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Monday, July 11, 2005
Better Welfare for Soldiers Key to Stronger Military - Jung Sung-ki, Korea Times
Educational opportunities and an improved welfare system must be offered to the ``new-generation’’ of soldiers for a ``stronger and future-oriented’’ Armed Forces, a ruling party lawmaker said Wednesday. Rep. Kim Myung-ja of the ruling Uri Party stressed the need to reform the military culture to correspond with changing social trends, and to help young soldiers develop themselves during their two years’ service, as well as to promote the human rights of service members.... The government and the ruling party earlier this week agreed on a set of reforms focusing on building an information and technology infrastructure in the nation’s military camps to provide soldiers with online education programs. Under the proposed ``e-Learning Portal System,’’ soldiers staying out of colleges due to military service are able to take regular courses for up to nine credits per year, said Kim, who is a member of the National Defense Committee of the National Assembly. About 82 percent of the nation’s enlisted soldiers are from universities or colleges, according to a recent survey. ``Without a doubt, the Internet and computers are inseparable from young people’’ Kim said. ``But after they join the military, the use of the Internet is limited to a great extent. That’s nonsense given that our country is an undisputed Internet powerhouse and the world’s most wired country.’’
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