GoodmorningladiesandgentlemenfromSouthKoreatoday I'm goingtotalkaboutKoreanmilitaryand I'm goingtotalkaboutthefullprocedureofservingforthecountryhowthesystemworksthesedaysandhowthesystemusedtobewhen I wasinthemilitaryandalsotalkaboutwhy I thinkthegovernmentofsolet's beginsoeveryKoreanmanwhoismentallyandphysicallystablehastoserveforthecountryfor a certainamountoftimenowwhen a Koreanguyturns 18 thegovernmentofKoreasends a mailsayingthatyouhavetogotothementalandphysicalexamssoyougotothemilitaryadministrationyoutakeexamslikeyoureyesightyourheightyourweightyouknowbasicthingslikethatseetheyseeifyou'remissing a fingerormissing a toemissmissingsometoothandalsodomentaltestsaswellandnowin 2024 ifyoupassedthosetestsyouhavetoserveforthecountryfor a yearandsixmonthsinthearmybutyoucanchoosetojointheNavyortheAirForceandifyouchoosetojointheNavyyouhavetoservefor a yearandeightmonthsandifyouchoosetojointheAirForceyouhavetoservefor a yearandninemonthsandwhen I wasinthemilitarysothatwasfromJanuary 3rd 2012 toOctober 2nd 2013 inthearmyand I haveservedfor a yearandninemonthsandatthattimepeoplewhoservedintheNavyatthattimetheyhadtoservefor a yearand 11 monthsandintheAirForcetwoyearsintheAirForceso I hadtoserveforthreemoremonthsthanthepeoplewhoareservingforthecountryrightnowandactually I havebroughtthiscardoverherethiscardis a proofthatsays I haveservedforthemadeofmetalandthathasmymilitarynumberonit I'm notsureifit's called a militarynumberinEnglish I don't knowthevocabularythatareusedinthemilitaryso I'm surethereis a wordforthatand I wastryingtofindthenecklacebut I couldn't itwasmorethan 10 yearsagoit's it's somewhereathomebut I don't knowwhereitisbut I couldfindthisoneyeahandforsomereasonsifyoudon't passthosetestsorexamsyoudon't havetogotothemilitarybutyoustillhavetoserveforthecountryandinsteadofgoingtothemilitaryyouhavetoworkatoneofthepublicofficessosomepeoplegotosomepeopleworkatschoolssomepeopleworkat a metrostationsomepeopleworkatlike a postofficesthingslikethatandyouhavetodothatfor a yearandninemonthsrightnowin 2024 butwhen I wasinthemilitaryin 2012 theyhadtoservefortwoyearsintheinoneofthepublicofficesandthat's howitworkssowhen I firstjoinedthearmy I hadtodofiveweeksofbasictrainingandthenafterthat I wassenttomymilitarybaseandthen I hadtostaytherefor a yearandeightmonthsandthen I wasn't allowedtotakemyphonesphoneswerenotallowedatthattime I couldnotleavemymilitarybaseevenonweekends I hadtostaytherefor a yearandninemonthsandofcourse I hadholidaysand I couldgooutduringmyholidaysbutyeahthatwas a casebackin 2012 and 2013 andrightnowpeoplecantaketheirphonestheirsmartphonesbuttheytheycannotfilmortakephotosinsidethemilitarybaseandthereis a systemwhenyougoinwhenyouenterthemilitarybasethesystemblocksthecamerasofthephonesoyoucannottakevideosorphotosbutstillyoucantakeyourphoneinsideandumyougetthreemeals a dayyougetalltheclothesandeverythingyouneedbutstill I wasn't reallyhappywiththefactthat I couldnotgooutsidethemilitarybasefor a yearandninemonthsexceptduringmyholidaysandyepandnow I'm goingtotalkaboutwhy I thinkthegovernmentofKoreaisnottreatingthesoldierswithrespectso I havebrought a tableagainsolet's seethetable I havebroughttwotablesoverherethetableaboveis a tableofmonthlysalaryofsoldierssince 2010 andthetablebelowis a tableofaveragemonthlysalaryofKoreanssince 2010 nowlet's take a lookathowmuch a privatesoldierusedtoearnin a monthin 2010 a privatesoldierusedtoearnapproximately $53 a monthin 2010 nowyoumightthink I havemade a mistakeoverherebutthisisnot a mistakethisis a tableofmonthlyofsoldiersnotweeklynordailynowlet's take a lookattheaveragemonthlysalaryofKoreansin 2010 averageKoreansusedtoearn $1,689 permonthin 2010 sothatmeans a privatesoldierusedtoearnonly 3% ofwhatanaverageKoreanpersonusedtoearnin 2010 nowlet's take a lookathowmuch a sergeantearnedin a monthin 2023 whichislastyear a sergeantusedtoearn $726 a monthlastyearnowlet's take a lookathowmuchanaverageKoreanpersonearnedlastyearanaverageKoreanpersonearned $2,641 