The country, which has seen a sharp drop in the number of men of enlistment age, is one of the fastest ageing societies and has the lowest fertility rate in the world.

SEOUL: South Korea’s military shrank by 20 percent in the past six years to 450,000 troops, largely due to a sharp drop in the population of males of enlistment age for mandatory…

World’s lowest birthrate leaves Seoul 50,000 troops short of maintaining defence readiness, report warns