipulates
that even a superior officer may not issue any order unrelated to his or her duties or
beyond his or her authority. In line with this provision, the MND has prepared
provisions prohibiting superior officers from giving instructions to or using
servicemembers for personal purposes in the Unit Management Directive,
regulations of each service, and guidelines for violators.
In addition, to eradicate personal orders, the MND issued the "guidelines for
eradicating abuse of power in the defense domain" in May 2019 and presented
specific cases in the guidelines and introduced strict punishment standards by
revising the "Directive for Disciplinary Actions against Military Personnel and
Civilians".

Chapter 7. Embedding an Inclusive Culture in the Military: With the People, Trusted by the People