lastyearwhichmeans a sergeantearned 27% ofwhatanaverageKoreanpersonearnedlastyearnowlet's take a lookatthosetwoboxesthat I havecoloredinredthosearehowmuch I usedtoearnwhen I wasinthearmywhen I firstjoinedthearmyin 2012 as a privatesoldier I earnedapproximately $60 a monthandattheendofmyservicein 2013 I earned $94 as a sergeantpermonththetable I havebroughtonlyshowsfromprivatetosergeantbecauseyouserveforyourcountryfromprivateuntilsergeantunlessyouchoosetobecome a soldierandtakethatas a jobandwhatdoyouthinkaboutthesalaryofsoldiershereinKoreaguysand I thinkthatisprettylowactuallyverylowactuallyandcomparedtotheaverageKoreanpeopleaverageworkersandsomepeoplesaybutyouknowwhenyoujointhemilitaryyougetthreemeals a dayyouknowyougetyourclothesyouhave a placetosleepsoyoudon't reallyneedmoneyandyou'renotgonnaspendmoneywhileyouareinthemilitarybutinmyopinionyoudon't onlyeatthreemeals a dayyouknowyouneedsomesnacksyoueatsomesnacksyouliketodrinklikesometimesandpeoplewhosmoketheygottabuycigarettesandthingslikethatyouknowandalsonowadayspeoplecantaketheirphonestothemilitarybasebutwhen I wasinthearmy I wasn't allowedtotakephonesso I hadtousethephonesinthemilitarybaseand I hadtopaytousethephonesso I mean I reallyhadnomoneyforsnacksoranythingelseandallthesoldiersatthattimecalledtheirparentsandtoldthemcanyoupleasesendmesomemoneycanyoupleasesendmesomemoneyandtherewas a veryusualverycommonbackin 2012 and 2013 butthegovernmentofKoreaisreallytryinghardtoincreasethesalaryofsoldierssince a coupleyearsagoand I respectthattheyaredoingtherightthing I thinkandoneofthereasonswhy I couldliveinthisdecenthouseyouknow I drive a decentcar I eatthreemeals a day I doYouTube I watchTVandthingslikethatprettymucheverythingthat I doandallsoldiersprotectingthiscountrysoweshouldallreallythankthemrespectthemonlynotthegovernmentofKoreabutallcitizensshouldreallyrespectthesoldiersandsowhatdoyouguysthinkaboutthistopictoday I hopeyoulikethistopicaswellandthankyouagainforwatchingmyvideoseeyounexttimebyebye
GoodmorningladiesandgentlemenfromSouthKoreatoday I'm goingtotalkaboutKoreanmilitaryand I'm goingtotalkaboutthefullprocedureofservingforthecountryhowthesystemworksthesedaysandhowthesystemusedtobewhen I wasinthemilitaryandalsotalkaboutwhy I thinkthegovernmentofsolet's beginsoeveryKoreanmanwhoismentallyandphysicallystablehastoserveforthecountryfor a certainamountoftimenowwhen a Koreanguyturns 18 thegovernmentofKoreasends a mailsayingthatyouhavetogotothementalandphysicalexamssoyougotothemilitaryadministrationyoutakeexamslikeyoureyesightyourheightyourweightyouknowbasicthingslikethatseetheyseeifyou'remissing a fingerormissing a toemissmissingsometoothandalsodomentaltestsaswellandnowin 2024 ifyoupassedthosetestsyouhavetoserveforthecountryfor a yearandsixmonthsinthearmybutyoucanchoosetojointheNavyortheAirForceandifyouchoosetojointheNavyyouhavetoservefor a yearandeightmonthsandifyouchoosetojointheAirForceyouhavetoservefor a yearandninemonthsandwhen I wasinthemilitarysothatwasfromJanuary 3rd 2012 toOctober 2nd 2013 inthearmyand I haveservedfor a yearandninemonthsandatthattimepeoplewhoservedintheNavyatthattimetheyhadtoservefor a yearand 11 monthsandintheAirForcetwoyearsintheAirForceso I hadtoserveforthreemoremonthsthanthepeoplewhoareservingforthecountryrightnowandactually I havebroughtthiscardoverherethiscardis a proofthatsays I haveservedforthemadeofmetalandthathasmymilitarynumberonit I'm notsureifit's called a militarynumberinEnglish I don't knowthevocabularythatareusedinthemilitaryso I'm surethereis a wordforthatand I wastryingtofindthenecklacebut I couldn't itwasmorethan 10 yearsagoit's it's somewhereathomebut I don't knowwhereitisbut I couldfindthisoneyeahandforsomereasonsifyoudon't passthosetestsorexamsyoudon't havetogotothemilitarybutyoustillhavetoserveforthecountryandinsteadofgoingtothemilitaryyouhavetoworkatoneofthepublicofficessosomepeoplegotosomepeopleworkatschoolssomepeopleworkat a metrostationsomepeopleworkatlike a postofficesthingslikethatandyouhavetodothatfor