[Breaking] 'Non-religious Belief' Active Duty Enlistment Refusal... Supreme Court Confirms First Not Guilty Verdict
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The Supreme Court has made its first ruling that individuals who refuse active military service based on personal beliefs such as nonviolence and anti-war principles, rather than religious convictions, should not be punished if their refusal is based on a 'genuine conscience.'
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On the 24th, the Supreme Court's First Division (Presiding Justice Kim Seon-su) upheld the lower court's acquittal in the appeal trial of Jeong Mo, who was charged with violating the Military Service Act.
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