@CrushBead @Tony @bot This is really interesting to know. Thanks for the info.

I had a Korean friend, I guess acquaintance, who was in the US for college, but he had to go do the military service. He was one of the most soft-spoken, book-loving people I knew - intensely passionate about history but was studying econ. Can't imagine him in any military environment, especially not one that's "pretty shit." I wonder if he knew about KATUSA or ever considered it.