a yearandninemonthsrightnowin 2024 butwhen I wasinthemilitaryin 2012 theyhadtoservefortwoyearsintheinoneofthepublicofficesandthat's howitworkssowhen I firstjoinedthearmy I hadtodofiveweeksofbasictrainingandthenafterthat I wassenttomymilitarybaseandthen I hadtostaytherefor a yearandeightmonthsandthen I wasn't allowedtotakemyphonesphoneswerenotallowedatthattime I couldnotleavemymilitarybaseevenonweekends I hadtostaytherefor a yearandninemonthsandofcourse I hadholidaysand I couldgooutduringmyholidaysbutyeahthatwas a casebackin 2012 and 2013 andrightnowpeoplecantaketheirphonestheirsmartphonesbuttheytheycannotfilmortakephotosinsidethemilitarybaseandthereis a systemwhenyougoinwhenyouenterthemilitarybasethesystemblocksthecamerasofthephonesoyoucannottakevideosorphotosbutstillyoucantakeyourphoneinsideandumyougetthreemeals a dayyougetalltheclothesandeverythingyouneedbutstill I wasn't reallyhappywiththefactthat I couldnotgooutsidethemilitarybasefor a yearandninemonthsexceptduringmyholidaysandyepandnow I'm goingtotalkaboutwhy I thinkthegovernmentofKoreaisnottreatingthesoldierswithrespectso I havebrought a tableagainsolet's seethetable I havebroughttwotablesoverherethetableaboveis a tableofmonthlysalaryofsoldierssince 2010 andthetablebelowis a tableofaveragemonthlysalaryofKoreanssince 2010 nowlet's take a lookathowmuch a privatesoldierusedtoearnin a monthin 2010 a privatesoldierusedtoearnapproximately $53 a monthin 2010 nowyoumightthink I havemade a mistakeoverherebutthisisnot a mistakethisis a tableofmonthlyofsoldiersnotweeklynordailynowlet's take a lookattheaveragemonthlysalaryofKoreansin 2010 averageKoreansusedtoearn $1,689 permonthin 2010 sothatmeans a privatesoldierusedtoearnonly 3% ofwhatanaverageKoreanpersonusedtoearnin 2010 nowlet's take a lookathowmuch a sergeantearnedin a monthin 2023 whichislastyear a sergeantusedtoearn $726 a monthlastyearnowlet's take a lookathowmuchanaverageKoreanpersonearnedlastyearanaverageKoreanpersonearned $2,641 lastyearwhichmeans a sergeantearned 27% ofwhatanaverageKoreanpersonearnedlastyearnowlet's take a lookatthosetwoboxesthat I havecoloredinredthosearehowmuch I usedtoearnwhen I wasinthearmywhen I firstjoinedthearmyin 2012 as a privatesoldier I earnedapproximately $60 a monthandattheendofmyservicein 2013 I earned $94 as a sergeantpermonththetable I havebroughtonlyshowsfromprivatetosergeantbecauseyouserveforyourcountryfromprivateuntilsergeantunlessyouchoosetobecome a soldierandtakethatas a jobandwhatdoyouthinkaboutthesalaryofsoldiershereinKoreaguysand I thinkthatisprettylowactuallyverylowactuallyandcomparedtotheaverageKoreanpeopleaverageworkersandsomepeoplesaybutyouknowwhenyoujointhemilitaryyougetthreemeals a dayyouknowyougetyourclothesyouhave a placetosleepsoyoudon't reallyneedmoneyandyou'renotgonnaspendmoneywhileyouareinthemilitarybutinmyopinionyoudon't onlyeatthreemeals a dayyouknowyouneedsomesnacksyoueatsomesnacksyouliketodrinklikesometimesandpeoplewhosmoketheygottabuycigarettesandthingslikethatyouknowandalsonowadayspeoplecantaketheirphonestothemilitarybasebutwhen I wasinthearmy I wasn't allowedtotakephonesso I hadtousethephonesinthemilitarybaseand I hadtopaytousethephonesso I mean I reallyhadnomoneyforsnacksoranythingelseandallthesoldiersatthattimecalledtheirparentsandtoldthemcanyoupleasesendmesomemoneycanyoupleasesendmesomemoneyandtherewas a veryusualverycommonbackin 2012 and 2013 butthegovernmentofKoreaisreallytryinghardtoincreasethesalaryofsoldierssince a coupleyearsagoand I respectthattheyaredoingtherightthing I thinkandoneofthereasonswhy I couldliveinthisdecenthouseyouknow I drive a decentcar I eatthreemeals a day I doYouTube I watchTVandthingslikethatprettymucheverythingthat I doandallsoldiersprotectingthiscountrysoweshouldallreallythankthemrespectthemonlynotthegovernmentofKoreabutallcitizensshouldreallyrespectthesoldiersandsowhatdoyouguysthinkaboutthistopictoday I hopeyoulikethistopicaswellandthankyouagainforwatchingmyvideoseeyounexttimebyebye