South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense has announced that it will expand the role of women in the military by more than doubling the number of its female soldiers to 2,450 by 2022 as part of defense reform. The ministry will also scrap restrictions on assigning female troops to certain commanding posts, including those in front-line combat units.
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