Conscription Rules for Transsexuals Eased

[Shana A]

Conscription Rules for Transsexuals Eased

http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/news/nation/2009/09/113_52008.html

South Korea will lift its requirement for transsexuals to undergo group physical examinations before they are exempted from conscription, an official said Thursday.

The examinations pose the risk of breaching the rights of those who have undergone sex changes from women to men, said Kim Duk-ki, a Military Manpower Administration official.

``We will revise the law so that they will be exempted from the service without having to undergo the physical examinations, which could embarrass them in (the) open,'' Kim told reporters.